Southeast Asia Travel News| Update 20th July
6,800 tourism staff in Quang Ninh got Covid vaccine
A total of 6,800 tourist accommodation and cruise ship employees in Quang Ninh have received their first Covid vaccine shots as the province tries to revive its crippled tourism industry.
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Sri Lanka exempts fully vaccinated travellers from quarantine as vaccination drive gains steam
Sri Lanka is now allowing fully vaccinated international travellers to enter the country without undergoing quarantine.
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Travel unlikely to recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2023, say industry experts
One-third of travel industry experts in Asia-Pacific expect travel to resume to pre-pandemic levels by 2023.
Langkawi could reopen in September
Langkawi launches a mass vaccination project for the residents on this island with hoping to welcome tourists here soon.
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No dining in, social group sizes cut to 2 from July 22 as S’pore returns to phase 2
COVID- 19, from Thursday (July 22) to Aug 18, Singapore goes back to phase two (heightened alert) to stem the recent spike in community cases.
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Phuket tightens up Covid-19 restrictions
Phuket has heightened Covid-19 control measures as the number of new cases there has risen slightly to keep the situation under control and the Phuket Sandbox tourism reopening programme going.