While Australia, Britain, India, Japan and the US require a negative COVID-19 test from inbound Chinese, South-East Asian countries have eschewed such requirements.
as they rejected the mandatory COVID-19 testing of Chinese travellers embraced by the US, Japan, and several western countries., the world’s No.2 economy opens its borders on Sunday, a move that promises to unleash a wave of eager travellers after three years of strict curbs in the country.
Interest in the region rose even before news of its lack of test requirements. Three out of four Chinese travel agencies ranked South-East Asia as the top destination when outbound travel resumed, a December survey by trade show ITB China said. In Vietnam, almost a third of the 18 million foreign arrivals in 2019 were from China, while about a fifth of Singapore’s international arrivals were Chinese, who spent $S900 million.Thailand already expects to welcome 5 million Chinese travellers this year, or about half the 11 million Chinese visitors in 2019. Malaysia projects 1.5 million to 2 million Chinese tourists this year compared with 3 million before the pandemic.
Singapore said it had high population immunity, as about 40 per cent of its people had been infected with coronavirus and 83 per cent had been vaccinated, while it has bolstered healthcare capacity.
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