Photos show flights and airports filling up around the world as vaccinations ramp up and countries reopen
People are receiving COVID vaccines across the world, and travelers are getting back on planes.
Travel restrictions vary from country to country. Some are open to US tourists, like Paraguay.
Other countries have strict travel bubbles between them, like Australia and New Zealand.
People around the world are getting their coronavirus vaccines, and tourists are packing their bags and getting on planes again, filling airports and planes worldwide.
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Within the US, the CDC has said that fully vaccinated people can travel with a relatively low risk of catching the coronavirus.
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Passengers in US airports have begun crowding check-in sites at airports like LAX.
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While flying United from Denver to Houston in February, Insider's Tom Pallini said this terminal crowd looked like pre-pandemic times - save for the masks.
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Since February, vaccines and stimulus check rollouts have led to fuller flights as people want to take trips, Pallini reported.
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In early April, Americans began flocking to Hawaii, but locals are pushing back because the pandemic isn't over, Insider's Monica Humphries previously reported.
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Tourists from the US can travel to other countries like Paraguay as long as they test negative for COVID-19 before flying, according to a United Airlines guide to restrictions by country.
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In Europe, it's not just destinations that are filling up - flights that serve as their own tourist attractions have also been packed with people.
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Ukraine International Airlines is flying planes of tourists over the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for a bird's eye view, CNN reported.
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At an airport in France, crowds of visitors from countries in the COVID-19 red zone register for coronavirus tests upon arrival.
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Spain's airports are filling up with travelers from European and Asian countries. Spain plans to reopen to all travelers in June, according to Travel Pulse.
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New Zealand and Australia are still closed to most of the world, but a new travel bubble allows people to travel between the two countries without quarantine mandates.
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Friends and families in New Zealand eagerly crowded airport arrival terminals to finally be reunited with their loved ones from Australia.
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In Asia, Taiwan launched a travel bubble with Palau, a country of more than 500 islands in Micronesia, on April 1, as Insider reported.
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Thailand decreased its mandated quarantine for incoming travels from 15 days to 11 on April 1, but by the end of the month, they increased it to 15 again to combat a third wave, as CNN reported.
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In Africa, South Africa reopened to travelers at the end of 2020, but a COVID-19 variant in the area may transmit faster, and vaccines may be less effective against it, CNN reported, putting a hold on some traveler's plans.
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Travelers have to submit screening forms and negative coronavirus tests. CNN travel recommends bringing several signed copies of the negative test.
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