FCDO lifts Covid advice to over 30 countries

The FCDO has lifted its advice against non-essential travel on Covid-19 grounds for 32 destinations around the world!

This change means holidaymakers will now be able to travel to a larger number of destinations with more ease.

The FCDO will no longer advise against travel to non-red list countries except in exceptional circumstances; e.g if the local healthcare system is overwhelmed.

Full list of countries to have non-essential travel lifted:

• Algeria
• America Samoa
• Armenia
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Benin
• Comoros
• Congo
• Djibouti
• Equatorial Guinea
• Fiji
• French Polynesia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Kazakhstan
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• Sao Tome and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Solomon Islands
• Togo
• Tokelau & Niue
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

The FCDO will continue to advise against all but essential travel for all red list countries and territories where the risk to British travellers is ‘unacceptably high’.  - Gov site

This update comes as part of a simplified system for international travel which has seen the replacement of the traffic light system with a single red list, and reduced testing requirements for eligible fully vaccinated travellers.

You can read more about the changes below.