Taiwan's tit-for-tat visa freeze worked, which is good news for Taiwanese tourists hoping to visit Morocco.

• Morocco stopped accepting Taiwanese applications for the visa confirmation letter needed to enter the country in late July.
• Taiwan hit back by suspending visa applications from Moroccan nationals, using the principle of treating each side the same.
• Morocco's embassy in Japan, which handles these applications, has now verbally agreed to take Taiwanese tourist applications again.
• Only tourism is covered so far, and Morocco has not published a formal notice of the change.

Outlook: Taiwan will check that its citizens are actually getting the visas before deciding whether to reopen applications for Moroccan travellers.