Dubai to welcome tourists from 7 July

• Required to present a recent COVID-19 negative certificate or undergo testing at Dubai airports

Airports in Dubai will welcome tourists from 7 July, it was announced on Sunday. 

The tourists will be required to present a recent COVID-19 negative certificate or undergo testing at the airport.

The Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management added that the emirate’s airports would start receiving residents stranded abroad from 22 June. It also said that citizens and residents will be permitted to travel overseas from 23 June. 

This came as the committee announced new protocols and conditions for citizens, residents and tourists travelling into or out of Dubai airportsThe committee said the announcements will allow thousands of people affected by worldwide restrictions in passenger air traffic since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to resume their travel plans.

The decisions have been announced as per directives issued by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the follow-up of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. 

(Khaleej Times)