India has begun allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country as of Monday (November 15).
All tourists entering India must be fully vaccinated, follow all Covid-19 protocols and provide a negative test within 72 hours of their flight.
Many will also need to undergo a post-arrival Covid-19 test at the airport.
However, travellers from countries which have agreements with India for mutual recognition of vaccination certificates, such as the US, UK and many European nations, can leave the airport without undergoing a Covid-19 test.
This is the first time India has allowed foreign tourists on commercial flights to enter the country since March 2020.
It comes as coronavirus infections have fallen significantly, with daily new cases hovering at just above 10,000 for over a month.
Fewer than three million foreign tourists visited India in 2020, a drop of more than 75% from 2019, when tourism brought nearly 30 billion dollars (£22 billion) in earnings.
