Tourism / Travel

By Promit Mukherjee and Trevor Hunnicutt JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heavily mutated Omicron is rapidly becoming the dominant variant of the...

By Ebrahim Harris and Joseph Campbell JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Before the coronavirus pandemic, Mohammad Faris Abdullah's daily commute...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that travel restrictions imposed over...

(Reuters) - Air travellers to the United States will face tougher COVID-19 testing rules to try to slow the spread...

By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Fiji reopened its border to international travellers for the first time in nearly two...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Wednesday flagged another probable case of the Omicron variant in Sydney as they braced...

By Ludwig Burger and Emma Thomasson FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned countries on Tuesday not to impose...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries should apply "an evidence-informed and risk-based approach" with any travel measures related to the Omicron variant...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's...

By Adrian Portugal BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) - Struggling Filipino artist Alberto Nunez was looking for a change in fortunes this...

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern on Tuesday that some...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's health commissioner has urged governments to boost efforts to detect coronavirus...

By Rajesh Kumar Singh, Jamie Freed and Clara-Laeila Laudette (Reuters) - Airlines are scrambling to limit the impact of the...

DAKAR (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the world needed to resist unjustified and unscientific...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was deeply concerned about the isolation...

LOPBURI, Thailand (Reuters) - Watched by tourists and locals, thousands of monkeys in Lopburi in central Thailand feasted on two...

MADRID (Reuters) - Widespread use of COVID-19 "passports" and vaccines helped tourism recover faster in the European Union than in...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very...