Cyprus will allow direct flights from 19 countries starting June 9, and plans to reopen hotels from June 1, Bloomberg reported. The mandatory 14-day quarantine for visitors to the island will end on May 25.
In the first stage, Cyprus will allow flights from Greece, Malta, Bulgaria, Norway, Austria, Finland, Slovenia, Hungary, Israel, Denmark, Germany, Slovakia and Lithuania, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Friday. Visitors will be required to pass coronavirus tests within 72 hours of their flight to gain free access to the island.
In the second stage, which starts on June 20, flights will be added from Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Estonia and the Czech Republic. From this date, travellers from the first list of 13 countries will not have to take the test, testing will continue only for guests from the second list of six countries.