Serbia is benefiting from Covid-19 'quarantine tourism' as thousands of Indians make a two-week stopover on the way to other countries.

Serbia has become a popular stopover destination for Indians because it offers them visa-free entry if they have been vaccinated and test negative for the virus, according to Reuters.

They are also required to spend at least the first seven days of their stay in Serbia in isolation, depending on conditions set by their destination countries. They must also take another coronavirus test at the end of their quarantine.

Hotel owners said thousands of Indians came to Belgrade in July.

“I would not call this 'quarantine tourism', but in the end it comes to that ... there are plenty of hotels which are full,” said Ilija Smiljanic, manager of Mark Group hotels.