Barbados has added the UK to its list of “high risk” countries, meaning arriving holidaymakers will be quarantined for up to a week.
New restrictions will be implemented from October 1 after a surge in coronavirus cases in the UK.
Tourists will be required on arrival to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 PCR (polymerase chain reaction), or risk being refused entry to the Caribbean country.
They will be quarantined and monitored for up to seven days at a designated “holding hotel or approved villa” at their own expense, or at a government facility free of charge.
Other “high risk” countries include France, Ireland, Switzerland and the US.
Barbados is a popular winter sun destination for UK holidaymakers.
It reopened its borders to international travel on July 12.
The country’s tourism authorities have issued a message to visitors which states: “As we welcome you back to our beautiful island there are a number of precautions and safeguards being implemented to protect both locals and visitors.”
Barbados is currently recording a seven-day rate of 1.4 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people, while the UK is on 52.1.
Travellers arriving in the UK from Barbados are exempt from the UK’s own coronavirus quarantine policy.
But the 14-day self-isolation requirement will be reimposed on travellers from Denmark, Iceland, Slovakia and the Caribbean island of Curacao from 4am on Saturday due to a rise in cases.