Tag: Travel Bans
Malaysia bars cruise ships
Malaysia has temporarily banned all cruise ships from entering the country's ports due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, putting a further damper...
Travel trade decries Indonesia’s new ban on more nationals
Following its travel ban on China, Indonesia has now expanded its ban to travellers from Italy, South Korea and Iran – regions hardest-hit by...
Maldives’ ban on cruise ships further dents tourism
The Maldivian government's decision to temporarily suspend cruise lines from entering and docking in the Maldives as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus...
Philippines’ partial travel ban on South Korea births mixed bag of...
The Philippines' Department of Tourism (DoT) is rallying against the government's move to temporarily ban tourists from South Korea’s northern Gyeongsang province, amid the...
Singapore bars visitors from South Korea’s Cheongdo, Daegu
Travellers from Cheongdo county and Daegu city in South Korea will not be allowed to set foot in Singapore, a decision the city-state has...
Israel bans travellers from Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau over...
Israel will ban all non-Israelis who were in four East Asian countries and territories in the last 14 days, as part of efforts to...
China suspends individual tourism permits for Taiwan
China will no longer issue individual Taiwan travel permits to 47 mainland cities from August 1, its culture and tourism ministry said, citing "current...
Uncertainty continues to loom for US tourism with Trump ban upheld
The US Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the Trump administration’s travel ban restricting visitors from select countries from entering the US, with global...
M’sian agents unfazed by N.Korea travel ban
Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has banned all its citizens from travelling to North Korea until further notice citing "the escalation of tensions in...