Tag: Travel Restrictions
Disappointing: IATA chief slams differentiated arrival measures for travellers from China
The growing number of countries establishing different arrival measures for travellers coming from China has drawn a passionate statement from IATA’s director general Willie...
Philippines to further ease travel restrictions
The Philippines will soon drop the Covid-19 test requirements for incoming visitors and the mask-wearing mandate for indoor settings.
This was announced by tourism secretary...
Princess Cruises lifts travel restrictions for most voyages
Princess Cruises has removed its Covid-19 vaccination and testing requirements on most voyages from October 21. Guests sailing with Princess Cruises will no longer...
Industry players urge coordinated border controls
Tourism stakeholders reiterated the urgent need for a coordinated approach to cross-border travel in order to support a stable travel and tourism recovery.
Speaking at...
Groundhog Day: Omicron brings back recovery woes
Living with Covid should not be an endless chain of disruption, confusion, complexity and hopelessness, as some of the Omicron measures taken by anxious governments have made people feel.
Sabre SafePoint adds travel restriction tracking capability
Sabre Corporation has expanded SafePoint, its travel risk management product, to include global travel restriction tracking.
The solution is not limited to a singular event,...
UNWTO denounces blanket travel bans
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) of the United Nations has spoken out against new blanket restrictions on travel imposed by governments around the world...
VTL travellers from Singapore to South Korea exempted from new quarantine...
Singapore travellers entering South Korea via the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme will be exempted from the country's newly imposed 10-day quarantine policy on...
Omicron prompts Thailand to stick to PCR testing for foreign arrivals
Thailand’s prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed the cabinet’s decision to maintain the RT-PCR Covid-19 testing for international arrivals under the Test & Go...
South Korea ends quarantine exemptions to fend off Omicron
South Korea will scrap quarantine exemptions for fully vaccinated travellers for two weeks from Friday (December 3), as the country moves to tighten travel...
