Southeast Asia Travel News | Update 30 October
Phuket tourism operators expect 1 million visitors in the first quarter of 2022
The head of the Phuket Tourist Association is optimistic about Thailand’s re-opening to vaccinated tourists from 63 countries, which starts today. Bhummikitti Raktaengam predicts the southern island will see 1 million foreign tourists in the first quarter of next year.
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Flights to Phuket from Kazakhstan hub Almaty resume today
Today marked the return of Air Astana flights to Phuket from Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, as 165 travellers arrived on a plane this morning. The flight marks a resumption of travel from the former Soviet Union republic and the currently 9th largest country in the world by area.
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Israel opens to vaccinated tourists on 1 November
After a period in which many efforts and attempts were made to find creative solutions to bring tourists back to Israel, the Ministry of Health accepted the recommendations of Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov and his office and approved tourist entry into Israel from 1st November 2021 subject to proof of vaccination.
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UK removes last 7 countries from COVID-19 travel ‘Red List’ from 1 November
The UK will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus “red list”, which currently requires newly arrived travellers from these destinations to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine, transport minister Grant Shapps said.
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Countries where Australians can travel with no quarantine
Australians won’t have to spend a single day in quarantine when visiting nations including the UK, Italy, the US, and Greece.
Its official! Vaccinated Australians can enter Singapore on November 8
Singapore’s Civil Aviation Authority has announced the expansion of the country’s Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme to include Australian passengers.
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AirAsia flies 113 weekly flights into Sarawak from 1 November
AirAsia welcomes the announcement by the Sarawak State Transport Minister Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin to boost flight frequency into the state starting 1 November 2021, further easing the limitation of flights and reducing airfares.
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