Asia Maldives British Airways will be commencing scheduled flights to the Maldives for the first time this new year
Asia Kyrgyzstan The country will be able to import 10.000 electric vehicles duty-free in 2023 thanks to a tariff exemption decided by the Eurasian Economic Union
Asia China State media said traveller’s Covid-19 testing requirements imposed around the world in response to a surging wave of infections in China and to the fact of no longer publishing daily data were “unfounded” and “discriminatory” to the point of "sabotage"
Asia Malaysia The country is testing all incoming travelers for fever: a response to the Covid-19 surge in China that widens the spectrum of the measures taken by a number of other nations, which are mainly testing Chinese visitors for Covid-19 only
Asia South Korea Use-by-date instead of sell-by-date, with milk as only exception, is among the changes expected for 2023 with an impact at daily life level; others include the adoption of global standards of age counting and the abolition of university admission fees
Asia Thailand The country said it has registered 10 million travellers entering the country in 2022, as its key tourism sector recovers from the pandemic
Asia Taiwan Restaurant chain operator Wowprime Corp., which owns the Wang Steak, Tasty and Tokiya brands, announced that it will distribute year-end bonuses equivalent to 1,5 months' salary to its employees
Asia Lebanon New Year's Eve celebrations will change in Lebanon this year due to a new security plan that aims to eliminate "celebratory gunfire" defined as "delinquent and criminal acts"
Asia Bhutan In 2022, international tourist arrivals are expected to reach between 55% and 70% of 2019 levels; despite the drop in arrivals, 16.520 tourists have visited the country since the opening of the border in September this year
Asia Uzbekistan The export of IT services by Uzbek companies will exceed $100 million in 2022, announced the Minister of Information and Communications Technology Development
Asia South Korea The annual bell-tolling ceremony to celebrate New Year's Eve will resume after two years of suspension due to COVID-19; hosted by the Seoul metropolitan government, it will take place at 11:30 pm at Bosingak Pavilion with about 100.000 people attending
Asia Bangladesh A total of 50 multi-purpose cyclone shelters and schools are being built under the Multi-Sector Emergency Response Project to the Rohingya Crisis in the Upazilas of Teknaf and Ukhia in Cox's Bazaar district
Asia India According to a new report, more than half of India's aircraft are fuel-efficient and the remaining aircraft are being upgraded