19th May, 2021 - SOJERN published monthly updates on APAC travel trends and insights.

In summary, the highlights:

• More Japanese perfectures have instituted stricter social distancing rules.

• South Korea is allowing for more travel flexibility for vaccinated travellers (no quarantine necessary).

• Australian tourism board is heavily promoting longer domestic vacations. Also, the Australian government appears to be eyeing a mid-2022 border re-opening.

• Covid cases continue to be near record highs in India, and state governments extended strict lockdown measures.

• Singapore and Taiwan experienced a spike in covid cases. so both countries have reinstated some lockdown measures.

• This has indefinitely delayed the Hong Kong / Singapore travel bubble. Additionally, Hong Kong is setting stricter rules for travellers from Taiwan (21 day quarantine).

• Thailand and Malaysia continue to experience record high covid cases. Lockdowns have been reinstated. Thailand’s planned July 1 re-opening for tourists will likely get delayed because of the current outbreak.

• Indonesia’s domestic travel was strong in the past 2 weeks because of the Eid al-Fitr holidays. Government shorten holiday to discourage returning to hometowns to try and control a spike in cases.

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