Europe reopens: Spain, France, Denmark and Greece welcome tourists
(CNN) — If you’re struggling to know your PCRs from your CDCs from your PPEs, you’re not alone.
Come to these round-ups each week to learn about the countries relaxing entry rules, the attractions reopening the doors and the places that have shuttered because of Covid-19 outbreaks.
Explainers explained
The EU digital Covid-19 certificate for travel can be opened to non-EU international travelers, including those from the United States, subject to individual member states’ acceptance of proof of vaccination, a negative test result or recovery from Covid infection, an EU Commission spokesperson told CNN on June 2.
Our travel elves have been working around the clock to put together explainers on all the latest twists and turns in travel guidance.
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The latest from Europe
Tourists walk toward the Erechtheion on the Acropolis hill in Athens on June 4.
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The EU has a white list of countries from which nonessential travel into the bloc is approved: Israel, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Japan and Australia.
While the European Union is trying to create more universal requirements for tourism, conditions of entry differ from country to country.
Spain opened to vaccinated travelers from outside the EU on June 7 while France opened in international travelers on June 9 (the same day as it resumed indoor dining and the national curfew moved to 11 p.m.)
Those on France’s “green list” — vaccinated travelers from the European Union, Australia, South Korea, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand and Singapore — can enter restriction-free. Nonvaccinated travelers will need to do a Covid test.
Vaccinated travelers from the “orange list” — which includes the US and the UK — will need to do a test, while the unvaccinated will be allowed in only for essential purposes. United Airlines will resume nonstop flights from Washington Dulles Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle on July 1.
The island of Cyprus is open to vaccinated travelers from 65 countries, including the US and the UK.
Ireland, which has had one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, will reopen to the EU, UK and US on July 19. Non-EU unvaccinated travelers will have to arrive with a negative test, then self-quarantine until they take a second post-arrival test
The Netherlands is welcoming tourists from “safe countries with a low Covid-19 risk,” while Iceland, a member state of the European Economic Area, opened its borders to vaccinated travelers back in April.
Croatia is also welcoming vaccinated travelers, as well as those who present a negative PCR test or proof that they’ve recovered from Covid-19 within the past 180 days, and no less than 11 days before they arrive.
The Americas
The Macy’s July 4 Fireworks — pictured here in 2020 — will be open to in-person viewing this year.
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California is poised for its grand reopening of business on June 15, with masks becoming optional in many public settings — although restrictions vary between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. Be sure to check ahead before traveling, as there will be plenty of caveats.
Middle East, Africa and Asia
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CNN’s Melissa Alonso, Julia Buckley, Alaa Elassar, Jamiel Lynch, Lilit Marcus and Nicky Robertson contributed to this report.