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On Thursday, Taiwan removed all COVID-19 entrance restrictions, ending more than two and a half years of border checks and enabling tourists full access to the self-governing island. Even when the majority of nations resumed opening their borders to travellers, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China had long insisted that most visitors complete a mandated quarantine period during the pandemic. No longer is entry quarantine or any PCR testing required of visitors.
As an alternative, they will have to keep a close eye on their health for a week after they get there and get a negative response on a quick antigen test the day they get there. It is necessary to have a negative test from either that day or the day prior if someone wants to leave during the seven-day monitoring period. The entry of particular nationalities into Taiwan is no longer subject to any limitations.
On a Tiger Air aircraft that landed shortly after midnight, dozens of tourists from Thailand were among the first to enter Taiwan under the new regulations at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, which serves the nation’s capital Taipei. The island was eagerly anticipated by tourists like 32-year-old Mac Chientachakul and his parents. My favourite thing to eat in Taiwan is hot pot, Chientachakul stated. My initial action is to… I really miss it.
Travel salesperson Sonia Chang said the modifications are advantageous for the tourism sector as well as Taiwanese citizens, who can now travel abroad without being quarantined upon their return. The new regulations were convenient, according to Valaisurang Bhaedhayajibh, a 53-year-old director of business development for a design firm. He claimed that we are not need to take the test both before and after arriving.
He stated that everything, including the rapid testing kits, had been provided by Taiwanese authorities and that we were still compelled to perform the self-test every two days. Chang Shi-chung, the director of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, greeted the visitors from Thailand at a welcome ceremony and presented them with gifts in the arrivals area of the Taoyuan airport. A total of 244 travellers from about 20 tour groups are expected to arrive on Thursday, according to the Taiwanese tourism bureau.
One of the few nations in the world that is determined about keeping borders closed and adhering to a zero-COVID plan to eradicate the virus is mainland China, even with Hong Kong and Taiwan removing restrictions and inviting visitors back. A three-day self-monitoring period was all that remained of Hong Kong’s required quarantine requirement for visitors arriving late last month.
