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Saudi Arabia back on Abu Dhabi's 'Green List'

Monday, 8 March 2021 11:02

By ARN News Staff

Abu Dhabi has updated its "Green List" of destinations exempted from mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for arriving passengers, reinstating several nations including Saudi Arabia.

Travellers will still have to undergo PCR tests upon arrival at Abu Dhabi Airport, the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi stressed.

Kazakhstan and Morrocco are also included.

The full updated list now has 13 destinations - Australia, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Greenland, Hong Kong (SAR), Iceland, Kazakhstan, Mauritius, Morocco, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

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