Quarantine-free travel to the Philippines for certain countries starting November 22

The Southeast Asian country will welcome fully vaccinated travellers from “Green List” countries but they must submit a negative RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours prior departure whereas no quarantine and no on-arrival RT-PCR test will be required.

Further guidelines and detailed requirements are expected to be released soon.

Below is the Green List countries:

American Samoa

Bhutan

Chad
China (Mainland)

Comoros

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Federated States of Micronesia

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)

India
Indonesia

Japan

Kosovo
Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Malawi
Mali

Marshall Islands

Montserrat
Morocco

Namibia

Niger
Northern Mariana Islands

Oman

Pakistan
Palau

Paraguay

Rwanda
Saint Barthelemy

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saudi Arabia
Senegal

Sierra Leone

Sint Eustatius
South Africa

Sudan

Taiwan
Togo

Uganda

United Arab Emirates
Zambia

Zimbabwe

Meanwhile, travellers from “yellow list countries” will spend three days in quarantine from the previous five days.

According to Philippines’ Department of Tourism and IATF, the country will reopen to international tourists soon. It may happen before year-end.