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China to reopen borders to foreign tourists for first time since 2020
March 16, 2023
BEIJING: China said that it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years since the outbreak of th...
South Korea considers early easing of COVID-19 visa curbs on travellers from China: Report
February 1, 2023
SEOUL: South Korea's prime minister suggested on Tuesday (Jan 31) that COVID-19 visa restrictions on travellers from China could b...
Macau visitor arrivals hit best daily tally since June outbreak
January 16, 2023
Macau recorded on Thursday (January 12) its highest daily total of visitor arrivals since a local Covid-19 outbreak in mid-June la...
Japan Steps up Covid Controls on Travellers from China
January 6, 2023
Japan will toughen its Covid-19 border control measures for travellers from China starting from Sunday (January 8), the country’...
Japan struggles to find the staff as tourists return in their droves after full border reopening
November 17, 2022
Japan's transport and hospitality industries are struggling to find enough staff to keep up with a rebound in demand, as tourists ...
In Hong Kong, world bankers urged not to ‘bet against’ China
November 3, 2022
HONG KONG -- Chinese regulators downplayed China’s real estate slump and slowing economic growth while Hong Kong's top leader pi...
Macau records 182k visitors during autumn Golden Week
October 11, 2022
Macau logged an aggregate of more than 182,000 visitor arrivals from October 1 to 7 inclusive, during the so-called autumn Golden ...
Non-China VIPs key target for Asia casinos: marketers
August 24, 2022
Acquiring VIP and premium-mass gamblers from outside China is a priority for Asia Pacific casino operators, say several industry m...
GKL says visa-free S.Korea scheme puts casinos on radar
August 9, 2022
A representative of one of South Korea’s leading foreigner-only casino firms hopes to see a “good effect” in terms of “fut...
VISITOR NUMBERS DROP 24% Y-O-Y IN APRIL
May 23, 2022
Visitor arrivals rose by 15.2% month-on-month to 606,841 in April, yet the figure still represents a year-on-year drop of 23.7%, ...