By Sonia Elks
LONDON, June 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Passport, keys, bank card … negative COVID-19 test? People heading off on holiday this year will face some notable changes as the pandemic reshapes travel norms.
From border restrictions and “staycations” to the end of hotel breakfast buffets, holidays will be different this summer, even as vaccination programmes make strong progress in many countries.
Here are some of the ways that COVID-19 is shaking up global travel:
Testing, testing
People planning to travel abroad should prepare to get familiar with nasal swabbing.
Almost every country has introduced border restrictions to fight the coronavirus’s spread, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Many require a recent negative COVID-19 test while some countries continue to ban arrivals from higher-risk nations including India, Britain and Brazil.
Travellers also face a quarantine on arrival in some countries, and – depending on their home country’s rules – they may have to go through the process again when they arrive home.
