Nepal removes quarantine provisions for tourists vaccinated for Covid-19

 

Nepal on Thursday enforced new travel rules removing the quarantine requirements for foreign tourists who have got both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, in an attempt to give a boost to pandemic-depressed travel and tourism business in the country.

According to new travel protocols, posted on the website of the Tourism Ministry on Thursday evening, vaccinated tourists entering the Himalayan Nation have to submit a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test report form within 72 hours prior to departure from the country of origin along with documents proving administration of both doses of anti-coronavirus vaccines has also been made mandatory for those flying by air.

After they arrive in Nepal, they have to conduct another PCR test at their own cost and stay at the isolation in the hotel until the report is out.

"If the report is positive, they should, as per the rules, remain for further isolation in the hotel at their own costs," says the new travel protocols that were passed by the Cabinet's meeting on March 18. With a negative PCR result, they can continue on their tour. Read More