Travel
Trump Terminates Entry Restrictions For Schengen, UK, Brazil From Jan 26 — Proclamation

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 — US President Donald Trump lifted COVID-19 restrictions on travel to the United States from the Schengen Area, the UK, Ireland and Brazil, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting a proclamation on the White House’s website.
“Proclamation 9993 of March 11, 2020 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus), Proclamation 9996 of March 14, 2020…, and Proclamation 10041 of May 24, 2020…, are hereby terminated effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on January 26, 2021,” it said.
Trump explained that the countries for which the ban was lifted had a proven record of cooperating with the United States to share accurate and timely coronavirus testing.
“This cooperation stands in stark contrast to the behaviour of the governments and state-owned enterprises of the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which repeatedly have failed to cooperate with the United States public health authorities and to share timely, accurate information about the spread of the virus,” according the to proclamation.
“Accordingly, the Secretary (of Health) has advised me to remove the restrictions applicable to the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Federative Republic of Brazil, while leaving in place the restrictions applicable to the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran. I agree with the Secretary that this action is the best way to continue protecting Americans from COVID-19 while enabling travel to resume safely,” Trump said.
Source: BERNAMA
Lifestyle
(Video) Japanese Guy Creatively Created A Video of Malaysia And It Looks Super Amazing

Malaysia is truly a beautiful country to be visited by other people and all Malaysians should be absolutely proud of their own country. This is because even tourists are amazed by Malaysia as there are so many things to be proud of. One of them would be this Japanese YouTuber that is named Aki and he has been living in Malaysia already for several years now. He used to be an English high school teacher and now has ventured into becoming a professional video creator.
Aki has shared a lot of his different experiences living in Malaysia in most of his posted videos and also vlogs. Some of them are his experiences on learning Bahasa Melayu within three weeks during the Movement Control Order, how to make teh tarik, trying out Ramly burger, and many others. There is one particular video posted by him that really makes all the Malaysians really proud of the country and would really influence other tourists to visit Malaysia.
The particular video is titled ‘Malaysia Cinematic – Like You’ve Never Seen Before’ and the full video has been posted on his YouTube channel named ‘Aki From Japan‘. Of course, many netizens are amazed and praised his video because it does look super amazing.

Picture: Instagram hmotoaki

Picture: Instagram hmotoaki
Sources: YouTube Aki From Japan, Instagram hmotoaki.
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Covid: Qantas Launches ‘Mystery Flights’ To Boost Tourism

In the 1990s, mystery flights; day-trips with unknown destinations were popular. Airlines nowadays are coming up with various strategies to tackle the pandemic travel slump. Airlines and travel companies worldwide are taking a big hit. Thai Airways announcing its workforce slash by 50%. Fireflies and Malindo having to lay off a large bulk of their workforce. This downturn has led to government bailouts, company collapses, and huge job cuts with a severe drop in passenger numbers.
According to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), companies are trying hard to cope despite ‘the uneven roll-out of vaccinations across the world’. This will only delay the full reopening of borders.
As the latest tactic to market flights to passengers, Qantas offers to revive the 90’s trend of mystery flights. The flight takes off and land at the same airport after low-level fly-bys of iconic Australian landmarks.
International borders are unlikely to reopen until 2022. Therefore, the company had discussed with the government for domestic travel now that vaccination programs are underway.
Flights will be on one of three Qantas Boeing 737 planes from Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney. Economy fares beginning at A$737 (RM2,334.97).
This all-day package includes various activities. For instance, wine-making, gourmet lunches, and snorkeling.
Qantas group executive Andrew Parker said, “Travellers are confused by a patchwork of rapidly changing restrictions and are understandably worried about being locked out of their own home state or intended destination.”
In conclusion, with this effort, the tourism industry in the island continent could flourish again. This is to help boost people’s motivations in these trying times.
Source: BBC
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