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Its a small list of countries accepting vaccinated travelers, but the list will probably continue to grow in the upcoming months.

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Some countries are starting to welcome travelers who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Currently, its a small list of countries accepting vaccinated travelers, but the list will probably continue to grow in the upcoming months, according to a report by Simple Flying, an aviation news website.

Cyprus: This Mediterranean country will be open for vaccinated travelers (both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine) starting in May.

Estonia: This countrys 10-day isolation policy doesnt apply to travelers who have had the Covid-19 vaccination.

Georgia: As of February, vaccinated travelers from any other country can enter Georgia without needing to self-isolate.

Iceland: As of March 18th, Iceland Tourism states that travelers who have been fully vaccinated will be allowed to travel to Iceland and wont need to be tested or do self-quarantine.

Greece: Sofia Zacharaki, Greeces deputy minister of tourism, said that travelers who have a vaccination certificate and those who have recovered from Covid are able to come to Greece.

Lebanon: Travelers who show proof of vaccination can avoid quarantine when arriving in Lebanon. But a negative PCR test taken within 96 hours (before their flight) must be presented.

Panama: Panamas media has reported that vaccinated travelers can skip a test upon arrival, according to Luis Francisco Sucre, minister of health. However, Panamas official tourism site doesnt make mention of vaccinated travelers being able to skip a test upon arrival.

Poland: Since December 28th, travelers who have been vaccinated are exempted from the countrys required quarantine. Travelers must show a certificate confirming their Covid vaccinations.

Portugal: Portugals tourism website states that the country is open to arrivals from several countries. But travelers arriving to the Azores and Madeira Islands can present a vaccination certificate to avoid needing to quarantine or take a Covid test.

Romania: In late January, Romania said that those who have been fully vaccinated dont need to quarantine when arriving. But the National Committee for Emergency Situations of Romania added that travelers need to wait at least 10 days from the administration of the second dose until arriving in Romania.

Seychelles: Travelers who have received their full vaccinations can arrive 14 days after the second dose. The country also requires a pre-departure test fewer than 72 hours old.

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The Seychelles has announced that it will be welcoming visitors from across the globe, irrespective of their vaccination status, from March 25, 2021. Visitors from South Africa will still not be permitted to enter Seychelles for the time being until further review. The announcement was made by the minister for foreign affairs and tourism Sylvestre Radegonde in a press briefing Thursday morning with the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB), following the Tourism Task Force Committee meeting.

Visitors will now only berequired to present a negative PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure. Therewill be no quarantine requirementnor restriction on movement upon entry intoSeychelles. Additionally, the minimum stay in establishments upon arrival willno longer beapplicable.

With that said, visitorswill still be required to adhere toother public health measures put in place; these willinclude wearing of face masks, socialdistancing and regular sanitization orwashing of hands. The new measures also give visitors access to all communalarea within the hotel premises inclusive of bars,swimming pools, spas andKids clubs.

Minister Radegonde stated that the decision toreview and relax the entry procedures in the country has been made possible inview of thesuccess registered in the aggressive vaccination campaign that thecountry embarked on earlier in the year.

The small island nation off the east coast ofAfrica whose economy is based primarily on tourism was the first Africancountry to launch abold, comprehensive and effective Covid-19 immunizationcampaigndone so in January 2021.According to the STB, the Indian Ocean country is on track to become the first to achieve COVID-19 herd immunity, which it will accomplish by mid-March.

The destination will continuously review thenew entry measures to ensure that at all times the health and safety of thevisitors and the local population are not compromised. More details will be available shortly throughthe updated travel advisory onwww.tourism.gov.sc.

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If you have 46 days and 21,000 to spare, you now have the chance to tick off seven European rivers in one epic bucket-list holiday,reports Dave Monk.

AmaWaterways has revealed a brand-new trip that travels through 14 countries on four ships, leaving Paris on June 1, 2023. After seven nights on the Seine, travellers will take a TGV to Lyon to sail along the Rhne and Sane.

Transferring to Basel in Switzerland, they will spend three weeks on the Rhine to Amsterdam, then sail back along the Rhine and Moselle to Luxembourg. Next its along the Main to Nuremberg to spend the rest of the cruise on the Danube to Budapest and all the way to Romania and Bulgaria.

AwaWaterways president Rudi Schreiner told a CLIA virtual river conference: We put this together because ocean world cruises are selling like hot cakes. Even without announcing it yet to the public, we have had so many past guests sign up for it that we are now looking at a second or even a third cruise. The itinerary costs from 21,061 per person. More details of the trip are due to be released soon.

