Taiwan's travel Restrictions officially lifted by the Philippines

After an internal debate, the government of the Philippines decided on Friday to lift its travel ban against Taiwan after multiple pleas from different groups opposing the ban.


The official announcement of this news is yet to be made.

According to sources, the ban’s information was discussed after a risk assessment conference was conducted in the Malacañang Palace in Manila on Friday.

The Vice-Chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan named Gilberto Lauengco reported about the situation of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan. He stated the preventive measures being used by the government of Taiwan.


During the conference, MECO and Silvestre Bello III, the Labor and Employment Secretary expressed their support of lifting the Travel ban to Taiwan. Their basis is the great impact of the decision to the more or less 150,000 OFWs in Taiwan.

On Monday evening, the Civil Aeronautics Board of the Philippines announced the travel ban with the basis of Taiwan’s inclusion as part of the ‘One-China’ policy.

The policy covered those who are from mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This ban includes travelers who visited the four regions in the past 14 days after their arrival, this excluded Filipino citizens and permanent resident visa holders.


The policy banned Filipinos from entering the said countries.

The travel ban was badly criticized by the government of Taiwan saying that the decision can negatively affect the economic ties of the two nations.