As India continues to grapple with the dreaded Covid second wave, there are many countries across the world that are slowly inching towards normalisation. Countries like South Korea, Israel, New Zealand and the USA have removed the mask mandate. A large part of the population of these countries are vaccinated. So now the question arises where are the best and worst places in the world to travel in a post covid world. A report by Bloomberg titled ‘The Covid Resilience Ranking’ aims to answer this question. Here are the results.
World’s 10 Best Places To Travel In A Post Covid World; USA Leads
The key to the best place to travel in a post covid world lies in its normalisation. Vaccine drives across the world have helped remove mask mandates, relax restrictions and open borders. Deaths and Covid cases have been tamed thanks to an efficient healthcare system. So, the best country to travel to in the post-Covid world is the USA. The fast and widespread vaccine rollout has helped curb what was once the world’s worst outbreak. Infact, even tourists can get their vaccine shots at famous sightseeing spots in New York like Times Square, Central Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.
List Of 10 Best Countries To Visit Post Covid
- The USA
- New Zealand
- Switzerland
- Israel
- France
- Spain
- Australia
- Mainland China
- The UK
- South Korea
Americans are flooding movie theatres, being welcomed by actor John Krasinski himself for the screening of his directorial The Quiet Place II. Restaurants are packed and masks are no longer mandatory for vaccinated Americans. After the USA, the next top countries on the list for the best places to travel post-Covid include New Zealand, Switzerland, Israel, France and Spain. European countries are in the top 10 as they opened their borders to vaccinated tourists. Parts of the Asia-Pacific region like Singapore, Hong Kong have also performed well in the ranking thanks to their strict border curbs and zero-tolerance policy to small virus flareups.
After an intense year, we’re proud to say we gave an astounding 1.5 million COVID tests in @NYCSchools, and the positivity rate NEVER went above 1%. Right now, the 7-day positivity rate is just 0.03%. The tireless work of our school staff kept our schools healthy. pic.twitter.com/u4V71Ihskj
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) June 25, 2021
World’s 10 Worst Places To Visit In Post Covid World; India Included
On the other end of the spectrum of this Bloomberg report, India, the Philippines and some Latin American countries ranked the lowest due to many variant outbreaks, global isolation and slow vaccinations. The borders of these countries continue to remain closed. Taiwan is also in the bottom half for a lag in vaccination drive and a resurgent outbreak. Argentina is the worst place to visit in a post-Covid world according to the Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking. This is followed by the Philippines, Malaysia and India. These countries have shut down the world to keep the virus at bay, have low mortality rates and have little to no sign of reopening borders soon.
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List Of World’s 10 Worst Countries To Visit
- Argentina
- The Philippines
- Malaysia
- India
- Indonesia
- Colombia
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Peru
- Taiwan
While these countries have resorted to border closing to snuff out the virus, it has left with widely isolated. Moreover, there are many variants coming out from here, which makes them some of the worst places to travel to in a post-Covid world according to the report. Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking reveals how the pandemic is currently faring in 53 major countries. This list will undergo changes depending on how the countries tackle new variants, open borders and fasten vaccination drives. Meanwhile, here are 5 countries that went mask-free.