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Australia this week extended its cruise ban through June 17, while the island of Guernsey canceled all cruises through 2022 and the Seychelles opened to all tourism except for cruise.

Australia's health ministry said the Covid-19 situation overseas "continues to pose an unacceptable public health risk to Australia, including the emergence of more highly transmissible variants," in its decision to extend the cruise ban by three months.

Guernsey, one of the U.K'.s Channel Islands, said the island will not accept cruise ship visits for the 2021 season, saying that while the cruise sector is important to Guernsey and its tourism industry, "due to the extensive operational and logistical requirements and plans necessary to ensure a safe experience for passengers, crew and residents, we have taken the proactive decision to cancel the cruise program for this year and to focus our efforts on the 2022 cruise program."

The Seychelles Thursday said it would welcome all visitors with a negative Covid-19 test, irrespective of their vaccination status, starting March 25. Cruise ships, however, are still not permitted to visit the archipelago. Last May, the Indian Ocean destination banned cruise ships for all of 2020.

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India has added two new countries to the growing list of travel bubble nations. Uzbekistan and Seychelles are the latest entrants, allowing direct and some connecting flights from the countries to restart. India has now signed travel bubble agreements with 27 countries.

The new agreements clear the way for commercial flights from Uzbekistan and Seychelles to India to resume. Carriers like Air Seychelles and Uzbekistan Airways will benefit from this move since no Indian carrier currently provides direct services to either nation.

In addition to just direct flights, the government has allowed limited connecting traffic from the two countries. Any Indians or visa holders traveling from Africa are allowed to take connecting flights through Seychelles. Similarly, anyone Indians or visa holders from the Commonwealth of Independent States (minus Russia) can connect through Uzbekistan.

While the travel bubble rules do not allow airlines to carry connecting travelers, the government has made exceptions for regions with few or no direct flights. For example, Emirates can connect passengers from Africa and South America to India under the travel bubble.

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As mentioned earlier, no Indian airline currently operates flights to either of the new travel bubble countries. This means flag carriers Air Seychelles and Uzbekistan Airways will have a monopoly on the direct routes (since connecting flights arent allowed).

Currently, Air Seychelles flies to one destination in India, Mumbai. However, since the pandemic, the airline has flown several repatriation flights to Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and others. With the travel bubble now in place, the airline can carry local traffic and travelers from South Africa (a much shorter connection than through Dubai).

Uzbekistan operates three routes from India to Tashkent, flying from Delhi, Amristar, and Mumbai. Data from RadarBox shows that the airline has already scheduled its first flight in nearly a year from Delhi to Tashkent for March 5th.

As countries race to vaccinate their residents, Seychelles has raced ahead thanks to its population of roughly 100,000. Data from Bloomberg shows that the country has given over 58% of the population one dose of the vaccine and 25% are fully vaccinated. The quick rollout has allowed Seychelles to reopen its borders to vaccinated tourists as well.

The country will allow passengers who have completed their vaccination doses 14 days before entering the country with a negative COVID-19 test. This will be a huge boost to the local economy, which relies heavily on tourism.

India also opened up its vaccines to everyone over 60 this week, clearing the way for millions to get their shots in the coming weeks. Considering the Maldives popularityduring the pandemic, Seychelles can expect substantial tourists once vaccines reach everyone.

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A negative RT-PCR test has been a ticket to visit countries with travel bubble agreements through the pandemic. However, with several countries requiring you to quarantine at home or a centre for seven to 14 days, travel has been largely restricted. Now, a vaccine passporta document that proves you have been inoculated against COVID-19is easing these restrictions. Currently, the list of countries allowing vaccinated travellers to enter is just a handful, but with more and more countries getting the vaccine, its likely to expand. Although Indians above the age of 60 and between the ages of 45 and 59 with comorbidities have started to receive vaccinations, not all countries on this list have travel agreements with India.

The island nation has opened its doors to vaccinated tourists, according to a statement released on 17 January. Despite the vaccine, travellers will be required to carry a negative RT-PCR test no older than 72 hours before departure.

Non-vaccinated travellers from Seychelles category 1 and 2 lists and those who arrive by private jet, are required to self-isolate for 10 days and provide a negative PCR result taken within 72 hours of arrival. India is also in talks to establish a travel bubble with Seychelles.

Come May, travellers who have taken two shots of the vaccine can bypass the testing and quarantine requirements of the country. Authorities will also accept reports that prove a person has antibodies to be exempt from quarantine. This applies to European Union countries, as well as Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Visitors are required to provide a paper vaccination certificate in Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or English proving that theyve received two doses of one of the three main vaccinesModerna, Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca.

