HKG and SIN introduce world's first travel bubble - starts Nov 22! (Now Cancelled to 2021!)
This is the first travel bubble arrangement between the two cities that will allow essential travel and tourism without quarantine
but the potential cost of $600USD for each traveller on top of the usual expenses will probably still be a deterrence to many tourists.
for leisure travel, I'm not sure I want to pay $600/person to travel, though it's better than paying $2100USD to goto korea and a 14 day quarantine in gov't facility i guess
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economic ... -could-set
So with rising cases in HKG the bubble never got to begin and is now shelved until next year to be re-evaluated
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/singapo ... -2020.html
but the potential cost of $600USD for each traveller on top of the usual expenses will probably still be a deterrence to many tourists.
for leisure travel, I'm not sure I want to pay $600/person to travel, though it's better than paying $2100USD to goto korea and a 14 day quarantine in gov't facility i guess
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economic ... -could-set
As part of the in-principle agreement for the travel bubble, eligible travellers would not have to serve a quarantine or stick to a predetermined itinerary, but would need to take pre-departure tests.
But in making the announcement last Thursday, Singapore’s transport minister Ong Ye Kung also said that “each territory, each party, should be also free to impose their own administrative arrangements”. He listed on-arrival testing as one example.
While the details of the travel bubble have not been announced, health care experts said that Covid-19 testing could amount to more than S$800 (US$600).
As part of the in-principle agreement for the travel bubble, eligible travellers would not have to serve a quarantine or stick to a predetermined itinerary, but would need to take pre-departure tests.
But in making the announcement last Thursday, Singapore’s transport minister Ong Ye Kung also said that “each territory, each party, should be also free to impose their own administrative arrangements”. He listed on-arrival testing as one example.
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While the details of the travel bubble have not been announced, health care experts said that Covid-19 testing could amount to more than S$800 (US$600).
AS IT HAPPENS
“Clearly, the maximum number of times of testing that travellers could be faced with could be four tests, meaning two pre-departure and two post-arrival tests when travelling between Singapore and Hong Kong,” said Teo Yik Ying, the dean of National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
So with rising cases in HKG the bubble never got to begin and is now shelved until next year to be re-evaluated
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/singapo ... -2020.html
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