Which Countries Are Opening For Travel?
Updated: December 4, 2020 9:41 AM Mountain Time
About: The Pomelo Travel team has compiled a list of every country in the world that is open, or opening for tourism. It’s exciting! Things are changing very quickly, and countries all over the world are starting to make serious plans to welcome tourists. The following information is for US passport holders. Did we miss something? Suggest corrections or submit additional information here.
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Table Key:
| Green – Open For Travel |
| Yellow – Opening Soon |
| Red – Do Not Travel |
US Department of State Travel Advisories *
Important disclaimer: This information is subject to change, and could change rapidly depending on the spread of COVID-19. Make travel plans accordingly. Booking through most airlines is flexible right now, meaning that if conditions change after booking you should be able to easily reschedule.
The List:
OPEN FOR TRAVEL:
Albania*
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Antigua and Barbuda*
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Armenia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Aruba *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Bahrain *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Barbados *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here and here.
Belarus *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Belize *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here, here or here.
Bermuda *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Brazil *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
British Virgin Islands *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Cambodia *
Open to international travel, but with harsh restrictions, including a $2000 deposit for incoming travelers. For more information, please click here.
Chile *
May open December 1st. For more information, please click here.
Colombia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here
Costa Rica *
Open for tourism without a test. For more information, please click here, here, and here.
Croatia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here. New website for tourists here.
Cuba *
Open for travel. Havana opening Nov. 15th. For more information, please click here and here.
Democratic Republic of the Congo *
Open for Tourism with a visa. For more information, please click here.
Dominica *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Dominican Republic *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here
Ecuador *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Egypt *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
El Salvador *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Ethiopia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
French Polynesia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here
Ghana *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Grenada *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Guadeloupe *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here or here.
Guatemala *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here or here.
Haiti *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Honduras *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Jamaica *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here and here.
Kenya *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Kosovo *
Open to tourism. However, despite being open to tourists, the Embassy strongly suggests US visitors cancel or postpone any travel plans to Kosovo this summer. For more information, please click here and here.
Lebanon *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Liberia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Maldives *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Martinique *
Open for Tourism. For more information, please click here or here.
Mexico *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here, here and here.
Montenegro *
Open to US with negative PCR test. For more information, please click here
Namibia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Nicaragua *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here or here.
Nigeria *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
North Macedonia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here
Oman *
Open for tourism with restrictions. For more information, please click here.
Pakistan *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here
Panama *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
Peru *
Open for tourism. Machu Picchu open. For more information, please click here and here
Puerto Rico
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Rwanda *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Saint Barths *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Saint Kitts and Nevis*
Open for tourism with some restrictions. For more information, please click here and here.
Saint Lucia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here and here.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
São Tomé and Príncipe *
Open for international travel. For more information, please click here.
Serbia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Senegal *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Sierra Leone *
Open for international travel. For more information, please click here.
St. Maarten *
Open for tourism. For more information, click here.
Tanzania *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Tunisia *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Turkey *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here, here and here.
Turks and Caicos *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Uganda *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Ukraine *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
United Arab Emirates *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Zambia *
Opening for tourism. For more information, please click here.
Zimbabwe *
Open for tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
OPENING SOON or OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS:
Anguilla *
Open for tourism with neg. test and 10-day quarantine. For more information, please click here.
Bolivia *
International airport open. Country still under quarantine. For more information, please click here and here.
Bonaire*
Open for tourism but with strict requirements. For more information, please click here.
Canada
Border closed to US until December 21st. For more information, please click here, here, here and here.
Cayman Islands
Soft opening October 1st, with heavy restrictions. For more information, please click here and here.
Chad
Open for some travel with a 7-day quarantine. For more information, please click here or here.
Curacao *
Open to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and Florida. For more information, please click here and here.
India
Air bubble with the US, but not open for tourism yet. For more information, please click here and
Ireland *
Open to the US with new rules for quarantine. For more information, please click here
Italy
Open with heavy restrictions. For more information, please click here
Sicily to provide subsidized travel.
Jordan
Open for tourism with restrictions. For more information, please click here and here.
Kuwait
Open for tourism with restrictions. For more information, please click here and here
Malta
Open for US only with special permission through email or if you have visited an approved country for at least 14 days prior. For more information, please click here or here
Paraguay
International flights have resumed. Tourism still unclear. For more information, please click here.
Singapore
Open for some business travel. For more information, please click here
Slovenia *
Open with neg test and 10-day quarantine. For more information, please click here.
South Africa *
Open for tourism, but not to the U.S. For more information, please click here.
South Korea *
Open for tourism with 14-day quarantine. For more information, please click here.
*Sri Lanka
Possibly opening for tourism mid August (opening delayed). For more information, please click here.
