Vacation Planning 2025: New entry requirements for popular countries!

Vacation Planning 2025: New entry requirements for popular countries!

Travel abroad require careful planning and timely information so that vacationers can easily get to their target area. Before a vacation abroad, travelers should find out more about the necessary entry formalities, the Austria platform recommends. This also includes the use of the foreign service app of the Foreign Ministry, which offers useful support. In many countries outside the EU, traveling online registrations or applying for an electronic visa ("e-visa") must be done before entry.

To keep an overview of important aspects, a checklist for travel is recommended. Among other things, this includes country -specific travel information, the necessary vaccination protection, doctor visits both within and outside of the EU and current travel warnings. It is particularly important that all applicable import and customs regulations are observed when returning to Austria, especially for tobacco, alcoholic, food and cash. Austrian citizens need a valid passport or identity card for the departure and entry, while the driver's license or identity ID card are not permitted.

Current entry requirements

The entry -time regulations vary greatly depending on the travel destination, passport and length of stay. German citizens can travel over 190 countries without a visa with their passport, but often have to observe additional conditions, such as a health insurance obligation or applying for electronic travel permits. The information regarding entry requirements can often change at short notice, which is why it is advisable to find out early. There are currently specific regulations for popular holiday destinations.

In Egypt, for example, a visa is required, which can be requested either in advance for 25 euros plus processing fee or when entering as a "Visa on Arrival" for $ 25 (approx. 24 euros). For travelers via Luxor and Assuan, a free visa applies from May 1 to October 31, 2025 to boost summer tourism. For the British maiden islands, travelers have had to fill out an online entry form and customs forms since January 1, 2025, whereby these documents must be complete 72 hours before arrival. However, this does not apply to cruise passengers.

Great Britain has introduced an electronic entry permit (ETA) for EU citizens since March 5, 2025, whose application should be made a few days before the trip. For those who travel to the Schengen area, an automated incineration and exit system will be introduced from 2025, in which biometric data will be checked electronically to increase the efficiency of the border controls.

Special provisions are also available for Tanzania, where changes to the visa application are expected from January 30, 2025. Travelers have to show foreign health insurance for Zanzibar, which has been mandatory since October 1, 2024. This must be completed via a state website and costs about $ 44 (approx. 40 euros). Bhutan has abolished the obligation to insurance insurance, but raises a sustainable development fee of $ 100 (approx. 92 euros) per night for tourists.

For Namibia, a visa light for nationals of countries without visa freedom will come into force for Namibia from April 1, 2025, whereby the e-visa costs around 80 euros. Thailand introduces a digital entry map (TM6) on May 1, 2025, which can be registered free of charge to accelerate the entry process. In Cambodia, a digital arrival card has been required since July 1, 2024, which, however, does not replace the visa.

For further information, the official government pages offer comprehensive support: Austria.gv.at and reisereporter.de .