Tourism / Travel
Panic as tourists bring unexploded shell to Israeli airport
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An American family set off a bomb scare at Israel's main airport on Thursday when they showed...
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Visitors trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more
By Gopal Sharma and Manoj Kumar KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated...
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Bolivian boy turns photographer on iconic salt flats – with help from a dinosaur
By Santiago Limachi and Marcelo Rochabrun SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia (Reuters) - On the otherworldly white salt flats of Bolivia's...
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COVID lockdowns upset the rice bowls of China’s commuter workers
By Xiaoyu Yin and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - When the town of Yanjiao near Beijing was suddenly plunged into...
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Malaysia to lift more COVID curbs, eases mask mandate
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will ease more COVID-19 curbs from the start of next month, including lifting restrictions on...
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UN tourism body chief hopes for Russia’s suspension on Wednesday
MADRID (Reuters) - The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation said on Tuesday that he hoped member states...
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UK’s Prince Charles to visit Canada to mark queen’s Jubilee
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Canada next month as part of celebrations to mark...
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Relief, revival as Singapore scraps its COVID curbs
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Office workers queued for trains, restaurants and elevators and delivery riders raced from building...
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Search continues as 10 people from missing Japanese boat confirmed dead
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and David Dolan TOKYO (Reuters) -Ten people found by rescue workers on Sunday after a tour boat...
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Holy Fire lights up Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre
(Fixes spelling in first paragraph) By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) - With processions, chants and ululations, thousands of Christian Palestinians...
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Strike causes chaos at Amsterdam airport as holiday begins
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Amsterdam's Schiphol airport urged travellers to stay away for several hours on Saturday as a...
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Easter chants echo in ancient cistern near birthplace of Christianity
By Henriette Chacar and Nisreen Salem JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A few steps from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a...
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Canada draws 1 million travelers in one week for first time since pandemic
By Jenna Zucker TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada attracted more than one million travelers in a week for the first time...
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Sri Lanka’s economic crisis dashes hopes for post COVID-19 tourism recovery
By Sunil Kataria GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - With its ancient fort and sandy beaches, the city of Galle on...
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Singapore to remove most COVID curbs next week
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will remove most remaining COVID-19 restrictions from April 26 and ease its entry requirements for travellers,...
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Hong Kong to allow international travellers for first time since 2020
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will allow non residents to enter the financial hub from May for the first...
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In Bolivia, a battle over a receding glacier ‘doomed to disappear’
By Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) - In the Andean mountains of Bolivia's high western plains where snow lies powdered...
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First COVID, now floods empty South Africa’s eastern beach resorts
By Siyabonga Sishi UMDLOTI, South Africa (Reuters) - After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African...
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Canada to keep mask mandate after judge strikes down U.S. rule
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's government said on Tuesday it has no plans to stop requiring masks...
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Peru inflation protests grip tourist capital Cuzco, gateway to Machu Picchu
By Alessandro Cinque CUZCO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvians were protesting rapidly rising prices in the Andean city of Cuzco on...
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