Belize has set a date for welcoming again overseas vacationers to that Central American nation of jungles, Mayan ruins, and Caribbean seashores (equivalent to at Caye Caulker, pictured above).
In accordance with a authorities announcement, the nation’s Philip Goldson Worldwide Airport (BZE) will reopen on August 15, with flights from america anticipated to renew through United Airways, Delta Air Strains, and different carriers.
There is a distinctive facet to Belize’s new entry necessities: Earlier than leaving dwelling, vacationers should obtain the Belize Well being app on their telephones. Utilizing a singular ID quantity and geo-tracking expertise, the app is designed to watch guests’ actions whereas within the nation for contact tracing functions.
Every incoming traveler may even want a destructive outcome from a Covid-19 take a look at. You’ll be able to both take the take a look at inside 72 hours of departure for Belize or take a take a look at at your individual expense upon arrival on the Belize airport. In the event you take a look at optimistic within the latter case, you will be quarantined for 14 days, once more at your individual expense.
The federal government’s tourism ministry has established a national certification program to determine new well being and security protocols for resorts, eating places, and tour operators. Required measures embody all of the stuff you are going to have to get used to if you wish to journey throughout a pandemic: mask-wearing in public locations, contactless cost strategies, and capability limits, amongst others.
Seek the advice of the Belize Tourism Board’s Covid-19 updates for more information.
For an intensive information to the vacation spot, try Frommer’s Belize, obtainable in print or as a downloadable e-book.
