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No Evacuation Flights for Australians in Cambodia

According to the Khmer Times (our new favourite website), there are no evacuation flights for Australians in Cambodia currently being planned. Currently, there are hundreds of Australians in Cambodia, a popular haunt for tourists and ex-pats alike. Now, there are still a limited number of commercial flights in operation, but these are usually prohibitively expensive, […]

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Extending your Visa in Cambodia

Due to the coronavirus lockdown, extending your visa in Cambodia is now probably a necessity. Here’s how to do it. For most visitors to Cambodia you will enter on a tourist visa on arrival, or through the e-visa (online visa), both of which are usually valid for one month, and under normal circumstances can be […]

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Cambodia to enforce strict travel restrictions

Cambodia to enforce strict travel restrictions from Tuesday, March 31, essentially making it the last country in the region to do so. Cambodia, which effectively was shut down to the outside world by the closure of the Vietnamese, Thai, and Laos borders, has now made things “official” by imposing stringent travel restrictions. The government of […]

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China Cuts International Flights to 1 per Week

In a recent announcement, China cuts international flights to 1 per week. This is being done to halt the spread of COVID-19, and to avoid a second wave of the virus. All domestic airlines have been told they are only able to do one international flight per week, and only through certain designated airports, with […]

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Foreign Nationals Banned from entering China

As per the recent announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, foreign nationals are now banned from entering China. “In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world, China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry into China by foreign nationals holding visas or residence permits still valid to the time of this […]

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Cambodia announces free medical care and visa extensions.

We’re aware that many of our Pioneers and various ex-pats in China have fled to Cambodia, so there have been a few very important updates that might be of interest to a few of you. Cambodia under lockdown We recently did a news piece about how all borders to Cambodia have been closed, initially Vietnam, […]

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Cambodia on lockdown

Cambodia, which until now had been of the last countries in South-East Asia to have (almost) completely open borders, has now been almost shut to the outside world due to COVID-19. This comes following the suspension last week of cross-border activities with Vietnam, in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Thailand, and now Laos (which […]

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Announcement: CONIFA World Football Cup 2020 Postponed

CONIFA have today announced that the 2020 CONIFA World Football Cup due to be held in North Macedonia has been postponed until further notice. The decision to postpone the tournament was made by the CONIFA Executive Committee due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. This decision wasn’t taken lightly but the health and safety of CONIFA […]

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Travel update regarding Covid-19

The coronavirus Covid-19 which originated in China and has already led to the closing of the DPRK to all tourism for the indefinite future is continuing to make its way around the globe and disrupts tours in many countries and travel in general. YPT has unfortunately already had to cancel a number of tours in […]

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Company Statement Regarding Troy Collings’ Passing

Thursday 5th of March 2020 It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Troy Michael Collings. Troy passed away last week from a heart attack. Troy was instrumental in establishing Young Pioneer Tours as one of the leading travel companies for North Korea. We here at YPT have lost a […]

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