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Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder answers your questions as travel restrictions ease

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After almost two years of onerous restrictions – and some outright travel bans – coronavirus rules are easing rapidly across the world.

On Monday 21 February Australia is set to end its international isolation, welcoming back fully vaccinated tourists, family visitors and business travellers.

Yet complex rules on testing – and flight connections – remain. In addition, the largest state down under, Western Australia, is keeping its frontiers closed for now.

In Europe, the pace of change is accelerating. In the past week France, Spain, Norway and Switzerland have all reduced their barriers to travel.

So what do these changes mean for your future plans?

Our expert Simon Calder will be on hand to answer all your latest travel questions in an ‘Ask me anything’ this Thursday (17 February). He will be answering live in the comments section below between 4pm and 5pm.

Register to submit your question in the comments box under this article. If you’re not already a member, click “sign up” in the comments section to leave your question.

Don’t worry if you can’t see your question – they will be hidden until Simon joins the conversation to answer them.

Then join us live on this page from 4pm as Simon tackles as many of your travel queries as he can within an hour.

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