Australia lifts ban on citizens travelling overseas

Australia is lifting the ban on its citizens travelling overseas without permission. The ban on  travelling will be lifted next week. Australians have been following one of the strictest border rules for the past 19 months, to avoid further transmission of C...

TRAVEL BUBBLE BEGINS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Highlights:

• The travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand begins as the families reunite
• Hundreds of the passengers from Australia has started travelling to New Zealand on Monday as the governments re-opened the borders

Hundred...

AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE DISCUSSED AIR TRAVEL BUBBLE TO RESTART TOURISM

Highlights:

• Australia and Singapore had discussed the possibility of an air travel bubble for restarting the tourism
• This allowing be allowing the residents for travelling the two countries without being quarantined for two weeks

The...

TRAVEL FROM COOK ISLAND TO NEW ZEALAND MAY START SOON

HIGHLIGHTS

• Individuals from the Cook Islands can begin isolation free travel to New Zealand one week from now, the two governments said on Friday (Jan 15), yet New Zealand-based individuals should stand by until some more time in the year to visit the Cook Islan...

AUSTRALIA- KIWIS TO START TRAVEL EXCHANGES FROM 2021, SAYS JACINDA ARDERN

HIGHLIGHTS

• New Zealand's legislation committee has consented to set up an isolation free travel bubble with Australia in the primary quarter of 2021, the PM, Jacinda Ardern has said

The Australian clergyman Greg Hunt excitedly welcomed the ...

SINGAPORE OPEN FOR TAIWAN TRAVELERS FROM 18 DEC WITH MINIMUM QUARANTINE PERIOD

HIGHLIGHTS

• Singapore will lift its border limitations for guests from Taiwan from noon on 18 December

In a media revelation, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said that voyagers from Taiwan can apply for an Air Travel Pass (ATP) ...

SINGAPORE HONG KONG TRAVEL BUBBLE PUSHED AHEAD OF SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• The fourteen-day deferral of the debut air travel bubble was a jointly made decision by Singapore and Hong Kong, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing

He added that the two sides had recently concurred on "clear bounda...

NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA NOT TO KICK OFF TRAVEL BUBBLE IN SA AFOOT CORONAVIRUS EPISODE

HIGHLIGHTS

• As South Australia encounters another Covid-19 flare-up, the New Zealand leader, Jacinda Ardern, has yielded there is almost no possibility of an operational travel bubble by Christmas

Australia and New Zealand are handling the pande...

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL BUBBLE FACING PROBLEM AFTER PASSENGERS BREACH QUARANTINE RULES

Highlights:

• The travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia have hit an obstacle after 17 passengers who arrived in Sydney caught a flight to Melbourne by breaking the rules
• The acting immigration minister of Australia said that, anyone who is arr...

HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE WELCOME BILATERAL TRAVEL BUBBLE ARRANGEMENTS

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• Hong Kong and Singapore have solidified designs for a Covid-19 "travel bubble," the administration declared on Thursday

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau told the press that a starter arrangement wo...

SINGAPORE ON JAPAN’S TRAVEL NATION LIST, SOUTH KOREA TOPS ON VISITING NATION LIST OF SINGAPOREANS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Japan is intending to eliminate a prohibition on abroad travel to China and 11 different nations one month from now, the Yomiuri paper revealed.

The 11 different nations and regions incorporate Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapo...

INDIA STARTS AIR TRANSPORT BUBBLE WITH BHUTAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• The air transport bubble between India and Bhutan has been operationalized.
• This move enables easier movement of people between two friendly countries.

The India-Bhutan air transport bubble has been operationalized for eas...

HONG KONG TALKS WITH JAPAN, THAILAND ABOUT TRAVEL BUBBLE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong is all set to kick start travel bubble talks with neighboring nations that include Japan, Thailand, and other nations, Edward Yau, commerce head said, given a commonly perceived coronavirus testing component is built up.

In...

INDIA SIGNS AIR BUBBLE AGREEMENT WITH MALDIVES

Highlights

• Maldives became the six country that is now open for travel post COVID-19

• India at present has allowed travel to the U.S., UK, France, Germany and Kuwait

One of the favourite holiday destination of the Indians, Maldives is now in the list of ...

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH BILATERAL AIR BUBBLES SAYS CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER

Highlights

• After Air India, the government has now ordered Indigo, GoAir and Spicejet to undertake Vande Bharat Mission flights

• In order to start bilateral air bubbles, the Government of India is currently in talks with Germany, France, the U.S, Canada and Gulf c...

EAGER CUSTOMERS STAND IN 100-METER LONG QUEUE OUTSIDE CHINA’S TRENDING BOBA BUBBLE TEA SHOP

Highlights:

• Now viral on social media, several Boba Bubble Tea shops have attracted hundreds of eager customers who queued up in a 100-meter long line.

• The customers had to wait for more than two hours to receive their orders for the beverage, a ...

USA’s retirement bubble, bursts

Retirement from work is supposed to be a time of taking stock of a life spent working and relaxing. This was probably the reason that prompted the Natixis investment managers, a Paris-based investment bank to initiate the annual Global retirement Index. In the 2019, USA did not figure even the top 1...