South Africa reduces list of Red countries for Leisure Tourism to 22, adds Germany!

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The Department of Home Affairs has just announced its revised list of Red countries, being the countries whose citizens and residents may not travel into our country as Leisure Tourists. The initial List of 60 countries was announced on 30 September, with a promise of it being updated every 14 days, but the announcement today is late by five days!

Very sadly Germany has been added to the Red List, making all the Big Five source markets for our country Red!  Spain has been added to the List too, it having been a surprise that the country was not on the initial Red List.

International Travel regulations: its green for Germany and red for UK and the USA for Tourists to SA, from 1 October 2020!

The 22 Red Listed countries for Leisure Travel are as follows:

Argentina

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Canada 

Chile 

Colombia

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Italy

Mexico

The Netherlands

Peru

Philippines

Russia

Spain

UK

USA

New countries added to the List are Spain, Germany, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Italy, Canada, and Philippines.

Countries which have been removed from the Red List are Austria, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Georgia, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Lebanon, Oman, Nepal, Qatar, Bahrain, United Emirates, and the Maldives.

The Red List is due to be updated at the end of the month again.

 

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