New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday saidthat ‘the government of New Zealand has agreed to open a quarantine-free travelcorridor between the country itself and Australia. The corridor will be openfrom April 19 this year. And the main purpose of this corridor is to boost thetourism industry in both countries.’
New Zealand and Australia are both star performers and efficientlyfought the battle against coronavirus. And now these neighboring countries areall set to make unrestricted two-way traveling through this so-called bubble.Citizens of both countries now can travel from one country to the second almostafter a year, as the global pandemic forced both countries to shut down theirinternational flights.
As per Prime Minister Ardern this travel corridor will helpin the recovery of the economy and will set an international example of leadingarrangements and opening international flights with safety and by keeping thevirus out. The government officials have worked hard to make a bubble throughwhich people can travel easily despite this novel pandemic.
As New Zealand is a travel destination for most of theneighboring countries, therefore, Prime Minister Ardern initially resistedopening this corridor. But the Australian government already allowed thecitizens of New Zealand to travel without having to quarantine.
The corridor will open from mid of April and the governmentofficials of both countries are still concerned about the return of the globalpandemic in local communities at either end of the corridor. In such a case,the visitors are expected to follow the rules and regulations which will beimposed, including lockdown, curfews and should quarantine themselves, by thegovernment to cure the increase of virus.
The NZ government has also warned the visitors that thetravel will not be as same as it was pre-Covid 19. And those who will travelfrom country or back to the country should follow the guidelines of ‘flyersbeware’. If rise in corona cases will be seen the citizens who are planning totravel must be ready for the possibility of interruption in travel through thecorridor.