Thailand *
Open for extended stay tourists starting October 1, 2020. For more information, please click here, here, here and here
The Bahamas *
Open for tourism with restrictions. For more information, please click here, here, here or here.
United Kingdom *
Open for tourism with a 14 day quarantine. There is no ban on incoming flights, but there remains strict quarantine rules. For more information, please click here, here, here, here and here.
Do Not Travel:
Afghanistan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Algeria
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Andorra
Closed to the US. For more information, please click here.
Angola
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Argentina
Open to 5 neighboring countries. For more information, please click here.
Australia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Azerbaijan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Bangladesh
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Belgium
Closed to international travel. For more information, please click here.
Benin
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Bhutan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Botswana
Closed back down, for more information, please click here and here
Brunei
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Bulgaria
Closed to U.S. citizens. For more information, please click here.
*Burkina Faso
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Burma
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Burundi
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Cameroon
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Canada
Land border closed to US travel. For more information, please click here, here and here
Cape Verde
Closed to the US and international tourism. For more information, please click here and here.
*Central African Republic
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
China
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Comoros
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Cote d’Ivoire
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Cyprus
Closed to the US. Virus incentives here. For more information, please click here and here.
Czech Republic
Open to international travel, but not open to Americans yet. For more information, please click here, here and here.
Denmark
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Djibouti
International airport open. For more information, please click here.
Equatorial Guinea
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Eritrea
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Estonia
Closed to the US. For more information, please click here.
Eswatini
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Fiji
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Finland
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
France
French borders will remain closed to non-European Union countries until at least June 15th and a mandatory, 14-day quarantine for those entering the country until July 24th. For more information, please click here and here.
French Guiana
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
French West Indies
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Gabon
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Georgia
Closed to the US. For more information, please click here.
Germany
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here and here
Greece
Open to travel, except American tourists. For more info, please click here and here,
Guinea
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Guinea-Bissau
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Guyana
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Hong Kong
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Hungary
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Iceland
Closed to the US. For more information, please click here and here.
Indonesia (Bali)
Not open for tourism until 2021. For more information, please click here.
*Iran
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Iraq
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Israel
Closed to Americans for travel until further notice. For more information, please click here and here
Japan
Open to some Asian countries, not including US. For more information, please click here, here and here.
Kazakhstan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Kiribati
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Kyrgyzstan
Closed to US. For more information, please click here.
Laos
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Latvia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Lesotho
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Libya
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Liechtenstein
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Lithuania
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Luxembourg
Closed to American travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Macau
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Madagascar
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Malawi
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Malaysia
Closed to international travel, with a few exceptions. For more information, please click here and here.
*Mali
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Marshall Islands
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Mauritania
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Mauritius
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Micronesia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Moldova
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Mongolia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Montserrat
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Morocco
Just reimposed lock down. Closed to tourism until further notice. For more information, please click here,
Mozambique
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Nauru
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here
Nepal
Closed until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Netherlands
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
New Caledonia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
New Zealand
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Niger
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*North Korea
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
North Macedonia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Norway
Closed to U.S. travel. For more information, please click here.
Palau
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Papua New Guinea
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Philippines
Closed to international travel until further notice.For more information, please click here.
Poland
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here or here.
Portugal
Closed to US. For more information, please click here.
Qatar
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Republic of the Congo
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Romania
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Russia
Closed to US tourism. For more information, please click here.
Samoa
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Saudi Arabia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Scotland
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Seychelles
Opened August 1st for select countries (excluding the U.S.). For more information, please click here
Slovakia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Soloman Islands
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Somalia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*South Sudan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Spain
Open for tourism (except US tourists). For more information, please click here or here.
*Sudan
International flights suspended til October 10th. For more information, please click here.
Suriname
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Sweden
Open to other countries in the EU, but no American tourists allowed until further notice. For more information, please click here, here or here.
Switzerland
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Syria
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Taiwan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Tajikistan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here
The Gambia
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
The Kyrgyz Republic
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Timor-Leste
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Togo
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here
Tonga
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Trinidad and Tobago
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Turkmenistan
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Tuvalu
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Uruguay
Closed to international travel until at least 2021. For more information, please click here.
Uzbekistan
Closed to US but open for tourism to other nations October 1st. For more information, please click here
Vanuatu
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
*Venezuela
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
Vietnam
E-Visa applications are available but the country’s borders are still closed. For more information, please click here, here and here.
*Yemen
Closed to international travel until further notice. For more information, please click here.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS and SOURCES
https://blog.wego.com/international-reopening/
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/reopening-soon-a-country-by-country-guide-to-coronavirus-recovery/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/europe-summer-coronavirus-tourism/index.html
https://bb.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/covid-19-information/
https://www.traveloffpath.com/aruba-reopening-to-international-tourists-tentatively-
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-travel-restrictions-border-shutdowns-country-200318091505922.htmlby-july-1st/
