Reopening updates
Bali closes once again, although no one was visiting
Although Bali reopened to selected tourists on October 14, without a lengthy quarantine period, 19 countries were allowed back in. Sadly, no one showed up.
NSW and VIC will keep borders open
Despite fears that the Omicron variant will spread between states, Victoria and NSW will keep their borders open, Covid restrictions also eased.
Rebel Wilson invites fellow Aussies to Fiji
Australian actress Rebel Wilson stars in a new campaign for Tourism Fiji as the country opened for quarantine-free travel for fully-vaccinated travellers from selected travel partner countries from the 1 December.
Fiji proceeds with border reopening despite Omicron
Fiji will press on with plans to reopen its border to international travellers, despite the threat from the newly identified Omicron Covid-19 variant
Myanmar to resume international travel next year
Myanmar has rolled out plans to resume international tourism early next year
New Zealand announces reopening to tourists in April
New Zealand has announced it will reopen borders to visitors vaccinated against Covid-19 in the opening months of 2022
Australia opens for fully vaccinated international students
Next month, Australia will be open to fully vaccinated international travellers, students, working holidaymakers, and provisional family visa holders.
Cuba welcomes travellers as airports fully reopen
Cuban or foreign travellers will no longer have to take a PCR test when they arrive at the Cuban border, as of 15 November
Malaysia to reopen to international travellers by 1 January
Malaysia will reopen its borders to international visitors by 1 January at the latest, a government advisory council has said as the country seeks to revive its ailing tourism sector
Who is traveling to Thailand now that international airlines have returned 80% of their slots?
According to Nitinai Sirisamatthakarn, general director of Airports of Thailand (AOT) Public Company, international airlines have returned up to 80% of their airport slots at Thailand’s six international airports between October 31st and March 26th of next year.
5 destinations open for travel right now
As vaccination rates continue to go up, more destinations are reopening to tourists.
Vietnam plans phased resumption of international flights from January 2022
Vietnam plans to restart international commercial flights with 15 countries from January next year, its aviation authority has announced, eyeing a full resumption by July
Face-to-face events returns as Thailand reopens to internatonal travellers
After six months of hibernation since April 2021 due to COVID restrictions, Thailand’s biggest exhibition and convention centre, IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre is seeing the return of “face-to-face” events.
U.S. reopening drives flight bookings up
According to a new ForwardKeys analysis, flight bookings to the United States have skyrocketed following the announcement that the country would reopen to vaccinated international visitors on 8 November.
Emirates increases services to Australia as borders reopened
With Australia's borders now open to international travellers, Emirates is celebrating by expanding its operations in the country.
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