The good news - Japan and South Korea, two travel destinations most popular with Hongkongers, are on course to reopening their borders to international travelers. But the bad news is that Japan initially will only open to tripled-vaccinated nationals from four nations, not including Hong Kong. It would have been nice if Hong Kong had been among the first group of places to be welcomed back. Japan's policy to exclude travelers vaccinated with Sinovac or Sinopharm for now should by no means be representative of any global practice. Meanwhile, Hong Kong should start planning to reopen its international borders fully to get other nationals coming and spending here.

Source: The Standard May 20, 2022 07:12 UTC