New Travel Protocols Make It Easier To Enter Barbados

One week after discontinuing its curfew, the Government of Barbados has announced a series of updates making it easier for travellers to enter the country.

Effective immediately, travellers to Barbados will have more options with the acceptance of Rapid Antigen tests for entry, once administered by a healthcare provider no more than one day prior to arrival in Barbados.

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The island nation says Rapid Antigen Tests are widely available in Barbados’ primary source markets and results are typically returned within one hour.

Also accepted are COVID-19 PCR tests taken no more than 3 days prior to arrival in Barbados. The COVID-19 tests can be taken using samples administered by nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, nasal, anterior nares, or mid-turbinate swabs. However, the following PCR tests will not be accepted:

-- Self-administered swabs

-- Shallow nasal swabs

-- Saliva tests

Travellers can also expect to see changes to the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) experience. All paper forms previously distributed on board aircraft arriving in Barbados will be discontinued.

In addition, travellers will once again utilize the more spacious main arrivals hall, instead of the temporary Gate 14-16 arrivals hall previously stood up to manage port health entry checks and testing during the pandemic.