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

Singapore Changi named world’s safest airport

Singapore Changi Airport posted a Safe Travel Score of 4.7 out of 5. Safety measures taken by the airport include the implementation of touchless initiatives to enhance the passenger experience across the landside and airside areas. These include sensor-based check-in kiosks and biometric- based immigration systems to eliminate fingerprint scanning.

#singapore #changiairport

https://www.ttgasia.com/2020/09/15/singapore-changi-named-worlds-safest-airport/

Singapore🇸🇬 and Thailand 🇹🇭have been added to England's 🇬🇧 COVID-19 travel corridor list, exempt from self isolation

From Saturday 4am UK time, travellers from these countries will no longer have to self-isolate for two weeks upon arrival in England. The exemption applies to travellers from Singapore and Thailand so long as they have not been in, or transited through, any other non-exempt countries in the preceding 14 days, said the Department of Transport and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Singapore and Thailand had already been exempt from the FCDO’s global advisory against non-essential travel.

#singapore #thailand #greencorridor #england #covid19

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-england-singapore-thailand-travel-self-isolation-exempt-13122516#cxrecs_s

Singapore 🇸🇬 to allow visitors from Australia 🇦🇺 and Vietnam 🇻🇳

➡️ Singapore will unilaterally lift border restrictions to visitors from Australia - excluding Victoria state - and Vietnam from Oct 8.

➡️ Visitors from Australia and Vietnam will be able to apply for the Air Travel Pass for entry into Singapore from Thursday. The earliest day they will be able to come into Singapore will be Oct 8.

➡️ The Air Travel Pass scheme allows for all forms of short-term travel, including leisure travel. This is in contrast to reciprocal green lane arrangements between countries, which are usually for essential business and official travel.

➡️ Visitors will have to take a swab test upon arrival, and can go about their activities after they get a negative test result. They will have to use the TraceTogether app for the duration of their stay here, among other conditions.

#singapore #australia #vietnam #COVID19

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/singapore-to-unilaterally-lift-border-restrictions-for-visitors-from-australia?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=STTG

Japan 🇯🇵 to ease passage for business travellers

➡️ Japan is preparing to gradually reopen its borders to business travellers from countries that have shown success in bringing Covid-19 transmission under control

➡️ From October 2020, up to 1,000 travellers will be granted entry per day to stay in Japan for business or other non-tourism purposes for more than three months.

➡️ All entrants will be required to pass a polymerase chain reaction test before departing for Japan and again on arrival. They will also have to self-quarantine for two weeks and agree to abide by rules to prevent the spread of Covid-19, which include signing a “commitment form” and naming someone in Japan who can be their guarantor.

➡️ Japan now allows entry to expatriates and long-term residents of seven countries in Asia, including Cambodia and Malaysia, and launched its first green lane to welcome business travellers from Singapore from September 18.

#japan #COVID19

http://www.ttgmice.com/2020/09/30/japan-to-ease-passage-for-business-travellers/

Singapore🇸🇬, Indonesia 🇮🇩 agree to launch green lane for essential business and official travel

➡️ Indonesian citizens as well as Singapore citizens and residents are eligible for the RGL, also referred to by Indonesia as the travel corridor arrangement (TCA), said MFA.

➡️ Travellers will have to abide by COVID-19 prevention and public health measures agreed by both countries, including pre-departure and post-arrival polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab tests from mutually recognised health institutions.

➡️ Operational details regarding the RGL, including the procedural requirements, health protocols and application process will be announced "in due course".

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-indonesia-reciprocal-green-lane-business-travel-13260686?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna

Japan🇯🇵 to lift travel ban for 12 countries, including Singapore🇸🇬

➡️ Japan is set to remove a ban on overseas travel to 12 countries and regions, including Singapore and China, from next month, according to a report by the Yomiuri newspaper.

➡️ The others include Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia, said the report.

➡️ The newspaper also stated that the Japanese government, which currently bans travel to 159 countries and regions, will recommend that travellers refrain from unnecessary and non-urgent visits to these 12 countries and regions.

https://www.ttgasia.com/2020/10/08/japan-to-lift-travel-ban-for-12-countries-including-singapore

Australia🇦🇺 in travel talks with Singapore🇸🇬, Japan🇯🇵, Korea 🇰🇷 as COVID-19 cases ease

➡️ Australia is in talks with Japan, South Korea, Singapore and South Pacific nations on reopening travel as coronavirus infections ease, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday (Oct 11).

