Malaysia – In light of the reopening of Malaysia’s borders on April 1, the government has imposed a minimum insurance coverage (for Covid-19 and traveling) of US$20,000 (RM84,090) for all visitors who are coming to Malaysia. Regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin stated that this applies to all foreigners who will be entering Malaysia on short-term …

Thailand – Thailand is working closely with necessary authorities to restore all land border entry points with Malaysia by May 1 in order to enhance its tourist business, particularly in the southern regions. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Minister of Tourism and Sports, said his ministry will recommend to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) that additional access points between the two …

Malaysia – According to Defense Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, the proposed reopening of Malaysia’s borders would be discussed by the Cabinet or the Special Committee to Address Covid-19 before a decision is made. Several departments would be involved in the subject of complete reopening of the country’s borders before a final decision can be taken, he added. After viewing …

Malaysian retailers who have been struggling due to the extended lockdown have called for the government to allow them to reopen for business by July. They said that if the lockdown continues in July which currently prohibits their business from opening, they are concerned that more businesses will be forced to close for good and as a result, reviving the …

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) discussed the resuming of three COVID-19 green zones in Bali for the travel industry in the midst of a checked diminishing in the quantity of Indonesia’s day by day instances of Covid and cross country mass immunization crusade. They see that in the region of Bali that they need to focus on three assigned green zones, …

The travel industry of Ilocos Norte territory would typically anticipate the late summer season starting in March of consistently when a large number of sightseers would run to the region’s renowned sea shores and other normal attractions. However, hardly any guests came even as the territory started tolerating sightseers in September a year ago under its travel bubble including the …

Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the Minister of Tourism and Sports, the entire batch of tourists coming to Thailand via the special tourist visa (STV) in the first step must be 100 percent free of the coronavirus or the reopening plan will be scrapped indefinitely. He started that if in October and November the system sees no infections for the first groups, concerns …

The Government of Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thailand has said it will lift the night curfew, imposed nationwide effective on June 15. In line with the fourth round of easing business restrictions the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported. Restrictions on travelling in and out of Thailand remain in place, CCSA spokesman, Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said. The government would maintain controls on …

Thailand’s government has announced it plans to create “travel bubbles” through bilateral agreements designed to keep Covid-19 in check when Thailand reopens its borders. “Once the covid-19 situation improves, we’ll allow travel between countries. However only countries that we have an agreement with,” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told a briefing in Bangkok. Also adding no such pacts have reached cabinet as …

As Shopping malls in Thailand reopened on Sunday shoppers were required to download a government mobile app to collect visitor records. The Thai Chana mobile app to their mobile phones for check-in and check-out at shops. Customers would use their mobile phone to scan QR codes as they enter and leave shops and the premises. The government mobile app was created to allegedly …