Australia will remove the requirement for the Covid vaccine and travel bans for foreign visitors

Under new rules that will take effect this week, travellers entering Australia won't need to reveal their Covid vaccination status or apply for a travel exemption.

With the revisions to the Biosecurity Act made on the advice of the chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, the home affairs...

'It's strange,' says one visitor after spending the day at the museum assisting colour-blind visitors in seeing pink

Mason Suljic, 24, has a few issues that he has to deal with daily. He has trouble reading graphs, charts, and maps. To him, the red squiggly line that indicates spelling errors looks different. Choosing pencil colours or clothing, as well as picking suitably matured produce at the grocery, is alw...

Singapore wants to enable vaccinated visitors to come without having to go through quarantine

According to Transport Minister S. Iswaran, Singapore hopes to ultimately enable all passengers to bypass quarantine in the nation if they are vaccinated.

"I believe we have now been able to put in place a series of measures to restart travel," he said in an interview with CNB...

CHINA’S IMPORT OF COSMETICS FROM JAPAN ROSE 30 PERCENT IN 2020

Highlights –

• China’s import of cosmetics from Japan rose 30 percent in 2020.
• Chinese consumers using cross-border e-commerce platforms.
• In 2020, China's cosmetics imports reached about $17.3 billion.
• The Chinese g...

JAPAN’S TRAVEL BALANCE FELL BY 89.2% IN FY 2020

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• Japan’s travel balance fell by 89.2% in FY 2020.
• Japan’s travel surplus in 2020 fell 3.8% to 18.20 trillion yen from a year earlier.
• The service trade deficit stood at 3.73 trillion yen.
• Japan poste...

FOREIGN VISITORS IN JAPAN FALL BY 98.3% IN JANUARY 2020 AMID PANDEMIC

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• Foreign visitors in Japan fall by 98.3% in January 2020 amid pandemic.
• Visitors from Vietnam made up almost half of the arrivals at 20,000 in January.
• Visitors from China came in second, followed by South Korea.

THAP LAN NATIONAL PARK RESUMES ITS ACTIVITIES AS IT IS OPEN FOR VISITORS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Thap Lan National Park will resume to guests on Saturday, after being shut for a month under cross country Covid-19 controls, however, outdoors tents and overnight stays won't be permitted

Chief of the park, Prawatsart Chanthep g...

JAPAN GOVT. REPORTS PLUNGE IN FOREIGN VISITORS BY 97.7% IN NOVEMBER

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• Japan Govt. reports a plunge in foreign visitors by 97.7% in November.
• The estimated number declined to 56,700 from a year earlier for the 14th straight month.
• Japan reportedly received over 4.05 million...

MANY EVENTS DISPLAYED AT HONGKONG MUSEUM FEARED TO BE OMITTED IN REVAMP; VISITORS PAY LAST VISITS AHEAD OF CLOSURE

HIGHLIGHTS

• After twenty years, Hong Kong history is going through a significant redo

The eight displays of the lasting exhibition, possessing two stories at the Hong Kong Museum of History, includes the city's topographical and scenic devel...

GUAM POSTPONES TO REOPEN TRAVEL FOR JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA & TAIWAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• GVB has postponed the reopening of travel for the countries of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
• Earlier, the island was supposed to open on 1 JUL 2020.

Prioritizing the health and safety of island residents as well as trave...

JAPAN FACES QUESTIONS FOR REOPENING ITS BORDER FOR FOREIGN VISITORS

Highlights

• Japan’s economy is dependent on trade and tourism.
• In order to kick-start the economy, it is important to reopen its borders.

Japan has been facing a difficult question. It is when and how to ease its corona virus-i...

CHERRY BLOSSOM DECKED LANE HAS NO ADMIRERS

• The Cherry Blossom flower in bloom this time of the year has no takers due to prevention of spread of coronavirus.
• The 560 meter petal strewn path is one of a kind lane in Japan haunted by millions of admirers.

The world-renowned lane lined with cherry blossom...

THAILAND IMMIGRATION BUREAU EASES VISA RULES FOR VISITORS

• Thailand Information Bureau enforces visa rules to make it simpler for visitors stranded in and out of Thailand.
• Visitors needn’t become perplexed as there are a slew of measures put in place for all categories of visitors.

As of now, three different cat...

JAPAN MOST POPULAR DESTINATION FOR CHINESE TOURISTS

Highlights:

• Chinese families feel Japan is the safest country to visit
• Over 9.9 million Chinese tourists visited Japan in 2019

Previously Thailand was the most favored destination by Chinese visitors. Japan recently took the place as...

Last week, the United States downgraded warnings to Australian visitors

The Prime Minister has convinced the government of Trump, according to a Sky News article, to update its revised travel warning to the state, which advises travelers to consider postponing their journey to Australia's regions affected by bushfires.

This is after Level 2 warning trav...

Singapore's 1FG eyes Indian visitors connects with Delhi-based ISA Tourism as India delegate

New Delhi, Dec 15 () To build the stream of Indian visitors to Singapore, the Southeast Asian nation's driving the travel industry firm One Faber Group (1FG) on Sunday said it has roped in Delhi-based ISA Tourism as its India advertise agent to extend its business. ISA Tourism Pvt Ltd, boutiq...

Chances with the city of Japan

Håfa Adai! A pleasant trip to Guam's official Friendship City in Japan, Karatsu Coastal City on Kyushu Island, was completed by the Guam Visitors Bureau. Chairman of the Marketing Committee Satoru Murata led a delegation from Guam to meet with Karatsu Mayor Tatsuro Mine and other top le...