➡️ Australia shut its borders in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus and is looking to revive tourism to help pull the country out of its first recession in nearly three decades.

➡️ While Australia has managed to contain the outbreak better than others, it is facing a second wave in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne remains under a tight lockdown. But infections there have been falling since early August.

➡️ Mr Morrison said he had spoken to his counterparts in Japan, South Korea and some Pacific nations, while Foreign Minister Marise Payne had held talks in Singapore this week on resuming travel.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/australia-covid-19-travel-lockdown-borders-open-new-cases-13254722

Singapore 🇸🇬 and Hong Kong 🇭🇰 to launch travel bubble - the first in the world

➡️ Quarantine is eliminated for both sides under the deal, while airlines must operate dedicated routes on which transit passengers are not allowed.

➡️ Travellers can move freely in either city and do not have to provide a predetermined itinerary, but protective mechanisms are in place to change or even suspend the travel bubble in the event of a rebound in Covid-19 infections.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3105607/coronavirus-hong-kong-singapore-set-reveal

Philippines🇵🇭 lifts travel ban for citizens, non-essential overseas trips can resume from Oct 21

➡️ Non-essential overseas travel can resume, starting Oct 21, ending a restriction in effect since July and potentially increasing customers for Philippine carriers that have suffered amid the pandemic.

➡️ Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Filipinos intending to leave the country must have negative antigen test results, confirmed plane tickets, and health and travel insurance.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-covid-19-task-force-lifts-overseas-travel-ban-for-citizens

Thailand 🇹🇭 is in talks with China 🇨🇳 to establish a quarantine-free travel corridor by January to rescue its ailing tourism industry

➡️ The current mandatory quarantine will be replaced by coronavirus testing and a mobile tracking application for the Chinese visitors if the return of foreign tourists does not lead to fresh Covid-19 outbreak

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-in-talks-with-china-on-quarantine-free-travel-corridor

Singapore 🇸🇬 to increase group size for tours

➡️ From 1 November 2020, the maximum group size for walking, cycling and kayaking tours will be increased from 10 to 20 pax (excluding tourist guide), with the maximum number of pax in any one sub-group capped at prevailing social gathering size.

https://www.stb.gov.sg/content/stb/en/home-pages/advisory-for-tours.html

Singapore 🇸🇬 and Germany 🇩🇪 to set up a reciprocal green lane

➡️ The reciprocal green lane will enable essential travel for business or official purposes, via direct flights between both countries

➡️ Eligible applicants will have to abide by the COVID-19 prevention and public health measures mutually agreed by both countries

➡️ Operational details of the green lane, including the procedural requirements, health protocols, and application process, will be announced at a later date.

https://cna.asia/2HxEQsn

Singapore will lift its border restrictions for all visitors from mainland China and Australia’s Victoria state from next Friday (Nov 6).

➡️ This will take effect from midnight on Nov 6 and includes all travellers who are not Singapore citizens, permanent residents or long-term pass holders, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Thursday.

➡️ From 12pm on Oct 30, visitors travelling from mainland China and Victoria state can apply for an Air Travel Pass (ATP) for entry into Singapore on or after Nov 6.

➡️ Applicants must have remained in either mainland China or Australia in the last 14 consecutive days prior to their entry and must travel to Singapore on direct flights without transit.

➡️ They will then undergo a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival at the airport. These travellers will be allowed to go about their activities in Singapore, without a need to serve a stay-home notice, if their test result is negative.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-singapore-lift-border-restrictions-china-victoria-nov-6-13404790?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna

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Covid insurance now available for inbound travellers to Singapore

➡️ Inbound foreign visitors to Singapore will now be able to purchase travel insurance coverage for Covid-19 related costs incurred locally

➡️ With the kickstart of the Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble, travellers flying with Singapore Airlines (SIA) from either Singapore or Hong Kong also have the option of adding Covid-covered travel insurance

https://www.travelweekly-asia.com/Destination-Travel/Covid-insurance-now-available-for-inbound-travellers-to-Singapore?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TWAedaily