The return of Chinese and Malaysian tourists, the largest groups of visitors to the Southeast Asian nation before the pandemic, is seen by the industry as key to a sustainable rebound.
Fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore are now allowed into Melbourne or Sydney without the need to quarantine as a part of Australia's gradual reopening of its borders that began this month.
The Philippines is in talks with its top market South Korea to welcome tourists on board chartered flights. The two countries are ironing out quarantine requirements for these tourists upon return to South Korea
Malaysia's Langkawi Islands in the state of Kedah will re-open to locals under a travel bubble, mirroring Thailand’s tourism-reopening plan based on a pilot project in the popular resort island of Phuket. Other destinations will be allowed to operate when the locality’s vaccination rate hits 80%