Australia reopened for international travel on Monday, almost two years after the country closed its borders to tourists
“I don’t want to let him go, it’s just beautiful,” she said.. The exception is Western Australia, the largest state by land area, which continues to require travelers to quarantine for seven days until a planned change on March 3.Unvaccinated tourists over age 12 remain must quarantine for 14 days unless they have a valid exemption.
For the first 18 months of the pandemic, Australia barred almost all visitors, earning it the nicknames of “Fortress Australia” and the “Hermit Kingdom,” and required returning citizens and residents to pay for two weeks of costly hotel quarantine. Caps on returning Australians meant many were stuck overseas,Restrictions were lifted for immunized Australians in November.