From the state of China's outbound tourism to welcoming home panda Ya Ya – Here are today's Headlines
Before COVID hit, China held the top spot for outbound tourists.
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Hong Kong's tourism industry slowly crawls back from the brink
Hong Kong, the bustling tourist destination that once drew hordes of visitors from mainland China was hit hard by COVID.
Hong Kong bans flights for having COVID-positive passengers onboard
Six different airlines with routes into Hong Kong have had flights banned because of COVID-positive passengers on those flights.
Basically, the city has rules about flights doing their due diligence to make sure infected people don’t get on the plane, and airlines that end up with infected passengers get
COVID situation in Hong Kong looks up while Singapore opens up to the world
Asia has been a bit slower to “live with the virus” compared to the West, but it’s getting there. Yesterday, Singapore came out to say that it would lift quarantine requirements for all vaccinated travelers from April. This comes at a time when Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong,
Singapore eyes border reopening for the fully vaccinated
Singapore reported 16,165 new COVID cases as of noon on Thursday, and now the city wants to open up to all fully-vaxxed travelers soon – getting passengers back to 50% pre-COVID levels this year.
Key comments:
“We are now transiting towards living with COVID-19. I know many or some prefer
Departures from Hong Kong reach record highs
On Sunday, 5082 people left Hong Kong, bringing the total number of net departures for the week to 22,965. According to Immigration Department data, this number is also 4.4% higher than the previous week. There have also been travel notices for Hong Kong issued by other countries because
US suspends all travel from Europe except for the UK
In an extraordinary step, US President Donald Trump announced in a televised speech from the Oval Office on March 11 that the United States is suspending all travel from Europe, with the exception of the United Kingdom, in order to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
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