{"id":41523,"date":"2021-12-24T23:03:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T19:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=41523"},"modified":"2021-12-24T23:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T19:03:57","slug":"the-department-of-culture-and-tourism-abu-dhabi-announces-updated-green-list-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2021\/12\/24\/the-department-of-culture-and-tourism-abu-dhabi-announces-updated-green-list-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi Announces Updated \u2018Green List\u2019 Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi)\u00a0has announced a further update to the \u2018Green List\u2019 of countries for inbound travel into Abu Dhabi, as it supports the easing of travel restrictions whilst maintaining safety protocols.\u00a0All travellers\u00a0arriving from the updated \u2018Green List\u2019 destinations will be exempt from mandatory quarantine measures after landing in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travellers will be required to present a negative\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0PCR test result, valid for a maximum of 48 hours before departure and undergo a\u00a0PCR test\u00a0upon arrival at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Vaccinated passengers from the updated \u2018Green List\u2019 will take another PCR test on day 6 (the day of arrival into Abu Dhabi is counted as day 1). Unvaccinated travellers arriving from the \u2018Green List\u2019 countries are required to take PCR tests on days 6 and 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries, regions, and territories included on the \u2018Green List\u2019 will be regularly updated based on international developments. Inclusion on the list is subject to strict criteria of health and safety protocols for travel, ensuring and prioritising the wellbeing of the UAE community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To note, the countries included on the \u2018Green List\u2019 have been given the green light for travel and refers to inbound travel origin, not citizenship of passenger.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Below is the updated&nbsp;\u2018Green List\u2019&nbsp;as of 26 December 2021 \u2013 12:01 am:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Albania<\/li><li>Armenia<\/li><li>Australia<\/li><li>Austria<\/li><li>Azerbaijan<\/li><li>Bahrain<\/li><li>Belarus<\/li><li>Belgium<\/li><li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li><li>Brazil<\/li><li>Bulgaria<\/li><li>Burma<\/li><li>Cambodia<\/li><li>Canada<\/li><li>China<\/li><li>Croatia<\/li><li>Cyprus<\/li><li>Czech Republic<\/li><li>Denmark<\/li><li>Finland<\/li><li>France<\/li><li>Georgia<\/li><li>Germany<\/li><li>Greece<\/li><li>Hong Kong (SAR)<\/li><li>Hungary<\/li><li>Indonesia<\/li><li>Iran<\/li><li>Iraq<\/li><li>Israel<\/li><li>Italy<\/li><li>Japan<\/li><li>Jordan<\/li><li>Kazakhstan<\/li><li>Kuwait<\/li><li>Kyrgyzstan<\/li><li>Laos<\/li><li>Latvia<\/li><li>Lebanon<\/li><li>Luxembourg<\/li><li>Malaysia<\/li><li>Maldives<\/li><li>Netherlands<\/li><li>Norway<\/li><li>Oman<\/li><li>Papua New Guinea<\/li><li>Philippines<\/li><li>Poland<\/li><li>Portugal<\/li><li>Qatar<\/li><li>Republic of Ireland<\/li><li>Romania<\/li><li>Russia<\/li><li>Saudi Arabia<\/li><li>Serbia<\/li><li>Singapore<\/li><li>Slovakia<\/li><li>Slovenia<\/li><li>South Korea<\/li><li>Spain<\/li><li>Sweden<\/li><li>Switzerland<\/li><li>Syria<\/li><li>Taiwan, Province of China<\/li><li>Tajikistan<\/li><li>Thailand<\/li><li>Yemen<\/li><li>Turkey<\/li><li>Turkmenistan<\/li><li>Ukraine<\/li><li>United Kingdom<\/li><li>United States of America<\/li><li>Uzbekistan<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi)\u00a0has announced a further update to the \u2018Green List\u2019 of countries for inbound travel into Abu Dhabi, as it supports the easing of travel restrictions whilst maintaining safety protocols.\u00a0All travellers\u00a0arriving from the updated \u2018Green List\u2019 destinations will be exempt from mandatory quarantine measures after &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41525,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41523\/revisions\/41525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}