Hong Kong travel restrictions

Hong Kong on Tuesday announced it would scrap some remaining restrictions on travelers and end contact tracing, after Beijing shifted away from its hardline ...

The system, which is separate from the health code scanning system required in a number of places in China, had used cellphone data to track people’s travel histories in order to identify those who had visited cities with zones designated as “high-risk” by authorities. [deactivation of the “mobile itinerary card” health ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/china/china-zero-covid-impact-beijing-intl-hnk-mic)tracking function. Travel from Hong Kong to Macao and mainland China will also be eased to “keep in line with mainland China’s policy,” Lo said.

Starting Wednesday, Hong Kong will allow travelers who test negative to move around freely, while residents won't be required to scan the "Leave Home Safe" ...

The city has also seen the daily average of new infections increase to about 13,460 in the past seven days, from around 9,370 in the prior week. In November, as Hong Kong hosted the Rugby Sevens tournament, a handful of ticket holders were turned away because the code displayed on their tracking apps was still colored amber, indicating they were still within the three-day monitoring period. Neither the “Leave Home Safe” tracking app nor the three-day restriction was “contributing much to covid control locally,” he said. By contrast, cities such as Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo have lifted travel restrictions, allowing tourists to visit with minimal restrictions. Lee said the decision to further ease arrival rules was made after an analysis of infection risks by the city’s health officials. Although Hong Kong International Airport is significantly busier than it was before mandatory hotel quarantine was scrapped, it is not back to pre-covid levels.

With this, Hong Kong ended travel-related Covid-19 restrictions, as the authorities had earlier lifted mandatory hotel quarantine for tourists. Hong Kong lifts ...

The Lunar New Year is a popular holiday in Hong Kong, and the changes have been timed to help families make travel plans without additional requirements. And for the rest of the world, travel to Hong Kong is back on. After two years of chopping and changing rules, Hong Kong is set to lift its final travel restrictions.

Arrivals from Wednesday who test negative will no longer need an amber health code and can enter restaurants and other premises previously off limits to ...

Hong Kong is lifting most remaining travel restrictions as of December 2022, though coronavirus testing is still required.

Hong Kong is no longer limiting the movement of arriving international travelers, and is also eliminating the amber health app requirement. What do you make of Hong Kong further easing travel restrictions? Hong Kong is lifting most remaining travel restrictions as of this week. One other consideration is that flying to Hong Kong won’t necessarily be that easy. Pre-pandemic, Hong Kong was probably my favorite city in the world, and I’ve really been wanting to go back. For well over two years, Hong Kong had required a quarantine in a facility for international travelers, which has been as long as 21 days.