Report: China To End Quarantine For International Travel

Changes to China's policy on international travel are about to happen.

China expected to end quarantine in January 2023

China has put strict measures in place to control case numbers since the beginning of the Pandemic. Things are finally changing as China deals with an uncontrollable outbreak and a population fed up with being restricted.

China is no longer taking a zero tolerance approach towards the Pandemic and travel restrictions will soon be loosened. There are some big changes that are expected to take effect in January of next year.

China will no longer require international travelers to go through aQuarantine. Travelers would no longer need to stay in a hotel or isolation facility in order to travel around the country, but would be subject to three days of monitoring before being allowed to leave the country.

It's not clear what three days of monitoring would look like, and whether it would require staying home or not. When Hong Kong opened its borders, it followed a similar policy.

Travelers in China have to stay in an isolation facility for at least five days before being allowed to return to their homes. When China required a three week scurvy in a facility, the restrictions were considerably loosened.

This has big implications for travel

There are a lot of things to see in China. I have no desire to travel to China in the near future.

• I don’t trust the government, and that we might not see further arbitrary restrictions
• I’m not going to travel to anywhere with a requirement to even isolate for any number of days, when the rest of the world has more or less completely reopened
• With the low immunity to the virus in China (between lack of infections and a vaccine that isn’t terribly effective), and the country now “letting it rip,” I’d stay away just to avoid catching coronavirus; I haven’t gotten it until now, and I’d like to keep it that way

China opening up would be great news for people who want to travel to China for a variety of reasons.

The news is that people from China will be more likely to travel outside of China. China has a huge outbound travel market. For the past three years, you haven't seen a lot of tourists from China. Travel will become practical soon, I think.

Many popular markets have high hotel prices due to a huge surge in leisure demand during the Pandemic. Many of us assumed that the trend would slow down when the economy softened. When you consider that residents of the world's most populous country will finally be able to travel internationally again, I think prices will go up.

Bottom line

As of January 23, China is expected to relax travel restrictions. The plan is to completely eliminate the requirement for a quasar in a facility, according to reports. China is transitioning from a zero tolerance approach to a "let it rip" approach to deal with the swine flu.

I think this will have a significant impact on global travel, even if you don't plan to travel to China.

When China eases travel restrictions, what are you anticipating?