Antigua and Barbuda Travel Guide

Antigua and Barbuda keeps entry simple for most Western visitors, no visa needed for tourism for the large majority of nationalities, with a couple of specific exceptions spelled out by its own immigration department, citizens of China and Cuba are visa exempt specifically for stays that do not exceed 30 days, a narrower allowance than some other visa exempt nationalities get. The government's own list of exempt countries, published at immigration.gov.ag, is the authoritative source to check for a specific nationality rather than a secondhand summary, given how much these lists vary country to country across the region.

V.C. Bird International Airport, on the northeast coast about 8 kilometers from the capital St. John's, is the largest and busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean, and it carries a specific departure charge, the Airport Administration Charge, 20 US dollars for a passenger connecting onward, or 40 dollars for one who is not connecting within 24 hours, though this is almost always built into the airline ticket price rather than collected separately at the airport.