Latest travel information on the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Papua New Guinea
NEW INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL MEASURES
The Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response and Police Commissioner, David Manning, under the Papua New Guinea National Pandemic Act 2020 released new measures on Domestic and International Travel. These measures are effective 15th February 2022.
QUICK LINKS
For more information on Quarantine Requirements for International Visitors, click: COVID-19 Quarantine Advisory for Incoming Travelers
For information on Flights, visit the Air Niugini Travel Advice - Coronavirus Travel Update
For information on Papua New Guinea's COVID-19 National Pandemic Response, visit National Control Centre for COVID-19 or call 1800200 or email: [email protected]
Visit, COVID-19 Health and Safety Awareness materials for advice on how to keep safe when travelling around Papua New Guinea during the pandemic.
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
Permitted Airline Operators:
Inbound
Tourists may now travel to PNG;
Pandemic Approvals are no longer required to enter PNG;
All persons must be fully vaccinated to travel to PNG, unless they are under 18 years of age or are a citizen of Papua New Guinea. A person is considered fully vaccinated if they have had the recommended number of doses for the vaccine as listed in Schedule 2, within the past 6 months; or they have had the recommended number of doses for the vaccine, as listed in Schedule 2 and they have had a booster vaccine;
All persons traveling to PNG must have a valid COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to their original port of departure. Children aged 5 years and under are exempted from being tested;
All people arriving into PNG will be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival;
If a person has within the last three months tested positive for COVID-19, a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner from their country of departure, certifying that the person is no longer infectious for COVID-19 shall be accepted but the individual must still be tested prior to leaving their port of departure within 72 hours and be tested on arrival;
There shall be no quarantine for any person, except for persons who test positive on arrival who shall be quarantined for 7 days; and
It is the responsibility of travel operators to make sure that a person has the necessary documents to board an aircraft/vessel to travel to PNG.
Outbound
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DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
Changes to the social measures include:
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Image: Papua New Guinea health worker at the COVID-19 screening section at the Jackson's International Airport, Port Moresby. Credit: PNG Department of Health
PAPUA NEW GUINEA TOURISM INDUSTRY CONTACTS:
PNG Tourism Promotion Authority
P: 320-0211
National Capital District Commission
Ms. Muriel Gerari
P: 324-0659
Milne Bay Tourism Bureau
P: 641-1503
East New Britain Tourism Authority
P: 982-8697
See: UNWTO: Tourism and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and PATA Weekly Recap on COVID-19