Tourists wanting to visit South Korea will no longer undergo a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test upon their arrival in the said country as the Land of the Morning Calm eased its travel restrictions even further.
The announcement was made via the Korea Tourism Organization - VisitKorea Facebook page. It said the new protocol would take effect on October 1, 2022.
"The NEWS you've all been waiting for, starting today, you don't need to test for COVID-19 after arrival!" it wrote.
Before this, South Korea lifted its pre-entry RT-PCR test requirement for entrants on September 3, 2022.
"All inbound travelers to Korea are free from any PCR test requirement effective October 1," a post from the Visit Korea website read.
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Manila resumed the application and issuance of visas on June 1, 2022.
Unexpired multiple-entry visas issued before April 5, 2020, could also be used without re-application.
It added that the submission of the Consent for Isolation would no longer be required.
In a statement, the Embassy expressed hope that the resumption of visa issuance and application would boost tourism between the two Asian countries.
"More and more Koreans have been visiting the Philippines since the Philippine government lifted its ban on tourism. Soon more and more Filipinos will visit Korea," it said.
"We hope that this resumption will boost people-to-people exchanges between Korea and the Philippines via tourism," it added.