Bonaire announces new travel rules for Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten.
Due to the Omicron variant, the government has canceled the travel bubble for Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten for the time being. The islands are now considered high-risk for Bonaire.
Below is a transcript of the latest announcement.
Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten will be high-risk for Bonaire from Thursday, December 23. All travelers must do a PCR test 48 hours before departure to Bonaire. They must also complete the health declaration from the Public Health Department online 12 to 24 hours before departure. On arrival, all travelers from the islands are required to take a free self-test. On the fifth day after arrival, they must take a PCR test at their own expense at a commercial testing company. Travelers who are not fully vaccinated are also required to quarantine for five days at their place of residence on arrival.
The travel conditions for travelers from the CAS islands have been adjusted since the COVID-19 Omicron variant has been found in the French half of St Maarten and Aruba. With the tightened travel conditions, the travel bubble between the three islands and Bonaire will come to an end for the time being. The bubble was set up to keep travel from the three islands to Bonaire financially attractive for fully vaccinated travelers.
Experts expect that the Omicron variant will also appear on Bonaire. That is why Bonaire is now choosing to delay the arrival of this variant with stricter travel conditions. As soon as the COVID-19 situation allows, it will be examined whether the travel bubble between the CAS islands can be restored.
Saba and St Eustatius remain very low-risk countries for Bonaire. For travelers from those islands, the travel conditions to come to the island do not change.
(Source: OLB)
