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Meta TitleVaccinated Travelers From 'Safe Countries' Will Be Allowed to Visit, European Union Says - The New York Times
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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The bloc has reached an agreement on entry criteria for tourists who have had their shots and for those from “safe” countries. The changes could come into effect as early as next week. Video The E.U. Agrees to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors The European Union agreed on Wednesday to reopen travel to visitors who are fully vaccinated for the coronavirus with a shot approved by the bloc, as well as visitors from countries it considers safe from the virus. Credit Credit... Manuel Silvestri/Reuters May 19, 2021 BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed on Wednesday to reopen its borders to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot and to those coming from a list of countries considered safe from a coronavirus perspective, permitting broader travel just in time for the summer tourism season. Ambassadors from the 27 member states of the European Union endorsed a plan that would allow visits from tourists and other nonessential travelers, who have been mostly barred from entering the bloc for more than a year. The move has been seen as an economic imperative for tourism-dependent countries such as Greece and Spain, and it has been months in the works. Other E.U. nations that are less reliant on tourists for jobs and income, particularly in northern Europe , had been eager to maintain higher barriers for nonessential visitors to keep the coronavirus at bay. But they relented as vaccinations advanced and after they were promised the ability to reverse course if cases surge again. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Matina Stevis-Gridneff is the Brussels correspondent for The New York Times, covering the European Union. She joined The Times after covering East Africa for The Wall Street Journal for five years. A version of this article appears in print on May 20, 2021 , Section A, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: E.U. to Drop Travel Ban For Vaccinated Visitors As Vacation Season Starts . Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe Related Content The Covid-19 Pandemic Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times Alyssa Pointer/Reuters Tara Weston for The New York Times More in Europe Cheshire Constabulary Vincent Alban/The New York Times Michael Buholzer/EPA, via Shutterstock Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times Editors’ Picks Robert Samuel Hanson Netflix Trending in The Times Nicolas Ortega Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times Amir Hamja for The New York Times Adrienne Grunwald for The New York Times Illustration by Tomi Um Trent Ernst/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Brett Carlsen for The New York Times Andrey Kasay Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT
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[Skip to content](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/europe/travel-vaccine.html#site-content)[Skip to site index](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/europe/travel-vaccine.html#site-index) Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation Search [Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/section/world/europe) [Log in](https://myaccount.nytimes.com/auth/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2021%252F05%252F19%252Fworld%252Feurope%252Ftravel-vaccine.html&asset=masthead) Thursday, February 12, 2026 [Today’s Paper](https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper) [Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/section/world/europe)\|Vaccinated Travelers Will Be Allowed to Visit, E.U. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/europe/travel-vaccine.html - Share full article Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/europe/travel-vaccine.html#after-top) Supported by [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/europe/travel-vaccine.html#after-sponsor) # Vaccinated Travelers Will Be Allowed to Visit, E.U. Says The bloc has reached an agreement on entry criteria for tourists who have had their shots and for those from “safe” countries. The changes could come into effect as early as next week. - Share full article Video The E.U. Agrees to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors The European Union agreed on Wednesday to reopen travel to visitors who are fully vaccinated for the coronavirus with a shot approved by the bloc, as well as visitors from countries it considers safe from the virus.CreditCredit...Manuel Silvestri/Reuters [![Matina Stevis-Gridneff](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/09/26/reader-center/author-matina-stevis-gridneff/author-matina-stevis-gridneff-thumbLarge.png)](https://www.nytimes.com/by/matina-stevis-gridneff) By [Matina Stevis-Gridneff](https://www.nytimes.com/by/matina-stevis-gridneff) May 19, 2021 BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed on Wednesday to [reopen its borders](https://www.nytimes.com/article/travel-to-europe.html) to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot and to those coming from a list of countries considered safe from a coronavirus perspective, permitting broader [travel](https://www.nytimes.com/article/travel-testing-vaccine-requirements.html) just in time for the summer tourism season. Ambassadors from the 27 member states of the European Union endorsed a plan that would allow [visits from tourists](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/world/europe/eu-us-covid-tourism.html) and other nonessential travelers, who have been mostly barred from entering the bloc for more than a year. The move has been seen as an economic imperative for tourism-dependent countries such as Greece and Spain, and it has been months in the works. Other E.U. nations that are less reliant on tourists for jobs and income, particularly in northern [Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/article/travel-to-europe.html), had been eager to maintain higher barriers for nonessential visitors to keep the coronavirus at bay. But they relented as vaccinations advanced and after they were promised the ability to reverse course if cases surge again. [Subscribe to The Times](https://www.nytimes.com/subscription?campaignId=8WXW7) to read as many articles as you like. [Matina Stevis-Gridneff](https://www.nytimes.com/by/matina-stevis-gridneff) is the Brussels correspondent for The New York Times, covering the European Union. She joined The Times after covering East Africa for The Wall Street Journal for five years. A version of this article appears in print on May 20, 2021, Section A, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: E.U. to Drop Travel Ban For Vaccinated Visitors As Vacation Season Starts. 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Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/europe/travel-vaccine.html#after-top) The bloc has reached an agreement on entry criteria for tourists who have had their shots and for those from “safe” countries. The changes could come into effect as early as next week. Video The E.U. Agrees to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors The European Union agreed on Wednesday to reopen travel to visitors who are fully vaccinated for the coronavirus with a shot approved by the bloc, as well as visitors from countries it considers safe from the virus.CreditCredit...Manuel Silvestri/Reuters May 19, 2021 BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed on Wednesday to [reopen its borders](https://www.nytimes.com/article/travel-to-europe.html) to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot and to those coming from a list of countries considered safe from a coronavirus perspective, permitting broader [travel](https://www.nytimes.com/article/travel-testing-vaccine-requirements.html) just in time for the summer tourism season. Ambassadors from the 27 member states of the European Union endorsed a plan that would allow [visits from tourists](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/world/europe/eu-us-covid-tourism.html) and other nonessential travelers, who have been mostly barred from entering the bloc for more than a year. The move has been seen as an economic imperative for tourism-dependent countries such as Greece and Spain, and it has been months in the works. Other E.U. nations that are less reliant on tourists for jobs and income, particularly in northern [Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/article/travel-to-europe.html), had been eager to maintain higher barriers for nonessential visitors to keep the coronavirus at bay. But they relented as vaccinations advanced and after they were promised the ability to reverse course if cases surge again. [Subscribe to The Times](https://www.nytimes.com/subscription?campaignId=8WXW7) to read as many articles as you like. [Matina Stevis-Gridneff](https://www.nytimes.com/by/matina-stevis-gridneff) is the Brussels correspondent for The New York Times, covering the European Union. She joined The Times after covering East Africa for The Wall Street Journal for five years. A version of this article appears in print on May 20, 2021, Section A, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: E.U. to Drop Travel Ban For Vaccinated Visitors As Vacation Season Starts. 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