Reopening updates
Hawaiian plea to airlines: Please don’t bring so many people here
As mainlanders return in droves, Maui officials are making an unusual request of airlines: Please don't bring so many people to our island.
Australia-Singapore travel bubble delayed
Australia’s travel bubble with Singapore has been delayed until the end of 2021, the Federal Tourism Minister confirmed on Sunday.
Qatar resume tourist and family visas from today
Qatar has resumed issuing family and tourist entry visas starting on 12 July, in line with new travel and return policies and based on health ministry COVID-19 recommendations
Thailand travel guide: How to travel to Phuket and Samui
Thailand’s Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued infographics providing information on the Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus programmes, for travellers heading Thailand’s way.
More Brits book summer holiday after change in quarantine and testing rules
Restrictions have become the number one reason not to fly overseas, but the recent announcement makes more travellers book an overseas holiday this summer.
Johnson announces plan for reopening in England from 19 July
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that people in England will no longer be legally required to wear a face-covering and that all Covid-19 social distancing rules will be repealed on July 19th.
After Phuket, Koh Samui reopening on July 15 on track
Following the smooth launch of Phuket Sandbox Programme last July 1, Koh Samui is slated to reopen next on July 15.
Qantas boss Alan Joyce plan to reopen Australian borders by 2022
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is among many business leaders who have responded to the national cabinet’s four-phase pathway out of the pandemic announced on Friday to resume international travel eventually.
Bali delays tourism reopening again
The Indonesian government will not open Bali to foreign tourists until Covid-19 cases have decreased significantly, according to the country's tourism minister in an interview.
Trans-Tasman travel bubble partially reopens with three states
With the partial reopening of the travel bubble, Australians from three states and the ACT can now travel to New Zealand without being quarantined.
PM Scott Morrison unveils four phases reopening plan
Fully vaccinated Australians would be allowed to spend only seven days in-home quarantine under a pilot programme.
NYC launches extensive recovery campaign
NYC & Company has launched the first phase of “It’s Time for New York City,” the largest-ever, multi-phased global tourism marketing and advertising campaign from the body.
Singapore’s bold innovative plan to live with COVID and reopen
A nation known well to Australians is pushing out the pandemic with controversy. No quarantine, testing and no daily data.
Biggest tourism campaign unveiled to bring the world ‘Back to Bali’
BALI’S major tourism stakeholders have pulled together to create the biggest tourism campaign in the history of the island - ‘Back to Bali’.
Samui, Krabi, Phang Nga and Chiang Mai to follow after Phuket Sandbox reopening
After Phuket, other places like Samui, Krabi, Phang Nga and Chiang Mai are planned to soon follow.
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