Citizens of all countries, traveling by air from any country may enter Georgia if they present the document confirming the full course (two doses) of any Covid-19 vaccination at the border checkpoints of Georgia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Georgia said in a statement. Visitors are not required to provide a negative RT-PCR test.

Non-vaccinated travellers will need to present a negative RT-PCR test within 72 hours of travel and will also be required to take a second test on day three of their visit. Those whove travelled to the United Kingdom within 14 days of their visit Georgia must undergo a 12-day mandatory quarantine upon entry.

On December 28, Poland lifted restrictions for travellers from EU countries who have been fully vaccinated. They will also be exempted from the mandatory 10-day quarantine.

Travellers who have received two doses of the vaccination have been exempted from quarantine since January 18. The second dose must be administered at least 10 days before arrival. Travellers from Romanias yellow list, which includes destinations of high epidemiological risk, are required to quarantine for 14 days despite the vaccination. The quarantine period can be reduced to 10 days if the person submits an RT-PCR test that is no more than 72 hours old.

EU travellers with vaccination and those who provide evidence of recovering from COVID-19 in the past six months can visit Estonia without quarantining.

Vaccination certificates produced in Estonian, Russian or English will be recognised and visitors whove previously had Covid will need to submit a doctors certificate, as well as a recent PCR test indicating that they no longer have the virus.

Cyprus has announced its plans to open borders to travellers who have been fully vaccinated without the need to provide a negative RT-PCR test on arrival. This applies to only destinations that fall within the countrys safe travel list. Australia, Iceland, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Singapore are some of these countries.

Currently, those who are permitted to visit Cyprus will either have to provide a negative RT-PCR test or get tested on arrival. They will then have to undergo quarantine for two weeks in a government-assigned accommodation.

Thailand, which is currently open to Indians who are willing to quarantine for 15 days, is planning to scrap the two-week mandatory quarantine for visitors with proof of COVID-19 vaccination, announced Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha on Tuesday.

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The Republic of Seychelles lies northeast of Madagascar, an archipelago of 115 islands with almost 98,000 citizens, three-quarters of whom live on the main island of Mah. Seychelles has the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in Africa, at nearly $17 billion (2019), but inequality is significant, placing the prospect of continued shared prosperity in tighter focus. Climate change also poses long-term sustainability risks.

Political Context

Independent since 1976, the Seychelles is a relatively young democracy: the first multiparty presidential election was held in 1993 after the adoption of a new constitution. A presidential election in December 2015 was closely-fought, and President James Michel narrowly elected for a third and last term by just 193 votes out of the 62,831 valid votes cast. Michel resigned in October 2016, and was replaced by his deputy, Danny Faure. In September 2016s legislative elections the opposition coalition won the parliamentary elections for the first time. Presidential and parliamentary elections are schedule for October 2020.

Economic developments and outlook

Following the economic crisis and resulting sovereign debt default in 2008, the Republic of Seychelles through a prudent reform program made significant progress in achieving economic stability and fiscal sustainability. As a result, the economy grew by an average rate of 4.2% per annum between 2009 and 2019. With the help of an International Monetary Fund program, the government maintained its target of 2.5% primary balance and was on target to reduce the debt to GDP ratio to 50% by 2021. Prudent monetary policy also led to a build-up of the gross international reserves to 3.5 months of import coverage by 2019 from less than one month at end-2008.

The economic and social shock from COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the Seychellois economy is severe due to strong dependence on international tourism. Tourism accounts for approximately 30% of gross domestic product (GDP), making the country highly vulnerable to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The global outbreak is drastically reducing economic activity in 2020 as tourist arrivals are projected to decline by more than 50%. This is affecting other sectors such as transportation; art, recreation and entertainment; wholesale and retail trade; and the financial and insurance sector. GDP is expected to contract by 15.9% in 2020 compared to the pre-pandemic projected growth rate of 3.5%. Recovery is expected to begin in 2021 with a projected increase of 4.7% driven by a recovery in the tourist industry and a resumption in capital flows. If unmitigated, the poor are expected to bear a disproportionate impact of the economic shock. According to the 2013 household survey, about 6 out of 10 poor individual have a job, mostly in informal activities in the service sector that are expected to experience significant declines.

Development challenges

While the immediate priority is the containment of COVID-19 and recovery from its economic and social impact on the country, a focus on longer term structural issues is also warranted for a strong and resilient recovery.

Among Seychelles development challenges is the importance to focus on greater productivity, participation and performance of its economy as means to increasing shared prosperity. Some of the main institutional challenges in this regard are notably barriers to open and operate businesses, inefficiencies in public sector management, such as limited statistical capacity, scope for a more strategic and sustainable approach to social protection, as well as the need to broaden access to quality education and skills development. Climate change adaptation, including through strengthened disaster preparedness systems and enhanced coastal management, is also key.

