(IBNS): Turkey has declared that fully vaccinated travellers from India will no longer be subjected to mandatory 14-day quarantine rule, with effect from September 4.
The announcement will ease the travel restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers of 12 years of age and older travelling from India or staying in India in the last 14 days, said a media release by Turkey’s tourism department .
The vaccines that have been approved by WHO or Turkish Government are covered under this exemption. In addition to WHO approved vaccines, the vaccines approved by the Turkish Government are Pzifer Biontech, Sputnik V and Sinovac.
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For the same, a traveller must have taken the second dose (if Johnson & Johnson one dose is sufficient) at least 14 days prior to the date of travel.
For Indian travellers who are vaccinated with Covishield will also be allowed to travel to Turkey. Once, Covaxin gets a nod from WHO, travellers vaccinated with the same will also be able to visit Turkey.
The fully vaccinated travellers are also required to submit their negative PCR test report taken 72 hours before departure in order to exempt the quarantine.
Non-vaccinated travellers are required to undergo mandatory quarantine for 10 days in a hotel or a location mentioned in the declaration.
Turkey usually announces changes to the travel list, after assessing its criteria like coronavirus cases, vaccination roll-outs and possible threats from variants to determine restrictions on different countries.
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By the 4th of September the Turkish government has successfully vaccinated 79% of its population above 18 of age with the first dose and 62 % of the population above 18 of age with both doses, the Turkish tourism department said.
Despite the fluctuating global scenario of Covid-19 strain, Turkey has kept a strong grip on the Covid-19 situation with guidelines & protocols in place for tourists and businesses associated with tourism. Due to this, the tourist inflow data in Turkey continues to be impressive.
The tourist inflow numbers in Turkey between January-July 2021, despite the pandemic, was recorded at 11.9 million. Just in July 2021 4.3 million international visitors visited Turkey.
