After closing its borders for almost two years, the Philippines reopens to foreign travellers starting 10 Feb 2022. The country’s reopening was initially slated to take place on 1 Dec 2021. Upon officially reopening, the Philippines will welcome international travellers for both tourism and business purposes.
Also read: Slowly But Surely: Here’s What Tourism Reopening Looks Like in the Philippines
With the exception of minors, all foreign visitors who wish to travel to the Philippines must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. While the IATF has suspended the use of green, yellow, and red list classifications, those unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated may not enter the country.
Those who wish to enter must meet the following requirements:
From 10 Feb, the Philippine government will no longer require facility quarantine for those entering the country. Instead, they will only ask for proof of vaccination and a negative RT-PCR test result. Travellers are instead asked to self-monitor for symptoms for seven days.
For updates and more information, please visit the official Facebook pages of the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs and Department of Tourism.
Also read: How to Apply for a Bureau of Quarantine Yellow Card
Planning to finally make that much-awaited trip to the Philippines? We recommend you start planning here.
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