Tourism ministry proposes scrapping Covid travel insurance for foreign tourists

It said the pandemic situation is under control and the cost of treatment is not as high as it used to be since most patients do not have to be hospitalized for long, and so it should no longer be necessary for tourists to buy insurance of at least US$10,000.

On March 15 the government allowed quarantine-free entry and resumed the visa waiver for citizens of 24 countries, including Japan, South Korea and some European ones.

It has also removed most other entry restrictions such as medical declaration and Covid tests.

In the first five months of this year the country received 365,000 foreign visitors, according to the General Statistics Office.