With Covid-19 rates on the continent generally in decline and vaccination rates increasing, a summer of travel looks likely to be on the cards for citizens of the EU. As well as European countries individually reducing their restrictions to facilitate travel, the EU’s long-anticipated travel certificate is finally with us. Originally slated for a July …

After months of lockdown, the government of Ireland has announced a plan to resume international travel in mid-July using the EU green certificate. Ireland Reopening For International Travel In July Ireland has had some of the strictest travel restrictions in the EU. They went back into a full-lockdown earlier this year which imposed a non-essential …

Malta became the first country in the European Union to reach herd immunity on May 24, 2021. On their official tourism site, the government of Malta announced that 70% of residents have now received at least the first shot, with 42% of the population now being fully vaccinated. With 70% being a globally recognized figure …

There’s lots of exciting news this week for travelers hoping to plan a summer vacation in Europe. Earlier this week, the EU said that it will be reopening to third countries including the U.S., and today Spain announced that it will allow all vaccinated travelers to visit the country from June 7th. Spain Open For …

The wheels of bureaucracy move agonizingly slowly, and there’s nowhere than that is truer than in the European Union. Months after the idea was first floated, the EU has moved another step closer towards making Covid-19 travel passes a reality, when an agreement was reached between the European Parliament and EU member states last night. …

The past few weeks have seen several member states of the EU announce that they are easing restrictions for international travelers. Just days ago, both the Netherlands and Portugal announced that their restrictions were to be softened, following the lead taken by other EU countries such as Italy and Greece. Today, the EU announced that …

For weeks news about the EU finally reopening for foreign tourists has been circulating, but today in Brussels the EU council took it a step further and officially submitted a formal proposal to Member States. The proposal, which is suggested to have majority support from the EU nations, essentially suggests that vaccinated travelers from third-party …

With more and more countries agreeing to allow travelers to enter providing they have been vaccinated, it seems that being vaccinated will be the key to going on vacation this summer. Yet along with vaccinations, it seems another essential feature of summer travel will be vaccine passports, despite their controversial nature. Governments of the 27 …

The European Union has announced it will be outlining its proposal for a digital vaccine passport late this month, in time for the summer tourism season. While EU leaders have clashed over the proposal in recent weeks, EU commission president Ursula Von der Leyen said she would put forward legislation for a ‘digital green pass’ …

With news emerging this week that the IATA’s travel pass will be ready in a matter of weeks, it’s hard to see a future for travel during the pandemic that doesn’t feature a vaccine passport in one form or another. Yet whilst more and more airlines agree to pilot the IATA’s app, many countries are …

For some countries, tourism and prosperity are intertwined, with several nations relying on the vast amounts of income generated from tourism in order to flourish. There are fewer places that this is the case more so than it is in Greece. In the Mediterranean idyll of Greece, with its dramatic history, stunning islands and much-vaunted …

President Joe Biden is expected to reinstate travel restrictions on foreign nationals entering the US from Brazil, UK, Ireland and the majority of Europe. The initial travel restrictions for the region were set to be lifted by former President Trump’s proclamation during his final days in office. Biden is also projected to sign a new …