Thailand was among the first countries in Asia to reopen for foreign arrivals, and it is seeing a slow recovery, including new hotels touting longer stays for individual travellers.

India is expected to resume regular international flights, which have remained suspended for more than 20 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, by the end of this year, the country’s Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary Rajiv Bansal said today.

New Zealand said on Wednesday that fully vaccinated foreign travellers will be able to enter the country from April 30, easing its border curbs that have been in place since the pandemic hit in March of last year.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flights on the Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route from December 2.

More than 200 foreign tourists arrived on Vietnam’s largest Phu Quoc island on Saturday, the first to visit the Southeast Asian country after nearly two years of border closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The parliament today passed a bill to make it mandatory for tour operators and guides to get registered.

India opened up to fully-vaccinated foreign tourists -- on board commercial flights -- from today after a 19-month shutdown, raising the hopes of a hospitality industry badly battered by Covid-19 pandemic.

A group of women subjected to invasive gynaecological searches at Doha airport will sue Qatari authorities, seeking redress for an ordeal that sparked global condemnation, their lawyer told AFP Monday.

Malaysia will reopen its borders to international visitors by Jan 1 at the latest, a government advisory council said on Thursday (Nov 11), as the country seeks to revive its ailing tourism sector.

Biplab Kumar Deb, chief minister of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura today urged the Indian Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to start direct international flights on Agartala-Dhaka and Agartala-Chattogram routes.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to halt flight operations at Dhaka airport from 12:00am to 8:00am each day, from December 9 to March 10 next year.

India will start issuing visas for Bangladeshi tourists from November 15, but they must travel by air, Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami said today.

The streets of Bangkok are buzzing with start-stop traffic and thronging crowds as Thailand rounds off its first week of relaxed border controls that waive quarantine for travellers from more than 60 countries and territories.

Asia's gradual easing of international travel curbs is proving a welcome relief for the region's hard-hit tourism operators slowly opening up to visitors from around the world - with one giant exception.

Australia today said it would recognise India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, for establishing the vaccination status of a person travelling to the country.

Hundreds of vaccinated foreign tourists are scheduled to arrive in Bangkok on Monday, the first wave of visitors to Thailand in 18 months who will not have to undergo quarantine for the coronavirus.

Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia will resume from Monday, Australia's tourism minister said on Sunday, as the country readies itself for a partial reopening of its international borders for the first time since March 2020. 

Travellers who have visited Bangladesh and five other countries that Singapore was previously closed off to will be allowed to enter from Wednesday (October 27), as the nation continues to adjust border measures in response to the global Covid-19 situation.

Thailand will allow visitors from 46 countries vaccinated against COVID-19 to forgo quarantine from next month, up from 10 previously announced, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Sunday said it has started operating airports at full capacity.