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...

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.

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...

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...