More buzz in S'pore over South Korean vaccinated travel lane than German one

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After nearly two years of fretting over a pandemic that dried up bookings, travel agency EU Holidays staff had to put in overtime on Friday evening (Oct 8). They were working on finalising a tour itinerary to South Korea by Saturday after news that border measures...

Vaccinated travellers will undergo several polymerase chain reaction tests in place of quarantine.

Mr Bertrand Saillet, managing director of travel management firm FCM Travel Asia, said the firm is expecting bookings for South Korea trips to outstrip that of bookings to Germany, given that there was a higher volume of travel to South Korea before the pandemic. Actress Munah Bagharib, 33, said she is planning to travel to South Korea for a holiday in December or January if the Covid-19 situation in the country remains stable.

But Ms Crystal Sim, president and chief executive of Albatross World Travel and Tours, said the firm will wait before launching tours to South Korea because it remains pessimistic about the travel industry's immediate outlook.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

 

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