Taiwan-Palau to Resume Travel Bubble Next Month

Surangirl Whips Junior (center), the President of Palau, and Lai Ching-te (right), the Vice President of Taiwan, attended the ceremony commemorating the implementation of the travel bubble between Palau and Taiwan held in Taipei, Taiwan on March 30. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The travel bubble between Taiwan and the South Pacific island nation of Palau is expected to resume next month.

Liberty Times reported on the 27th that "the travel bubble between Taiwan and Palau is expected to resume from August."

According to local media, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs discussed related details yesterday with the Ministry of Transportation and Tourism Bureau, as well as travel agencies. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, "We will disclose the relevant information if the health authorities' review and the related project plan show concrete progress."

Taiwan's Ministry of Health plans to base the quarantine period for this Palau travel group on the Palau travel group from last April. Travelers returning to Taiwan must undergo two weeks of self-management and take a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test at their own expense on the fifth day after returning.

The travel bubble between Taiwan and Palau was implemented in early April. It was the first case among Asian countries since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it was temporarily suspended as the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan worsened.

Recently, the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan appears to have stabilized. The number of new confirmed cases yesterday was 11, with a cumulative total of 15,582 confirmed cases.

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