South Korea reopens borders (with quarantine), now will need K-ETA to enter
South Korea is one of the nations that has best handled the pandemic. Here, as in so many other [...]
South Korea is one of the nations that has best handled the pandemic. Here, as in so many other countries around the world, the Delta variant again raised the number of infections, but in a nation where masks were already in common use, the numbers were kept in check.
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Also helping the country has been technology; Samsung is at home here and smartphones are in the pockets of almost the entire population. A strict tracking protocol has also been imposed, allowing authorities to identify clusters and secure all contacts.
Just as Singapore announced, Seoul is also preparing to welcome tourists (vaccinated and negative) again, and to do so it has Decided to adopt the K-ETA system, something similar to the American ESTA.
As of September 1, it is fully operational and must be requested at least 24 hours before entering Korea, including when transiting through international airports and if traveling With the national airline Korean.
As with the U.S. ESTA, there is a fee to be paid, approximately $10. Once the authorization is obtained, it will be valid for 24 months and will allow for multiple access always within the visa constraints of individual nations.
Borders reopened Sept. 1
For the past two days South Korea's borders have once again opened to all visitors (even those for nonessential reasons) who are vaccinated. At the moment, however, the solution chosen by the Asian state is different from what Singapore or Thailand, for example, have done: all travelers will have to undergo isolation for 14 days at their homes or at facilities identified by the government, and only after the two weeks and two negative tests will they be allowed to move freely.
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