Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
From
https://www.executivetraveller.com/n...until-mid-2022
The federal govt has made some noise about limited entry/exit to/from AU
The states (who control quarantine=flight arrival numbers for scheduled flights) are far more conservative - risk adverse, other than NSW.
For me would expect NSW to be open to more arrivals for a time before some of the other states (WA QLD).
I think people will be watching to see if the requirements the EU are planing to impose -- people who are vaccinated, who have negative test or recovered -- will cause case rates to go up again in October and November from the summer travel they are planning to allow, including Americans.
US will also have a lot of travel activity, though without as stringent requirements. One exception would be Hawaii, which still requires negative tests or otherwise people have to quarantine or go back. Hawaii has been taking in tourists for a few months now but they haven't seen big surges and they have high vaccination rates for their own residents.
So if EU and US don't see surges from October onwards, it will be a good sign for vaccination.
Maybe that would encourage Australians to try to salvage the peak season this November through February, spending on the progress of vaccinations there.