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The day's developments across world travel, reported and checked by our newsroom before they reach you.
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.
Typhoon Nari closes Kansai Airport; carriers waive change fees on Japan routes
More than 180 flights were cancelled on Tuesday as the storm crossed Osaka Bay. Here is what affected travellers need to know, airline by airline.
Thailand extends visa-free stays to 90 days for 93 nationalities from October
The longest visa-exempt window in Southeast Asia is aimed squarely at remote workers and slow travellers. Checked against the Royal Gazette announcement.
Singapore Airlines opens daily Changi–Seattle, its fifth US gateway
The nonstop closes the last gap on the US West Coast map and lands squarely on Delta's growing trans-Pacific turf.
Vietnam widens its e-visa to all nationalities and doubles validity to 180 days
The change, effective 15 August, removes the last paper step for most visitors — and puts pressure on neighbours still processing on arrival.
Aman confirms its first Vietnam resort, on a private bay north of Nha Trang
Thirty pavilions, a 2029 opening, and a signal that ultra-luxury development is moving down Vietnam's central coast.
Qantas firms Project Sunrise: Sydney–London nonstops to begin mid-2027
Twenty hours, no stop, and a cabin designed around a 'wellbeing zone'. The economics only work if premium demand holds.
Marriott passes 1,000 hotels in Asia Pacific — and India is its fastest market
The milestone comes seven years after the 500 mark. The next thousand, executives say, will look far more midscale.
Bali's tourist levy, one year on: what the IDR 150,000 actually funds
Collection rates are up, but only a third of visitors pay before arrival. We traced where the money goes.
Venice doubles its day-tripper fee and extends it to 54 dates in 2027
The experiment has become policy. Other European cities are watching the receipts, not the protests.
Changi's 'no-passport' biometric departures now cover every terminal
Singapore completes the rollout three years after Terminal 3 trials — and immigration clearance now averages ten seconds.
Agoda pilots an AI trip assistant that books across 40 Asian markets
The assistant negotiates dates, visas and budgets in one thread. The OTA fight is now about who owns the conversation.
Japan's JESTA pre-travel authorisation: what changes for visa-exempt visitors
An online screening step will apply to all 71 visa-waiver nationalities from 2028. Here is how it will work, per the Immigration Services Agency.