The Grand Palace in Bangkok will be off-limits to international visitors for some time. Photo: EPA The Grand Palace in Bangkok will be off-limits to international visitors for some time. Photo: EPA
The Grand Palace in Bangkok will be off-limits to international visitors for some time. Photo: EPA
Mercedes Hutton
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Destinations known by Mercedes Hutton

Across Asia, rising Covid-19 case numbers burst all hopes of ‘travel bubbles’

  • Hongkongers itching for a taste of the Thai sun will now have to wait until next year
  • Europe’s borderless nations reimpose restrictions amid second wave of virus cases

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 8:45am, 19 Aug, 2020

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The Grand Palace in Bangkok will be off-limits to international visitors for some time. Photo: EPA The Grand Palace in Bangkok will be off-limits to international visitors for some time. Photo: EPA
The Grand Palace in Bangkok will be off-limits to international visitors for some time. Photo: EPA
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Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.