Thinking of heading to Bali🇮🇩 after the pandemic? You may want to take note:

📲A regulation coming into force on 28 May requires prospective travellers to fill in an application form at https://cekdiri.baliprov.go.id to obtain a QR code. The QR code is proof that each prospective traveller has filled out the application form.

✈️Air passengers must present their QR code and a Covid-19 negative statement with a validity period of seven days from the time of arrival.

📃The Covid-19 negative certificate must be obtained from a government hospital laboratory or a laboratory designated by Bali’s Covid-19 Task Force.
The airport authority and the Bali Covid-19 Task Force will recheck the swab test results of all passengers upon arrival at Denpasar’s Ngurah Rai International airport

👉🏻Source: https://www.travelweekly-asia.com/Destination-Travel/Heading-for-Bali-Be-aware-of-tough-new-rules?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TWAedaily

Launch of fast lanes between Singapore 🇸🇬 and China🇨🇳

Procedure to take note of!

👉🏼 Source: gov.sg/jun4moh

China 🇨🇳 and South Korea 🇰🇷 launch “travel corridor” to selected cities

➡️ Currently, conditions of entry include two weeks of screening and a virus test at home prior to flying, a two-day quarantine in China upon arrival, and then another blood test to confirm the visitor is virus free.

👉🏼 Source: https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/health-safety/china-south-korea-launch-travel-corridors-to-allow-for-flights/news-story/0f4f84e93f5c752a133901df1771cafc

🇸🇬Singapore’s Changi Airport sets up new transit areas as Singapore Airlines (SIA) from Australia and New Zealand to fly through Singapore.

➡️ SIA travellers will be able to transit through Changi Airport from selected cities in Australia and New Zealand, to any destination in SIA's group network operated by SIA, SilkAir or Scoot, from Thursday (June 11)

➡️ Transit flights are only for outbound journeys from Australian cities Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, as well as New Zealand cities Auckland and Christchurch.

➡️ Passengers will not be able to transit from other places in SIA's group network through Singapore into these cities

➡️ Transit passengers waiting for their connecting flights must wear a face mask and follow safe distancing markers while airport staff working in the holding areas must use a face mask, face shield and gloves.

👉🏼 Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/changi-airport-sets-up-new-transit-holding-areas-as-sia-travellers-from?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=STTG

🇮🇩 Bali to open its doors to foreign tourists in September

➡️ Bali says foreign tourists will be allowed to return by September as the Indonesian holiday island scrambles to repair its crippled vacation sector - even as coronavirus cases mount.

➡️ The island will reopen beaches, temples and other tourism spots for domestic visitors by the end of July, the governor said Sunday, and welcome foreign holidaymakers from Sep 11.

➡️It was not immediately clear if vacationers from all countries would be allowed to visit, or if restrictions would be put in place on their arrival.

👉🏼 Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-bali-eyes-september-reopening-foreign-tourists-12906672

#bali #reopening #postcovid

✈️Post-covid travel: What are airlines doing to increase passenger confidence?🤔

https://www.eturbonews.com/575969/10-strategies-that-25-leading-airlines-use-to-increase-passenger-confidence/

#postcovid #airlines

✈️ Airline industry is looking at years to full recovery
https://www.travelweekly-asia.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Airline-industry-is-looking-at-years-to-full-recovery

🇲🇾 Domestic events are a go in Malaysia - subjected to the following conditions:

➡️ Capped at 250 pax

➡️ Can only be carried out in Malaysia’s green zones 🟢 (districts with no active COVID-19 cases), with strict adherence to SOPs

➡️ Venue should have sufficient capacity to hold the group with social distancing measures in place

➡️ No buffets, meals to be replaced with prepackaged food

https://www.ttgmice.com/2020/06/19/malaysia-green-lights-business-events-of-up-to-250/

#malaysia #covid19

✈️ To facilitate the recovery of air travel between Singapore and Europe, the country and EU will collaborate to create common standards to promote safety and travel confidence

#airtravel #covid19 #singapore #europeanunion

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/coronavirus-singapore-to-work-with-european-union-on-safety-measures-for-air-travel

Events Caps in Japan🇯🇵

➡️ On July 10, Japan eased capacity restrictions for outdoor sporting, concert and other events to a maximum of 5,000 pax from the previous 1,000, provided the number of attendees is within 50 per cent of the venue’s maximum capacity.

➡️ Organisers of indoor events, meanwhile, must keep capacity to 50 per cent or below the usual level.

➡️ The limit of 5,000 was scheduled to be lifted on 1 August but a recent resurgence of cases put this under reconsideration

#japan #eventcapacity #covid19

https://www.ttgmice.com/2020/07/24/infection-resurgence-keeps-event-caps-on-in-japan/

“When it comes to navigating travel in the new normal, we foresee people living in Asia will have the highest pent-up demand for travel". 🧳

📊 Based on a survey of more than 10,000 people across 17 countries regarding travel in a post-Covid-19 world

➡️ India 🇮🇳 and Thailand 🇹🇭are tied for top place with the most citizens confident of travelling in the new normal. Asian countries dominated the list of countries that scored above the global average including China 🇨🇳, Indonesia 🇮🇩, and Singapore 🇸🇬. France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, and Denmark 🇩🇰 also rated above the global average.

