I don't think that this is going to impact very many people's travel plans but in my mind and other like-minded people's, this is still wonderful news because it seems to be a trend that will hopefully spread globally much like the virus that these restrictions were supposedly created to prevent did.
The 4 countries that lifted all entry requirements are Lithuania, Bulgaria, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
I've included only the flag of Armenia as an image because it would take too long to put all of them up there. I don't know much about all of these countries and I have never been to any of them and not to say anything bad about these countries, but I don't really see myself traveling to them anyway. There is so much world left for me to see out there and these are pretty far down on my list of destinations.
Even if the countries are considered a bit irrelevant from a tourism point of view doesn't change the enthusiasm that I have for the world finally waking up and realizing that attempting to prevent the spread of a virus, whether it is real or not, hasn't been at all effective and therefore making it difficult for people to travel is a rather pointless venture.
At the moment there are a grand total of 40 countries in the world that you do not need to show proof of vaccine, take a PCR or any other sort of test, nor will you be subjected to quarantine. Basically, if you can qualify for a visa to these countries you can go there without providing any other information. They may have health declarations which is pretty standard when you enter a country but for the life of me I can't really understand what this document is meant to accomplish and I don't really believe anyone would fill it out honestly and I also don't believe it is actually used for anything.
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hmmm, maybe I do want to travel to Armenia
There are around 200 countries in the world and it isn't just tiny countries or ones that nobody really thinks about going to that are scrapping the entry-requirements. Of the 40 on the list the ones that I would consider "powerhouses of influence" include The U.K., Norway, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Then there is Chile, which I featured a few days ago. The reason why this one is exciting is because of the fact that it is the first country in South America to lift restrictions and this will likely mean that if they experience a bump in visitors that other countries around them will become jealous or maybe wake up a bit and follow suit.
It's been a long time coming.... over 2 years now... but I for one am hopeful that the entire world will soon follow suit and we can get back to traveling wherever we want without restrictions globally. I think it will probably be a while for countries that have had a really hard line stance on this in the past simply because their political leaders don't want to admit that they made a terrible mistake and were wrong from the start.