A travel corridor between Cambodia and Thailand will soon open after both countries agreed to mutually waive quarantine requirements.  To read our current international travel update, click here. What are the rules for entering Thailand Thailand initially announced a November 1st reopening to vaccinated tourists from ten countries (link to KN), which has since expanded […]

The tourist island of Bali open to tourism from mid-October, but before you get packing, not only is it to a limited degree, but comes with more than a few caveats. When will Bali open to tourism? According to the announcement some international flights will be resumed to the island. So far South Korea, China, […]

Canadians allowed to travel again from July 5th, provided they have been vaccinated and upload their data to the ArriveCAN app, according to an announcement from the federal government today. The law basically means that Canadians who have been vaccinated will now be able to travel without having to enter expensive government run quarantine centres […]

If you want to travel you will need to vaccinated or at least that is how current global trends are pointing. Over the last month countries from Iceland, to the Seychelles, Moldova and as of Today Thailand have announced that they will be, or have opened their borders to fully vaccinated tourists. To read about […]

The EU to open to tourism is a huge shake up for the European travel industry. The EU commission has recommended easing restrictions on non-essential which basically means tourists travelling from non-EU states. The EU Commission tweeted the following on 3 May 2021. “Time to revive EU tourism industry and for cross-border friendships to rekindle […]

Which countries can’t I travel to ? Today India was named on the British “red list” of countries, from where travel to, or from, is either banned, or highly restricted. This includes only British and Irish nationals being able to return from said countries, as well as being forced to stay in highly expensive government […]

China launches travel passport in bid to boost international travel. Only days after stating that they would relaunch travel subject to a “travel passport”, the Chinese have gone ahead and launched it. It is as expected a digital certificate and runs via the WeChat messaging service. WeChat is a a major Chinese institution. Whilst often […]

Introduction It has been a tough year for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic and especially for those whose jobs have been directly affected by the pandemic like ours as travel agents. After a year that feels like every day carried another horrible headline in the news as we approach the end of the year, […]

Early hopes that China would continue opening up foreigners entering the country has taken another hit with the announcement that citizens of the UK and Belgium would be temporarily banned from entering the country. This follows the suspension of the issuing of Q1 and Q2 visas, which we announced a few days ago. You can […]

Coronavirus travel update. Welcome to the YPT COVID-19 / Coronavirus travel updates page. With this page we aim to give up to date travel advice on which countries are open to tourism during the current pandemic. As you might imagine one of the most frequent questions we are getting asked right now is which countries […]