During the border closures, the rules specified that Australians couldn’t travel overseas either unless they received an exemption.
In February of this year, Australia reopened its international borders to vaccinated travellers from overseas and residents to come home without quarantining. The mandatory quarantine period was lifted for all travellers and residents arriving in New South Wales who were fully vaccinated.
Over the past few months, the rest of Australia has slowly removed their travel restrictions and allowed travellers to enter and leave the country. However, the relaxed rules only applied to those who were fully vaccinated.
According to the official government site for Australia, australia.gov.au, unvaccinated travellers are now able to leave the country for the first time in over two years.
“From 18 April 2022, unvaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents can leave Australia without an individual travel exemption. Travellers entering or leaving Australia will no longer require a negative pre-departure test and cruise vessels can enter Australian territory,” the updated information on the government site reads.
However, while unvaccinated travellers are able to leave Australia, the same site stipulates that “international travellers who arrive in Australia without meeting vaccination requirements, and without an exemption, may be considered for visa cancellation, detention and removal.”
The United States, Indonesia and Thailand are just three of many countries requiring travellers to be fully vaccinated to enter the country without a quarantine period.
29 Countries Open For Unvaccinated Tourists
Slovakia
Latvia
Czech Republic
Argentina
England
Montenegro
Curacao
Denmark
Grenada
Mongolia
Moldova
Maldives
Norway
Aruba
Sweden
Bulgaria
Portugal
El Salvador
Panama
Cyprus
Tanzania
Jamaica
Mexico
The Dominican Republic
Belize
South Africa
Costa Rica
Turkey
Greece