➡️ On the other end of the spectrum, Japan 🇯🇵 was rated the most cautious, followed by the Philippines 🇵🇭 and Hong Kong 🇭🇰. Other countries that scored below the global average included Sweden 🇸🇪, New Zealand 🇳🇿, the UK 🇬🇧, Canada 🇨🇦, and the US 🇺🇸.

➡️ Contactless travel will be the new benchmark for travellers such as private transfers, e-boarding passes, social distancing on planes.

#travelintelligence #travelinsights #traveltrends #travelconfidence #asia #singapore #china #india #thailand #indonesia #france #germany #denmark #newzealand #japan #philippines #hongkong #uk #canada #us

https://www.ttgasia.com/2020/07/28/asians-most-confident-to-resume-travel-survey/

Business travel to resume between Singapore🇸🇬 and Japan🇯🇵, with agreements to be finalized by early September

➡️ Agreement to provide for a "special quota of cross-border travel by business executives and business professionals (work pass holders)" with the necessary public health safeguards in place, including a 14-day stay home notice upon arrival in the respective countries”

➡️ Short-term business travellers would be subject to a controlled itinerary for the first 14 days of their trip with necessary safeguards in place

#japan #singapore #businesstravel #airtravel
https://cna.asia/2CmVA3q

Are hybrid events the new normal?🤔

https://bizeventsasia.com/2020/08/18/cases-study-shangri-la-ensures-manulife-show-goes-on/

The start of traveling? ✈️ Singapore 🇸🇬 will open its doors to Brunei 🇧🇳and New Zealand 🇳🇿 from 1 Sept!

https://str.sg/J74w

Japan🇯🇵to ease travel restrictions with both Cambodia 🇰🇭 and Laos 🇱🇦

Laos 🇱🇦
➡️Japan and Laos agree to relax coronavirus travel restrictions - expatriates to be eligible first, with students and business travel on agenda

➡️Both countries agreed Sunday to allow expatriates to resume traveling as early as September, provided they stay home for 14 days after entering their respective countries as part of measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

➡️ Entry to Japan by Laotian students with Japanese government scholarships will be realized at the earliest opportunity, according to the ministry.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Japan-and-Laos-agree-to-relax-coronavirus-travel-restrictions


Cambodia 🇰🇭
➡️ Both have agreed to ease entry restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and mutually admit long-term stayers, including expatriates, as soon as early next month, including the acceleration of talks to also reopen their borders to short-term travelers, including people traveling on business.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200822_20/


#japan #cambodia #laos #travelrestrictions #covid19

Singapore 🇸🇬 and Thailand 🇹🇭 are in talks for a reciprocal green lane

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-and-thailand-agree-to-speed-up-talks-on-essential-business-travel-through-green?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=sttg

Phuket 🇹🇭 to reopen to tourists in Oct

➡️Tourists will have to stay for at least 30 days, with the first 14 days in quarantine in a limited vicinity of their hotel, before they can visit other areas

➡️ Visitors will have to take an additional test and remain within the province for another week before they can travel to other parts of the country.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-thailand-phuket-allow-long-stay-tourists-october-13041744

Bali to reopen in 2021

travelweekly-asia.com/Destination-Travel/Reality-check-Bali-s-reopening-looking-unlikely-for-September

China 🇨🇳 relaxes restrictions for European Citizens

#china #travelrestrictions #visa #europeans

https://www.ttgmice.com/2020/08/27/china-relaxes-visa-restrictions-for-european-citizens/

Malaysia 🇲🇾 places entry ban on countries with high infection cases:

➡️ The Malaysian government will impose an entry ban on citizens from countries with more than 150,000 COVID-19 cases starting from Sep 7

➡️ Countries on the list include the United States🇺🇸, Brazil 🇧🇷, France 🇫🇷, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, Spain 🇪🇸, Italy 🇮🇹, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Russia 🇷🇺and Bangladesh 🇧🇩

➡️ Long-term pass holders who are citizens of India, Indonesia and the Philippines will be barred from entering the country effective Sep 7. The barring would be applicable to permanent residents, holders of Malaysia My Second Home passes, expatriates of all categories, those with resident passes, spouse visas and students who are citizens of the respective countries

#malaysia #travelrestrictions #COVID19


https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-malaysia-entry-ban-countries-uk-france-united-states-13079280?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna

Singapore 🇸🇬 and Japan 🇯🇵 launches reciprocal green lane to facilitate essential business and official travel on Sep 18

➡️ These safeguards include pre-departure and post-arrival testing as well as the need to adhere to a controlled itinerary for the first 14 days in the receiving country.

Operational details including the requirements, health protocols and application process will be published on the SafeTravel website and the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs website by Sep 18.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-japan-resume-essential-business-travel-covid-19-13101360?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna