After nearly three years, it’s finally happening. It’s time to dust off those Chinese tourism visas. Starting from 15 March, China will once again be accepting applications for tourism visas. Better yet, if you had a Chinese tourism visa issued before 28 March 2020 — that is, the date China sealed itself off from the […]
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Brandenburg.2: The EU Again Threatens an Entry Fee Starting in 2024
For the title of this post, I was wavering between the current one, and Brandenburg.2: Electric Boogaloo. For some background, Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) was slated to open way back in 2011, but due to a number of issues, only opened on 31 October 2020. Similarly, the European Union’s has frequently delayed its plan […]
Hong Kong Eliminates Something Else, But is it Enough?
But most of us still have to test to visit? In early February, Hong Kong and China agreed to eliminate arrival quotas and COVID-19 testing for those crossing directly between the two places. Unless the visitor … had been overseas within the prior seven days. Overseas as in Japan, Egypt, Taiwan? Sure, everywhere else. Now, […]
Fiji Removes COVID-19 Entry Requirements
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. As simply as an entry restriction can appear, it can just as easily disappear. Fiji joins the list of tourism-dependent countries that have realized this, eliminating every […]
This Mexican Carrier Has Ended Operations
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. For your next trip from the United States to Mexico, the choices have been whittled down to Aeromexico, Volaris, and VivaAerobus. After just over 35 years of […]
Singapore Puts the Kibosh on Testing for Unvaccinated Travelers
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. Have you had recurring dreams of lopping up that chili crab sauce with fried mantou? O.K., that’s rather specific. How about dreams where you were the only […]
Relics of the Future (Hong Kong 2003)
The first time I visited Hong Kong, I was in awe of the countless apartment complexes juxtaposed on the subtropical hills, the myriad roads that could easily double as parts of any number of Chinatowns around the world, and a health form asking me if I had a fever, cough, or other common ailments. Quite […]
Hong Kong Eliminates COVID-19 Isolation For Those Who Test Positive
Until late last year, Hong Kong was one of the last tourism centers that had layers of restrictions heaped upon potential visitors and residents alike. But onerous COVID-19 policies have been relaxed to the point that two inconveniences — albeit major ones — remain. As of 30 January, people who test positive for COVID-19 will […]