Tourism / Travel
Czechs ban travel to Russia, Tunisia due to coronavirus variants
PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Health Ministry has banned Czechs from travelling to Russia, Tunisia and other countries due to the...
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EU air passenger rights not protected during pandemic, auditors say
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European airline passenger rights, which include carriers' legal obligation to pay refunds for cancelled flights,...
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Harder to attract staff than visitors at Italy’s tourist hotspots
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Coronavirus curbs have eased, tourists are returning, but Italy's restaurants and hotels are facing...
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EU airlines, airports warn digital COVID certificate roll-out risks chaos
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Groups representing Europe's largest airlines and airports have warned of chaos and hours-long queues...
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EU executive warns Germany over travel restrictions on Portugal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany should not impose a travel ban on Portugal but limit itself to imposing testing and quarantine...
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Thailand loses 550,000 tourism jobs in second quarter after new virus wave
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand lost 550,000 tourism jobs in the second quarter, a private industry group said on Tuesday, as...
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Bali reopening to foreign tourists delayed as COVID surges -minister
By Tom Allard and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government will wait until COVID-19 cases fall significantly before opening...
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New Zealand to partially restart ‘travel bubble’ with Australia
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said it will resume quarantine-free travel with parts of Australia next week as...
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U.S.- UK travel corridor talks increasingly unlikely to conclude at end of July- FT
(Refiles to remove UK government's no comment line) (Reuters) - Talks between U.S. and Britain regarding a travel corridor are...
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Argentina’s Fernandez cancels France trip over COVID-19, Delta fears
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has canceled a visit to France scheduled for this week amid fears...
Read moreKuwait to allow direct flights to UK, US, some other countries from July 1
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait will allow direct flights to 12 countries from July 1, the government communications office (CGC) wrote...
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Turkey halts flights from six countries due to coronavirus variants
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has halted flights and all direct travel from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal and Sri...
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UK’s Javid wants COVID restrictions lifted as soon as possible
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new health minister Sajid Javid said on Monday he wanted the remaining COVID-19 social restrictions to...
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K-pop activism a lifeline for Thailand’s hard-hit ‘tuk tuk’ drivers
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Bangkok "tuk tuk" taxi driver Samran Thammasa, 39, had never heard of K-pop star...
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Germany seeks to ban British travellers from EU on COVID-19 variant worries: The Times
(Reuters) - Germany will attempt to ban British travellers from the European Union regardless of whether or not they have...
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Delta variant ‘spreading rapidly’ from Lisbon to rest of Portugal
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Over 70% of coronavirus cases in the Lisbon area are from the more contagious...
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