All posts tagged "pandemic travel"
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0Local NewsChina and Covid: Malaysia Struggles with the Pandemic’s Next Big Question
Reject travellers from China? Welcome them with open arms? Somewhere in between? Amid Malaysia’s own recovery from years of Covid, the question...
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0Travel News & UpdatesOmicron Surge Lands Malaysia on CDC’s ‘Highest Risk’ Travel Destinations List
Malaysia has steadfastly refused to open its borders to international tourists since March 2020, however, so this likely won’t have quite the...
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0Asia Pacific NewsAs ASEAN Opens Up, Will Malaysia Be Left Behind?
A number of Southeast Asian countries have either opened their borders or announced plans to do so. Malaysia, however, against its own...
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0AirlineWorld’s Safest Airlines for 2022 Named
Encouragingly, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific are all well-represented for safety in the top 20 airlines. Despite two...
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0Travel News & UpdatesMalaysia Aims to Set Regional Standard for Safe Travel
Superb vaccination rates in the country, coupled with the cooperation of four major Malaysian travel organisations and acclaimed international certification partner Bureau...
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0Travel News & UpdatesWorld’s ‘Most Powerful’ Passport Revealed. Does Anybody Care, Though?
The ranking, released seemingly several times a year by Henley & Partners, certainly matters a lot less in a coronavirus-plagued, travel-restricted world....
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0ASEAN NewsPhuket Rolls Out the Welcome Mat and then Promptly Trips Over It
Thailand’s Prime Minister was exposed to a Covid-infected attendee at the grand opening event, and is now self-isolating… not the ideal kickoff...
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0NewsMalaysia Craters to Near-Bottom in Bloomberg’s Monthly Covid Resilience Ranking
In Malaysia, June brought a month-long lockdown, eroding quality of life, and very little progress being made in the reopening process, setting...
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0TourismGovernment Wants to Reopen Borders to Boost Tourism
Turns out foreigners are pretty good for the Malaysian economy. Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister announced yesterday...