NEWS: China Dropping Quarantine Requirements For Incoming Travelers

China has announced more COVID-19 restrictions are going away.

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Travel has been severely impacted this past week due to storms across the United States which led to hundreds of canceled or delayed flights and a warning from President Biden regarding travel. Now, China has made an announcement that will majorly impact future travel to the country.

CNBC shared that China announced that some of their COVID-19 quarantine requirements will be removed. In a video on Twitter, it was explained that Beijing announced overnight that incoming international travelers will no longer be required to quarantine when traveling to the country. You can watch the video below.

China has announced that travelers will no longer need to quarantine upon arrival on the mainland starting Jan. 8. https://t.co/r6SsE3DzUd pic.twitter.com/2i1vhrT6DC

— CNBC (@CNBC) December 27, 2022

This change will begin on January 8th and is major news for the travel industry. Anyone traveling to the country will still need to have a negative COVID test within 48 hours to enter the country.

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Travel experts are eager to see how travel will be impacted on the Chinese Lunar New Year which is on January 22nd, 2023. This news also impacts Disney’s fans due to Shanghai Disneyland being located in the country.

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As always, we will keep you updated as this story develops and how it will impact your travel when this effect goes into place. Remember to keep following DFB for all of your travel news and updates.