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_2021-03-19
Macau has eased the 21-day quarantine restriction for visitors from Hong Kong, instead requiring 14 days of medical observation and 7 days of self-health checks.

_2021-03-17
The Philippines has banned foreigners from entering the country and returning overseas Filipinos from March 20 until April 19 after a new Covid spike and new variants.

_2021-03-16
Macau has taken another mini step towards reopening its borders, allowing foreigners back in from the Mainland under strict entrance criteria. The news comes a day after travel was eased for travellers from Taiwan.

_2021-01-27
The New Year hasn’t brought the relief that had been hoped for Asia’s devastated tourism industry, with new outbreaks of Covid-19 across the region dampening expectations for an early opening of borders.

_2021-01-02
Macau ended its annus horribilis on a slightly brighter note, with December gross gambling figures showing the best performance since January.

_2020-09-25
China’s largest online travel group, Trip.com, has noted a 500 percent gain in searches for tourism products in Macau since China resumed issuing individual travel visas on Sept. 23rd, Macau Business reports. 

_2020-08-27
Borders in Malaysia may be closed to international tourists until Q2, 2021, Nancy Shukri, the minister of tourism, arts and culture told the Nikkei Asian Review in an interview. 

_2020-08-25
Guangdong province, the largest source market for Macau, started accepting applications for tourism visas to the Special Administrative Region on Tuesday. 

_2020-08-19
Resorts World Sentosa’s business model, which is skewed towards catering for the mass market, means it’s not likely to recover any time soon and not without a significant easing in travel restrictions, according to Union Gaming.

_2020-08-11
China has confirmed it will begin issuing individual visit scheme visas for the whole of Guangdong province on August 26 and will extend the program to all of China from Sept. 23.

_2020-08-10
Shares in Macau’s six casino operators were sharply higher Monday after the Macau government announced the long-awaited news that individual visit scheme visas would be renewed from August 12.

_2020-08-07
For the second time this week, the government of Macau has announced tougher restrictions on travelers arriving from Hong Kong. It had been the cas

_2020-07-29
The creation of a travel bubble between Malaysia and Singapore is seen as a significant catalyst for the island’s two IRs, although severe capacity restrictions will create headwinds, according to Bernstein analysts.