Sri Lanka Reopens For Travel; Passengers From India Can Now Visit!

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Sri Lanka Reopens For Travel; Passengers From India Can Visit With Some Restrictions

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From June 1, Sri Lanka had temporarily reopened for inbound passengers, but there were restrictions such as a 14 day mandatory quarantine for those coming in from India. However, according to the latest travel update by the country, Sri Lanka is now open for tourists again—this time, even for most passengers from India.

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The Sri Lanka government’s travel website states that some countries still feature on the travel restricted countries. This includes South American countries, South African countries (South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and those who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and coming from India via tourist route.

Travelling from India to Sri Lanka: Dos and Don’ts

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If you’re planning to travel from India to Sri Lanka, here are some things you need to remember:

Only fully vaccinated passengers from India are allowed via the tourist route.
There’s no minimum duration of the stay in Sri Lanka, and no prior approval is required from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Civil Aviation Authority.
Being fully vaccinated means having received two jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine before two weeks of their arrival in Sri Lanka, or having recovered from COVID-19 and have received one jab of the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccine refers to the approved vaccines in the departure country.
COVID-19 recovered passengers should present a valid document, written in English, that certifies their recovery from COVID-19 between 28-90 days of arrival in the country. These passengers will be allowed if they’ve been inoculated with at least a single dose of the Astra Zeneca/Pfizer BioNTech/Moderna/Johnson & Johnson vaccines or any recommended single-dose vaccine. The vaccination certificate should indicate that the jab’s course has been completed after one dose.
There’s no visa on arrival, so passengers should have a valid tourist visa along with a pre-paid booking at an “L1 Safe and Secure” 3 Star or above category hotel for the first two days in the country, until the on-arrival PCR test is conducted.
For the rest of the stay, passengers should have a pre-paid booking at a hotel rated three-star or above.
Passengers are also required to pay for the COVID-19 local travel insurance (USD 12 or approximately INR 900) and on-arrival PCR test (USD 40 or INR 2,965 per test). Children below two years are exempted from the test unless their parents develop symptoms or test positive.

Travelling from Sri Lanka to India

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Outbound passengers from Sri Lanka will have to follow the guidelines of their arrival destination.

Sri Lanka reopens with safety precautions in place, joining the list of other nations where Indians can now travel to and explore. This is another step towards reopening the global tourism industry and returning to the new normal.