As many rules are constantly changing throughout Europe, it’s hard for many eager travelers to keep track. We’ve rounded up all the latest travel advisories, border restrictions, and travel rule changes that have happened in Europe over the past week to help keep you informed. What happened in Europe this week? Many EU nations imposed …

5 large cruise ships will have resumed operations in the Mediterranean by October 19th as MSC and Costa continue to set standard for the entire cruising industry. While the U.S. cruising sits idle after the CDC extended its no sail order, cruising in the Mediterranean is moving full steam ahead. As of October 19th, MSC …

Critical update October 21: Canada has officially been removed from the EU’s ‘safe list’, effective immediately.  Now that Canada has been removed from the EU’s ‘safe’ list, Canadian travellers must remember that ALL nations within the EU are permitted to follow the suggestion made by the EU council, or decline to make the changes. Essentially, …

Effective September 28th, Ukraine will reopen borders for tourism…again. On August 29th, Ukraine made the surprising decision to re-shut its borders after being open for tourism for only two months since the original closure back in March. A sudden surge in cases throughout the summer prompted the nation to ban all non-essential foreign arrivals and …

Peru officially reopened borders for international flights on October 5, 2020, following the formal announcement made by President Martín Vizcarra on Friday, September 25, 2020. “International flights will be authorized, as of October 5, between countries in the region and little by little to other latitudes,”  – President Vizcarra The Incan ruins of Machu Picchu …

Recently edited and updated for 2021 travel! American travelers might be able to take that trip to Italy after all, but it’s going to take a few extra steps. Ever since Italy reopened to select nations back in June 2020, American travelers have been writing into us asking how they can still enter the country, …

Uzbekistan is officially reopening its borders for tourism and resuming international flights starting on October 1, 2020. The formal Soviet nation located in Central Asia first closed its borders on March 15 in response to the virus and has virtually stayed shut for tourism ever since. On September 18th the Republican Special Commission made the …

Could testing before flying internationally become the new norm? IATA would like to see it that way.  The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, is reporting that international travel in 2020 is down a whopping 92% from last year and that massive decrease is crippling economies and livelihoods on every corner of the planet. As …

Kosovo is now open for tourism and has removed all Covid-related travel restrictions and entry requirements for incoming tourists. In fact, Kosovo reopened Pristina airport for international arrivals on June 28th, but we did not report on it right away for lack of official information. Note: Even to produce this guide there was a significant …

Travel Off Path has been following countries as they reopen their borders since the very beginning when Mexico became the first country to welcome back tourists.  Lets face it, Mexico has become king. While we may not have the final numbers yet, I can place bets that Mexico has one of the strongest tourism recoveries …

On August 31st, many South American countries, including Colombia, Argentina and Peru, had border closure regulations that were set to expire. No one knew if they were going to extend the border closures once again, or remove them, jump-starting the reopening of much of the continent. However, the expirations were met with many extensions, resulting …

Netherlands is one of the most visited countries in the world, receiving over 17 million annual visitors prior to the pandemic.  The country is now looking to revitalize its tourism sector after being decimated by the coronavirus.   Below are all the latest COVID-19 entry requirements for the Netherlands in 2021 and everything you need to …