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Treasure Beach in Barbados.
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What to Know About Traveling to Barbados 

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - May 30, 2022

Barbados just updated its travel requirements for vaccinated travelers last week — following that up with new rules for unvaccinated travelers. 

So what to visitors to the island need to know? 

Fully vaccinated visitors (those with at least two doses of a two dose or one shot of a single-dose vaccine) do not need to take a test to visit the island. 

Children under 18 traveling with fully vaccinated parents or guardians are allowed to adhere to the same rules as their fully vaccinated parents. 

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The beach at The House hotel in Barbados.

What about unvaccinated travelers? 

Unvaccinated visitors need to present a negative pre-flight test taken no more than three days prior to arrival — either standard PCR, rapid PCR or rapid antigen. 

On arrival, all unvaccinated travelers will be tested at the airport; if they test negative, they can freely roam the island. If positive, they will need to quarantine. 

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Barbados.

Barbados has also announced that unvaccinated travelers who have documented evidence of having had Covid within 90 days prior to arrival do not need a test on arrival. They still need a pre-flight test, however. 

For more on visiting Barbados, see here

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