Canada 's authorities have announced plans to reopen to fully vaccinated travellers from September, 18 months after the country first closed its borders in March 2020.
The government has said that from September 7 it will welcome back international visitors, provided they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. (This means having received your full course of vaccination at least 14 days before entering Canada).
Travellers will also need to meet a series of specific entry requirements.
A statement from the country's Public Health Agency explained: "On September 7, 2021, provided that the domestic epidemiologic situation remains favourable, the Government intends to open Canada’s borders to any fully vaccinated travellers who have completed the full course of vaccination with a Government of Canada-accepted vaccine at least 14 days prior to entering Canada and who meet specific entry requirements."
The country will be reopening earlier for US travellers, with a planned restart date of August 9 which is in part to allow Canadian authorities to "fully operationalize the adjusted border measures".
Currently Canada continues to keep its borders closed to international travellers, although there are a handful of exemptions such as international students, Canadian citizens and permanent residents. (You can find out more in the FCDO advice here ).
The Foreign Office continues to advise against all non-essential travel to Canada, meaning that if you did travel you risk invalidating your travel insurance and incurring other costs.
Canada is currently an amber list destination for England, Scotland and Wales. This means that if you are returning to the UK you will need to self-isolate for 10 days, and take PCR tests on days two and eight.
The exception is for those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, who can swerve the self-isolation although they will still need to take the PCR tests.
According to Reuters data, Canada is currently at around 6% of its peak, reporting an average of 493 new infections each day. The country is also believed to have vaccinated around 63.3% of its population.
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Canada isn't the only country looking to reopen its borders later this year.
Thailand has begun a phased reopening to tourists, with plans for a countrywide reopening in October.
Earlier this month, the island of Phuket was reopened to tourists who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) confirmed that double jabbed travellers can head to the island without needing to quarantine as part of the 'Phuket Sandbox' project. Non-vaccinated travellers will still be required to quarantine for 14 nights in a quarantine hotel.
Koh Samui followed suit, while August could see popular spots such as Krabi, Koh Phi Phi, Khao Lak and Koh Yao also welcoming back visitors.
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