So italy following the one-china-policy aside, is anyone else banning travelers from Taiwan? Iâm about to book tickets for next month and donât want any nasty surprises. A quick search doesnât bring anything up.
Philippines.
Or perhaps not?
Guy
Looks like another opportunity for taiwan to point out independance
The irony is the Philippines is so much more susceptible to a local outbreak than Taiwan (eg: Philippines has developing world healthcare, developing world infrastructure, more cramped and unsanitary conditions in Manila slums, etc). Very petty and illogical move if theyâre indeed banning us.
Only loser countries would be dumb enough to do so and yes that includes Italy.
I think most authoritarian regimes are founded in part on petty behavior on a global stage, so itâs not unexpected.
Honestly I wouldâve expected a lot more countries to lump Taiwan in with China. Maybe itâs a sign that fewer and fewer people respect them. Or more likely, maybe people are just forgetting about our little potato islandâs existence.
With the Philippines itâs easier. Just threaten to deport the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos here and suspend all work visa application then theyâd cave circa. 2013. They are poor af so they have no leverage.
This crossed my mind but it would be pretty ruthless on our part and likely stir up unnecessary animosityâŚ
Iâm booked to fly Cambodia 19th Visa jaunt, getting worried they may classify Taiwan/China? and stop visitors.
I have to travel abroad soon. The only reason for not yet booking the flight is the possible travel ban countries might impose on Taiwan if there is an outbreak next week (after the Cruise docked in Japan fiasco)
They dont seem to have any issues with the thousands of taiwanese businessmen there âŚ
This stinks of CCP bs. And that country is easily (cheaply) bought by such genoccidal maniacs
Think there will be a travel ban on Thailand? Looks like things are going supernova there.
Maybe theyâll follow the âweâll get them before they get usâ Filipino model and ban us first!
Seriously, I think itâs 50/50 depending how the next couple weeks go. I certainly wouldnât feel great if I had tickets booked though.
Fighting dirty could work. Of course, a lot of good (and innocent) Filipinos working and studying here would be hurt in the process. But sometimes you have to break a couple eggs to make an omelette.
I would be more inclined to do a trip to Japan (Okinawa or Fukuoka) and back.
Booking tickets at the moment, for travel in the next month, seems foolish - thereâs definitely a high chance there are going to be a lot more quarantines, or youâll find yourself on a seven-day vacation in Thailand, needing to spend the first two weeks (interesting math there âŚ) in a quarantine shelter. Itâs probably safer to just plan on staying close to home for at least the next month.
More than a month out, impossible to say.
I just came back from a great 10 day trip to Singapore. All the usual tourist spots like Singapore Zoo were ghost towns⌠if you just put the reason WHY out of your mind, then itâs like you went back in time to a couple decades ago when over-tourism hadnât destroyed the fun of traveling. My wife said if we had booked it even 2 weeks later, she wouldâve demanded we cancel it though. Luckily we left just as things were getting crazy, but not 50 cases crazy.
Youâre a university teacher too, right? Iâve got an extra couple of weeks before going back to class. I admit thereâs a little corner of my brain thatâs thinking âDamn, I can probably get some really cheap tickets to a relatively uncrowded Europe at the moment.â I wonât do that - I think the chance of quarantines are too high (and the bank balance too low!) - but the temptation is there.
At this stage I wouldnât cancel anything out of fears of the illness itself (well, except maybe a package tour to Wuhan), but I would be looking into canceling out of fear of quarantines and hassle.
If weâre just talking fear of contagion, I wouldnât go to anywhere in China including HK or Macau tbh. Plus, itâs mostly shut down from what I hear. I probably wouldnât do Thailand either, because I donât trust the government is being honest with the real numbers and I donât think theyâd do a good job of containment. If it was just me (no wife or kid) and travel bans and quarantines werenât a looming threat, Iâd still visit Japan, South Korea, or even Singapore again. But yeah, airline travel is about to get even tougher I think.
When I came back from Singapore a few days ago, immigration gave me a much tougher time than usual.
First question âhave you recently been to China?â
Me: âNo.â
Second question after eyeing me for a moment: âHave you EVER been to China?â
Me nervously: âEr⌠maybe like 3 or 4 years ago.â
Him: "Show me the page with the passport stamp.
Me: â⌠okay, let me try and find it.â
Him: âI see. Okay, you can go.â
Me: ââŚâ