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Seychelles Overview - World Bank

VICTORIA, August 2, 2017 How can Seychelles maintain its strong economic performance while ensuring that the benefits of growth are shared, and that the gains are environmentally sustainable and resilient to future shocks? These big questions are tackled by the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), a World Bank report for the Seychelles.

The SCD seeks to identify the Seychelles most critical development priorities and highlight gaps in knowledge where more evidence and work are needed to inform policy. It finds that Seychelles development challenges can be summarized as the 3 Ps: Productivity, Participation, and Performance.

First, Productivity.

Seychelles economy has been growing robustly, but this growth has been powered by the heavy use of foreign investment and expatriate labor. Seychelles could, therefore, benefit from placing more emphasis on boosting the efficiency with which it uses its existing resourcesthat is, by achieving more productivity-led growth.

Productivity can be unleashed in many ways, from encouraging more innovation in key areas of the economy, such as tourism, to continuing to place emphasis on micro-, small, and medium enterprise development across all sectors.

Since 2015, the Seychelles has been classified as a High Income Economy by the World Bank (the only one in Africa). It is time for it to start growing like one, based on the never-ending increases in productivity that come through the competitive pressures of the market to do more with less, and from technological adoption and innovation.

Second, Participation.

Seychelles already enjoys high labor force participation and employment rates. But globally the labor market is increasingly rewarding workers with job-relevant skills (such as hard-to-get technical and vocational skills, advanced skills, and so-called soft skills like the communications and people skills demanded in management and sales roles). The pressure is on for the Seychelles education system to equip graduates with the tools they need to reap the benefits of the growing opportunities offered by the countrys increasingly sophisticated economy.

Social spending is already at generous levels, but it needs to be better targeted to shore up its sustainability, boost its impact for protecting the vulnerable, and empower Seychellois to get high quality jobs.

Third, Performance.

A high-performing economy, one which offers opportunities for all to participate while protecting the vulnerable and providing a safety net in hard times, cannot be achieved in a vacuum. It requires a public sector that is efficient enough to deliver high quality public services (such as education and healthcare), agile enough to respond to and anticipate emerging priorities, and small enough not to divert scarce financial and human resources away from the private sector, which is responsible for generating the bulk of employment and income.

Seychelles has made much progress on this front in the reformist period following the 2008 global financial crisis, and it can build on this further to position government and its state-owned enterprises to support a high-performing, high-participation economy.

Through the lens of the 3Ps, the World Bank identifies five top priority areas for Seychelles to make even more progress in achieving shared prosperity. They are: (1) to strengthen the private sector enabling environment, (2) to maintain the focus on macroeconomic and fiscal policy stability, (3) to further increase public spending efficiency, (4) to strengthen education and skills development, and (5) to streamline and use more strategically its social assistance spending.

Of course, and as covered in the report, there are many other priorities too, such as tackling the quality and price of credit and energy, reducing labor market rigidities, enhancing healthcare, and confronting the substantial challenge posed by the inevitability of external economic shocks and by climate change.

Reasonable people can, and no doubt will, disagree on how best to describe and rank the many challenges faced by Seychelles. Our hope is that the SCD offers one useful perspective, contributing to the national debate, and that it can also be used as one input to the new national development planning process that has been launched.

As Seychelles takes stock of its developmental success to date, and plans to elevate this even further, the SCD also identifies how much the country stands to benefit from investing more in gathering data and using it to inform debate and public policies.

Perhaps to the 3Ps we could add 2Ds: Data and Digitization.

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With the vaccine roll out offering hope to millions of Londoners for a return to normal, some are inevitably dreaming of a holiday away.

But it's not going to be as easy as it was pre-pandemic.

Covid infection rates and the government measures put in place to counter them vary from country to country.

Which means you won't be able to pick and chose were you go abroad when the UK travel restrictions ease.

A number of countries have said they will accept vaccinated travellers including Iceland, Cyprus and the Seychelles, reports the Mirror.

Currently of course it is illegal for Brits to travel abroad for holidays, and the government is cracking down on rule-breakers including requiring people to provide a valid reason for travel or risk being turned away at the airport, or even being fined.

At the time of writing, a number of destinations haven't included Brits in the list of travellers they will be welcoming back, for a mixture of reasons spanning fears of a mutant coronavirus strain in the UK, to only welcoming back EU members in an initial wave.

Still, the news that vaccinated travellers will be welcome back do offer a glimmer of hope, especially for future travels when restrictions are eventually relaxed.

We take a look at the countries who've said they will welcome back vaccinated travellers - and whether Brits are included in the list.

