Asia's visa walls are coming down — and it is changing where the region travels
Ten policy shifts in eighteen months have quietly rewritten who can go where without paperwork. The winners are not the destinations you would expect.
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Typhoon Nari closes Kansai Airport; carriers waive change fees on Japan routes
Thailand extends visa-free stays to 90 days for 93 nationalities from October
Singapore Airlines opens daily Changi–Seattle, its fifth US gateway
Vietnam widens its e-visa to all nationalities and doubles validity to 180 days
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