Portugal will resume receiving tourists from most European countries on Monday, the interior ministry said, after months of restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
In a statement, the ministry said that travelers from European Union countries where the infection rate is less than 500 cases per 100,000 people over a period of 14 days, may “make all kinds of visits to Portugal, including very unnecessary visits.”
Tourists from Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland can also travel to Portugal.
Visitors are required to present evidence of a negative test taken up to 72 hours prior to the flight, and airlines will be fined between € 500 and € 2000 for each passenger who ascends on the plane without evidence of a negative test result.
The ministry said the travel restrictions would remain in effect in five European Union countries – Cyprus, Croatia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Sweden, as well as Brazil, India and South Africa.
Portugal said yesterday that it will allow British vacationers to enter the country from Monday, causing relief to hoteliers who have already been inundated with reservations after the UK agreed to travel from that day onwards.
Britain placed Portugal, whose economy relies heavily on tourism, on the “green” list of foreign destinations a week ago, so that the British could travel there without quarantine upon their return from Covid-19.
European Union regulations do not prohibit important travel from outside the bloc, making Portugal’s decision to allow tourists to enter the UK an exception.
“We are very excited about this news.” “The impact of the decision is being felt in all types of hotels, from hostels to five-star hotels,” said Eliderico Vegas, president of the Algarve Regional Hotel Association.
They also welcomed EasyJet, which added nearly 100,000 extra seats to Portugal over the summer, and British travel agency Thomas Cook, which tripled reservations to Portugal last week.
A spokesman for Thomas Cook said: “We have hundreds of customers with their bags packed.”
On Monday, European Union leaders will discuss a proposal to ease travel restrictions for people outside the bloc who have been fully vaccinated or from low-case countries.
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