Travel restrictions are subject to change during the pandemic. You should always check the latest FCDO travel advice before planning, booking or going on a trip.

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Iceland has announced that it won't require travellers to quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 .

Current rules mean all arrivals must undergo a PCR test upon arrival followed by a 5-6 day quarantine, and then a second screening. However, the new policy means travellers with a Covid vaccination certificate won't need to undergo screenings or self-isolation .

Are Brits on the list? Not for the initial stage. Iceland is only accepting vaccine certificates that meet certain criteria including being issued in an EEA/EFTA state. As the UK has left the EU, it doesn't qualify. However, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland told the Mirror that "as soon as the UK vaccine certificates are validated by the WHO, we will be looking at whether we can accept them at our borders".

The Seychelles' tourism authorities announced earlier this year that "with immediate effect, Seychelles will be welcoming vaccinated visitors from any part of the world".

Anyone who receives the vaccination will need to wait for two weeks after receiving their second dose before they will be allowed to head to the island.

There will still be entry requirements for vaccinated visitors; you'll need to prove you've had two doses of the official vaccines, and you'll still need to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test result, taken up to 72 hours before departure.

Borders will remain closed to visitors who haven't been vaccinated, or who aren't travelling from the list of approved countries.

Are Brits on the list? At the time of writing, the Seychelles has closed its borders to anyone travelling from the UK.

Estonia has revealed that from February 1, Brits who have received the Covid-19 vaccination will no longer be required to isolate for 10 days or undergo Covid-19 tests.

The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the news in January. There will be some criteria that needs to be met though - for example, no more than six months have passed since receiving the complete vaccine.

Are Brits on the list? Yes - Brits who have received the vaccine won't need to isolate or undergo testing.

Cyprus is looking to introduce a new policy where vaccinated travellers will not need to undergo current testing and quarantine rules.

Cyprus Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos revealed the plan to the Cyprus Mail. He said: "The amended action plan is expected to further boost the interest of airline companies to carry out additional flights to Cyprus, improve connectivity and increase passenger traffic."

Travellers who are not vaccinated will still need to meet Cyprus' entry requirements.

Are Brits on the list? Cyprus will continue to determine entry for travellers based on the country they're travelling from - and at the time of writing, the UK is not on this list.

Poland has lifted a mandatory 10-day self-isolation for travellers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 and can provide proof of vaccine certification.

Quarantine is also lifted for visitors who have proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken within 48 hours before crossing the Polish border.

Are Brits on the list? Yes. Brits are able to enter Poland (once the UK's bans on international travel lift).

Romania has announced that travellers who have been vaccinated against coronavirus will be exempt from measures such as quarantine.

You'll need to have received both doses of the vaccine, and arrived in Romania more than 10 days after the second dose, to qualify for the exemption.

Are Brits on the list? According to the Foreign Office, UK nationals and non-EU/EEA nationals resident in the UK are not permitted to enter Romania for non-essential purposes, due to EU-wide COVID-19 restrictions in place for third country nationals.

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17 February 2021 | Foreign Affairs

The President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr Wavel Ramkalawan welcomed the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Seychelles, H.E Mr. Artyom Kozhin for a courtesy call at State House yesterday morning. Also present for the meeting was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Mr Sylvestre Radegonde and Russian Embassy First Secretary, Mr. Maxim Matasov.

Amongst the areas of discussion, the Ambassador H.E Mr. Kozhin announced the donation of 500 Thousand US Dollars by the Russian business community towards the COVID-19 Relief Fund, an initiative of President Ramkalawan launched on 10th January 2021, in order to sustain the implementation of the Country's National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.

On behalf of Government and the people of Seychelles, President Ramkalawan personally expressed his deep appreciation to the Russian business community for the generous donation to the COVID-19 Relief Fund. During the dialogue, Ambassador H.E Mr. Kozhin also confirmed that discussions are in progress for a potential donation of the Sputnik V Vaccine for a trial run in Seychelles.

"Seychelles and Russia have enjoyed a longstanding friendship, we remain committed to rally our efforts to achieve our set goals and elevate our relations to new heights for the mutual benefit of both our nations. I look forward to the continued active exchanges between our countries across bilateral, multilateral and global platforms," said President Ramkalawan.

Other areas of discussion centered on other important domains of collaboration such as Education, Capacity Building and Specialised training for Seychellois nationals, Tourism and Air Connectivity, Investment and Trade as well as expansion of cooperation in the Fisheries sector.

Ambassador Kozhin is based in Seychelles and was accredited on 10th March 2020. Seychelles and Russia established diplomatic relations on 29th June 1976.

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