Categories: Travel News

European Union Officially Excludes US From List of Approved Countries for Travel

The Council of the European Union has agreed to lift temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU for residents of 15 countries and four European microstates beginning Wednesday.

As previously reported, the United States was left off of the list as confirmed COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise.

[Read More News – Click Here]

The decision gives the green light to residents of Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and China. However, the latter is subject to confirmation of reciprocity.

The council’s recommendation also includes Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican.

The list of countries will be reevaluated every two weeks and may be updated based on the criteria, which includes the number of new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks per 100,000 inhabitants. According to The New York Times, the average among the 27 EU countries was 16 in mid-June compared to 107 in the U.S.

Nonetheless, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently confirmed that U.S. officials are “working with our European counterparts” to reopen trans-Atlantic travel, noting that there’s been “enormous destruction of wealth.”

In the meantime, EU citizens and their family members; long-term EU residents and their family members and essential travelers are exempted from the EU’s travel restrictions.

This post was published by our news partner: TravelPulse.com | Article Source

Juan Albarran

La aviación, los viajes de placer y las bellezas de mi País Venezuela me impulsaron a mostrar desde muy joven las bondades del mundo del tursimo y cómo el conocer nuevos lugares , nuevas culturas; y nuevas personas, te permiten crecer como persona adquiriendo nuevas habilidades y herramientas para alcanzar en plenitud los retos que el mundo nos presenta día a día. Nací en Mérida, Venezuela la famosa ciudad de los caballeros, fuí estudiante de la Ilustre Universidad de Los Andes, hoy tengo un nuevo hogar Washington DC, creo firmemente que el turismo es una manera de vivir y de construir una nueva sociedad dinámica y de vanguardia, a través del lente de mi camara y mi experiencia en agencias de viajes , operadores de turismo, y aerolíneas comerciales, puedo dar una pequeña muestra de lo que el mundo moderno nos ofrece. Ahora puedo reflejar mi experiencia en The Jet Set en Español. ******************************************************************************************* Aviation, pleasure trips and the beauty of my country Venezuela, inspired me to show the benefits of the world through tourism. Learning and understanding new places, new cultures, and new people allow you to grow as a person and acquiring new skills and tools help you beat and succeed at the challenges that the world presents us every day. I was born in Merida, Venezuela, the famous city of knights, I was a student at the Illustrious University of the Andes and today I have a new home in Washington DC. I firmly believe that tourism is a way of living and building a new dynamic and cutting-edge society, through the lens of my camera and my experience in travel agencies, tour operators, and commercial airlines, I can give a small sample of what the modern world offers us. Now I can reflect my experience in The Jet Set in Spanish.