Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are creating a Baltic ‘travel bubble’ within the EU where citizens of these countries will be free to travel within the region, but anyone from outside would have to self-isolate for 14 days
VILNIUS - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will open their borders to each others’ citizens from May 15, creating a Baltic “travel bubble” within the European Union amid an easing of pandemic restrictions, their prime ministers said on Wednesday.The Baltic travel area would be first of its kind in the bloc, where most countries restricted entry to non-nationals and imposed quarantine on incoming travellers as the coronavirus spread across the continent.
“We showed a good example by stating, very clearly, that only countries which successfully dealt with the situation can open themselves up,” he added. Moves to selectively open borders have emerged elsewhere. Australia and New Zealand are working towards resuming travel between the two countries. “This is a very important stimulus for regional tourism businesses. It will not get them back to where they were, but many jobs will be saved,” said Zydre Gaveliene, head of a tourism lobby group in Lithuania.The region has been part of the European Union since 2004 and the European free-travel Schengen Area since 2007.
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