Maldives will restart tourism and reopen its borders for International Tourists from July 3rd, 2020, as confirmed by Tourism Ministry. Upon entry, no additional fees will be charged by the travelers, Tourism Ministry further stated. The tourism industry in Maldives came to a halt with the travel ban imposed by the government for all tourists from 27th March 2020 as ...

Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to postpone the construction of 350 km long High Speed Rail (HSR) project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore again until the end of the year. The construction of the HSR project has been suspended since September 2018 and was due to resume at the end of May but now further suspended till December 31, 2020. ...

Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Friday (May 29) that Singapore and China have agreed to launch ‘Fast Lane Arrangements’ in early June to facilitate essential business and official travel between both the countries. The announcement came after the second China-Singapore joint meeting through video conference on Thursday (May 28). Mr. Chee Wee Kiong, Permanent Secretary of Singapore’s ...

In Myanmar, the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment on COVID-19 announced on Thursday (May 28) to extend the suspension of visas and international flights and other virus prevention measures except the previous lifted measures until June 15. As per a recent survey by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MOHT), travel restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic has affected ...

After nearly three months of strict lockdown and home quarantine measures due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Philippines has decided to ease the lockdown from June 1 in Manila and allowed most businesses to open. Transport and domestic flights also permitted to resume operations. Rodrigo Duterte, the President of Philippines, said on Thursday (May 28) night that metropolitan Manila ...

The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) said all tourism businesses in the country will have to adopt the new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to embrace the new normal for sanitized travel post COVID-19 pandemic. Datuk Tan Kok Liang, the President of MATTA, said that the idea of sanitized travel needs be adopted by stakeholders to create consumer’s ...

The Government of Laos has decided to ease the travel restrictions and announced that travelers (including Lao citizens, students, experts and diplomats) with valid travel documents which are authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are now permitted to enter and exit Laos. Around 1,930 people entered into Laos from Thailand, Vietnam and China through international border checkpoints on Monday ...

Including in the tourism industry, “New Normal” health protocols will be applied from July in Yogyakarta, city in Indonesia, said the Yogyakarta administration. Kadarmanta Baskara Aji, the administration secretary, told on Friday (May 22) that one of the regulations would limit the number of visitors to tourist destinations up to 100 people. Tourist destinations, hotels, shopping malls, traditional markets will ...

After being closed for more than two months due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Fine Arts Department has made an announcement to reopen all museums, historical parks, archaeological sites and national archives to the public from Friday (May 22). The sites which are going to reopen include the Prem Tinsulanonda Archives and the Banharn Jamsai Tower in Suphanburi, which was built ...

After two months of nation-wide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India has allowed airlines to resume the operations of domestic flight in a staggered manner from May 25 (Monday). Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, the Aviation Minister, has informed by his tweet on Wednesday (May 20), “Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday ...