Arriving visitors are currently slipping straight into the hotel quarantine after entering the country - that could change soon.

Hong Kong pursued a tough containment strategy during the pandemic. To media reports However, the metropolis is still planning significant easing in 2022, and a corresponding announcement could be made this week.

The city, together with mainland China, had issued the world's strictest entry regulations in the pandemic. For Hong Kong, they planned about three days of isolation in a designated quarantine hotel and contact restrictions for the next four days. Visiting restaurants and bars was taboo during this time. As late as 2022, both measures could be replaced by a seven-day “self-control”, as reported by the German aviation portal Aero. Hong Kong had just released similar easing for local flight crews.