Greece sunsets another COVID-19 requirement
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- 17 Mar 2022
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Just ahead of the busy summer travel season, Greece has ended another COVID-19 travel requirement. Arriving passengers are no longer required to fill out a passenger locator form.
Greece traditionally beckons summer travelers with its piercing blue skies, ancient ruins and idyllic beaches. The country had already relaxed some of its entry requirements for vaccinated visitors just ahead of the busy travel season.
Last year, it was one of the first European countries to welcome back international visitors. This contributed to a bounce-back of the tourism industry the country heavily depends on after a devastating collapse in 2020.
This year, Greece anticipates the upward trend will continue with the increase in visitors occurring sooner than in previous years. Tourism officials had predicted the uptick in tourists would start as early as March 1.
Like many destinations in Europe, Greece has received Level 4 classification by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meaning the agency advises against travel due to the high number of COVID-19 cases. It recommends that if you plan to visit, you be fully vaccinated before you depart on your trip.
While arriving passengers no longer are required to fill out the PLF, a simplified version will be available for the "sole purpose of enabling the traveler/family to issue an EU Certificate of negative or positive COVID-19 test result."
If you’re planning a trip to Greece and its islands in 2022, here’s what you need to know about how travel has changed due to the coronavirus.
Entry requirements for Greece
Travelers no longer need to fill out the electronic passenger locator form. However, an optional, simplified version is available for travelers looking to use it to obtain an EU Certificate of a negative or positive COVID-19 test result.
Those who hold a valid European Union digital COVID-19 certificate do not need to present proof of a negative pre-arrival COVID-19 test. This includes travelers from the EU and Schengen zone as well as 33 other non-EU destinations that have joined the EU digital COVID Certificate system.
According to Greece’s government website, those 33 additional non-EU destinations include Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Cabo Verde, El Salvador, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Israel, Iceland, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Togo, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the Vatican. Read More...
