COVID-19

Is there a limit on how much people are willing to spend on now-exorbitant post-pandemic travel? Our Editor mulls over it and comes to a surprising conclusion.

Thailand is preparing for more visitors after China reopened its borders on Sunday, 8 January 2023 by requiring foreign travellers to show proof they are completely vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering the country.

There’s been a greater need to monitor incoming travellers at airports who might be COVID-19-positive since China reopened its borders. Malaysia is just one of many countries that have instituted temperature checks for visitors in the wake of news of a sub-variant.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced that wearing face masks when flying is no longer mandatory.

They say bad news comes in threes and we believe so do good news - The UK announces tax-free shopping, Hong Kong axes mandatory hotel quarantine, and Japan reopens for tourists!

Japan's government is ironing out the details to remove the current daily limit on visitors from outside by October this year and also planning to do without remaining restrictions on international tourists.

The Japanese government has taken a major step towards resuming normal tourism operations after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that the country will begin accepting tourists without guides and would increase the daily arrival threshold to 50,000 beginning September 7.

Looking for some travel inspo? These are some recent destinations across Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific that currently have no little-to-no COVID-19—related entry requirements.

Many nations have relaxed their international borders, giving Malaysians greater options for where to go on holiday. Here are seven countries that have dropped all or part of their travel restrictions thus far.

Binge-worthy documentaries that’ll serve as a reminder that the world is indeed a huge and wonderful place, and that it’ll be waiting for you to explore once the COVID-19 pandemic eventually (and hopefully soon) dies down.

Malaysians can look forward to the easing of COVID-19 SOPs which include the relaxed SOPs for foreign travellers entering the country and scrapping the need for the public to use the MySejahtera check-ins function from 1 May.

Here’s some good news for you wandersters — Hong Kong has lifted its ban on foreign visitors for the first time since the pandemic began, while Thailand has done away with PCR testing for tourists.