From Sunday, travellers arriving back in China will no longer need to quarantine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- In Tokyo’s Asakusa tourist district, caricaturist Masashi Higashitani is dusting off his Chinese as he prepares for an influx of travellers after Beijing ends inbound quarantine rules.Nearly 9.6 million Chinese visited Japan in 2019, the biggest group of foreign tourists by far and a massive leap from the 450,000 who came in 2003.
He had to downsize and let staff go during the pandemic, so he is thrilled about the expected wave of arrivals, even though he admits some apprehension too. The move, announced in late December, sparked a frenzy of trip planning, with searches spiking for Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and South Korea.and were among the top three groups visiting Thailand and Indonesia.At a crepe stand in Seoul, Mr Son Kyung-rak said he was already making plans to deal with a flood of tourists from China.
“Before the pandemic, we had a lot of Chinese customers... At least 100 to 200 customers came daily,” Mr Kadek Sucana, who runs a seafood restaurant in the Jimbaran area, told AFP.While Beijing has loosened many of its Covid-19 restrictions, overseas travel by tour groups remains banned.As a result, travel destinations throughout Asia are expecting any rebound in Chinese tourists to be slow.Indonesia is aiming for just over 250,000 Chinese tourists in 2023, a fraction of pre-pandemic figures.
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