Pack your bags! First country to be allowed to fly to Australia for holidays is revealed as hard border finally starts to come down – but they’ll all need to be vaccinated
Fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore will be able to fly to Australia for holidays without having to undergo dreaded hotel quarantine from November 21.
The southeast Asian nation is the first country aside from New Zealand, permitted to travel Down Under without the harsh restrictions since border closures were imposed due to the Covid crisis in March, 2020.
‘From 21 November, quarantine-free travel arrangements will be available for fully vaccinated Singaporeans travelling from Singapore who present a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure,’ the Australian government posted on Twitter.
Scott Morrison announced the agreement in Rome at the G20 Leaders’ Summit, following talks with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.
‘Australia is slinging its doors open to fully vaccinated Singaporean travellers in November,’ the prime minister said.
‘This is another significant milestone in our step by step approach to safely reopening to the world that we outlined in the National Plan.’
The announcement comes after double-dosed Kiwi travellers were welcomed back to Australia last month after the Trans-Tasman travel bubble was suspended following outbreaks of the Delta strain on either side of the ditch.
‘This means within weeks Australia will be welcoming tourists from two of our top ten travel destinations,’ Mr Morrison said.
‘This is the billion dollar boost that Australia’s tourism industry has been waiting for.
‘Step by step, everything that we know and love about Australia is inching back to normal.’
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