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South Africa 'ready for inbound visitors' after red list reprieve

Government
Will Payne
15 December 2021

South Africa’s tourism minister has said the country is "ready for all inbound visitors" after being removed from the UK government’s red list.

South Africa is to roll out a new online traveller declaration system at its airports (Credit: Sincerely Media/Unsplash)

The FCDO issued new advice on Friday (Credit: Sincerely Media/Unsplash)

On Tuesday (14 December), health secretary Sajid Javid announced that all 11 countries on the red list would be removed at 4am Wednesday (15 December).

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu said when South Africa was added to the red list last month, the implementation of hotel quarantine – instead of at-home quarantine – was a "huge deterrent" for Brits and came at a time when the country’s tourism industry was just beginning to recover.