Travel
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South Korea says some vaccinated travellers to be exempted from COVID-19 quarantine
South Korea will exempt some travellers who have received their COVID-19 vaccine shots overseas from its mandatory two-week quarantine starting July 1, health authorities said on Sunday. As of May 5,…
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US State Department eases travel restrictions for dozens of countries
The US State Department has eased travel restrictions for dozens of countries including Japan, France, Spain and Mexico. At least 58 countries and territories have been taken off the highest level 4 …
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Russian-Egypt charter flights to resume in coming days
Russian charter flights to Egyptian resorts are expected to resume in the coming days after a years-long hiatus, the Interfax news agency cited the boss of Aeroflot as saying on Friday. Flights to re…
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UK drops Portugal from safe travel list in major blow to airlines
Britain removed Portugal from its quarantine-free travel list on Thursday, essentially shutting down the UK’s international leisure market just weeks after it reopened and sparking outrage from embat…
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Saudi Arabia lifts travel ban on 11 countries
Saudi Arabia is lifting a ban on travelers arriving from 11 countries that it imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Saudi state news agency said on Saturday, but will still require quarantin…
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Greece to use COVID-19 pass before July in bid to attract foreign tourists
Greece is ready to use a COVID-19 travel certificate before its EU-wide launch on July 1 to attract foreign travellers and save its tourism sector from a second summer lost to the coronavirus. Greece…
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Jamaica removed from Germany’s COVID-19 red list
One of the Jamaica’s major European tourism partners, Germany, no longer considers the island a hotspot for the possible contraction of COVID-19. As a consequence, flights between the two countries r…
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EU travel green pass ‘ready by mid-June’ – Italy’s PM Mario Draghi
The European “green pass” for travel and events will be ready by the middle of next month, said Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi at a press conference on Tuesday. Following a meeting with the Euro…
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Israel reopens borders to foreign tourists in bid to revive tourism industry
Israel reopened its borders to foreign tourists on Sunday after a fall in COVID-19 infections but said it would take time for visitors to start arriving and to revive the tourism industry. Under an e…
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EU agrees to welcome vaccinated visitors in bid to boost summer tourism
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season, a move that could open the bloc’s door to all Britons and to v…