Travel - Index
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News 12:45 pmNarita airport starts facial recognition trial run for faster travel
The trial of "Face Express," which is meant to speed up the boarding process and provide a...
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Destinations 2 days ago
Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old 'lost' city near Luxor
At the site near Luxor, home of the legendary Valley of the Kings, workers carefully carried ancient...
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News 1 week ago
England to ban travel from four new countries, including Philippines
The Department for Transport said the ban on visitors from Kenya, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Pa...
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Event 1 week ago
March of the mummies: Egypt readies for pharaohs' parade
Dubbed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade, the 18 kings and four queens will travel in order, oldest fi...
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News 1 week ago
Japan sees earliest cherry blossoms on record as climate warms
In the ancient capital of Kyoto, cherry blossoms hit their peak on March 26 -- 10 days sooner than a...
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Destinations 1 week ago
Nissin Foods' Cupnoodles Museum opens in Hong Kong
The Cupnoodles Museum Hong Kong, opened Tuesday by a local subsidiary of Nissin Foods Holdings Co. i...
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News 2 weeks ago
Thailand to lift tourist quarantine for Phuket
Thailand has imposed massive restrictions visitor arrivals in order to stem coronavirus, but discour...
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News 3 weeks ago
'Everything evaporated': Olympics' overseas fan ban hits Japan tourism
After Olympics organisers announced a ban on spectators from abroad, those working in Japan's to...
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Destinations 3 weeks ago
Disneyland in California to reopen April 30
Disneyland Park -- the world's second-most visited theme park -- and neighboring Disney Cal...
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News 4 weeks ago
Beijing reopens borders to Philippine recipients of Chinese-made jabs
China has been shut off to most foreigners since last March after the coronavirus exploded beyond it...
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News 4 weeks ago
Australia says working on travel bubble with Singapore
Early in the pandemic Australia effectively closed its international border to slow the spread of th...
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News 1 month ago
China launches COVID-19 vaccination certificates for cross-border travel
As vaccines are globally being rolled out, a few countries including Bahrain have already introduced...
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News 1 month ago
One in three global destinations shut to tourism: UN
Governments initially started easing travel restrictions last year but reversed the trend after new ...
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Destinations 1 month ago
New Yorkers rediscover city's pandemic-deserted tourist spots
At 10:00 am (1500 GMT) on a recent Friday, barely ten people were on Liberty Island's roughly 20...
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Destinations 1 month ago
Binge-shopping soars in "China's Hawaii," fuels demand amid pandemic
The island is being promoted as somewhere Chinese who are unable to travel overseas because of the c...
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News 1 month ago
ANA to offer digital in-flight magazines to cut carbon emissions
Planes will be lighter as they will no longer carry printed versions, saving fuel and slashing carbo...
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Destinations 1 month ago
South African wine 'paradise' finds success by going its own way
Not for nothing are vineyards in Hemel en Aarde carving out a global reputation among wine lovers se...
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News 1 month ago
Singapore virus-secure hotel looks to lure business travellers
Short-stay business travellers to Singapore will be able to avoid the official 14-day quarantine rul...
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News 1 month ago
Air New Zealand to trial digital Covid 'vaccination passport'
The scheme, dubbed a "vaccination passport" by industry observers, is intended to streamli...
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News 1 month ago
Hong Kong Disneyland reopens as anti-virus measures loosen
It is the third reopening for the popular theme park following previous closures in January, July an...
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News 2 months ago
UK toughens rules for international travellers
The country has been one of the worst affected in the global health crisis, with some 113,000 deaths...
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Destinations 2 months ago
Tour the 'Silence of the Lambs' home -- and spend the night
The home, constructed in 1910 in Perryopolis, a suburb of Pittsburgh, stands three stories and offer...
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News 2 months ago
UK sets mid-February start for new hotel quarantine rules
The policy, which will begin from February 15, will require all UK citizens and permanent residents ...
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News 2 months ago
Saudi Arabia halts entertainment as virus surges
The kingdom suspended "all events and parties" including weddings in banquet halls or hote...
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News 2 months ago
Foreign visitors to Spain plunge 77 percent in 2020
Spain received 19 million international tourists last year, national statistics office INE said, dow...
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News 2 months ago
Canada to impose hotel quarantine on arriving travelers
New arrivals will have to pay to quarantine in hotels for up to three days under strict supervision,...
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News 2 months ago
Germany mulls cutting international air traffic 'to almost zero'
The emergence of new virus variants in Britain and South Africa, deemed more infectious than the ori...
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News 2 months ago
ANA to halt international flight on 16 routes from late March
The services to be halted in the new schedule between March 28 and Oct. 30 include those between Tok...
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News 2 months ago
Sri Lanka sets visitor cap as it reopens for foreign tourists
The reopening comes despite a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths, as authorities seek to revive a on...
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News 3 months ago
US to require overseas arrivals to prove they are COVID-19 free
All travelers planning to fly to the United States are obliged to undergo a COVID-19 test three days...
