Italy gives COVID green light to six non-EU tourist destinations

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Health Minister Roberto Speranza speaks during a news conference where Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi (not pictured) is expected to map out the country's next moves in loosening coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Rome, Italy, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/Pool

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's health ministry said on Tuesday it had given the go-ahead for travel to six non-European tourist spots without the need for quarantine as a COVID-19 precaution either on arrival or return.

Italians will be allowed to travel to the Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius, Egypt (but only Sharm El Sheikh and Marsa Alam), Dominican Republic and Aruba on what the ministry called controlled tourist itineraries.