The deadline has been set: the first tourists will be allowed to return to New Zealand from April 12th
Created: 03/30/2022, 16:24
After the borders were closed due to corona, New Zealand will allow the first tourists to enter the country from April 12th.
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New Zealand has largely sealed itself off from the outside world during the pandemic.
Now the country is gradually reopening to international travel.
Wellington – After more than two years of corona-related closure of the borders, New Zealand* will allow the first tourists to enter again from April 12th.
Visitors from the large neighboring country Australia
will be the first, as announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the capital Wellington.
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From
May
onwards,
holidaymakers from Germany and other
visa-waiver countries such as Great Britain and the USA will also be able to enter the country.
"We are ready to start a new chapter in dealing with the pandemic," said Ardern.
Requirement is that tourists are fully vaccinated
.
In addition, they must have tested negative for the corona virus before departure.
In New Zealand they then have to do two more rapid tests.
The borders will probably be opened to travelers from other countries in October.
New Zealand, with its five million inhabitants, has long been considered a model country in the fight against the virus.
It had largely isolated itself from the outside world in March 2020 and at times pursued a so-called zero-Covid strategy.
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