Even as international flights and tourist spots open up and Egypt's coronavirus cases remain in check, officials, hotel owners and tour guides concede that the key winter season starting in October is going to be tough.
4 years agoAs the largest city in eastern Indonesia, Makassar serves as an important hub for passengers traveling to cities in Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua. ...
4 years agoTokyo Disneyland's new area with attractions featuring the "Beauty and the Beast" movie will welcome the public starting Sept. 28, operator Oriental Land Co. said Thursday. ...
4 years agoThe Emirates airline group unveiled plans Thursday to produce kosher meals in keeping with Jewish dietary rules, two days after the UAE and Israel signed a deal to normalize ties.
4 years agoInternational passengers arriving at Abu Dhabi airport will now have to wear a tracking device while they complete a mandatory 14-day home quarantine due to COVID-19, according to state-owned Etihad Airways.
4 years agoState-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I (API) has announced its collaboration with South Korea's Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) regarding the implementation of the safe corridor initiative (SCI) at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.
4 years agoQantas Airways Ltd said a seven-hour scenic flight over Australia's Outback and Great Barrier Reef had sold out in 10 minutes, as it joined a growing trend in Asia offering "flights to nowhere" that take off and land at the same airport.
4 years agoSome claim to have seen him, others to have spoken with him -- 50 years after guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's untimely death, a village on Morocco's Atlantic coast pulsates with his memory.
4 years agoTourists planning to visit Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara are encouraged to make an online reservation with a registered travel agency or tour operator in West Manggarai regency prior to arriving, an administration official has said
4 years agoAn alliance of 22 European cities urged the EU on Thursday to enact tougher rules on Airbnb and other short-term holiday rental platforms, accusing them of driving up property prices and squeezing out locals.
4 years agoThe long-awaited completion of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia will no longer happen in 2026 because the coronavirus epidemic has curtailed its construction and frustrated funding, basilica officials admitted Wednesday.
4 years agoSingaporeans aged 18 and above this year will each receive SG$100 (US$73.54) in digital vouchers to spend on staycations, tickets to leisure attractions and local tours.
4 years agoSouth Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday that borders will reopen to most countries next month as the country further eases anti-coronavirus measures.
4 years agoThe Chinese-owned Thomas Cook brand relaunched Wednesday as an online travel agency following the British group's collapse last year.
4 years agoA dragon encircles a tower, wretched souls face torture, superheroes scale a mosaic wall -- these may seem like scenes from a half-remembered dream, but are in fact famed Thai temples.
4 years agoDisneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks have called on California officials to set out the health criteria required for them to reopen, warning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake.
4 years agoAmanwana, the only resort on Moyo Island in Sumbawa regency, West Nusa Tenggara, has officially reopened to guests after closing temporarily due to the pandemic.
4 years agoWith tough government restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, the tourism industry on which Marrakesh depends screeched to a halt.
4 years agoAn airline in Japan on Saturday removed a male passenger who refused to wear a face mask from a domestic flight, airline officials said Monday, in the latest case in which a flight operator refused service to a passenger due to fears over the novel coronavirus.
4 years agoThe total number of passenger flights in Europe will plummet by more than expected this year as countries fail to coordinate policy on air travel during a pandemic, Eurocontrol said on Monday.
4 years agoSaudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension on international flights from Tuesday, six months after travel curbs were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
4 years agoMany industries in Indonesia have suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of them is the diving tourism industry.
4 years agoNew Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on Sept. 21, except in its biggest city, Auckland, which is the epicenter of a second wave of infections.
4 years agoGlobal international travel demand is expected to drop 57 percent in 2020, dented by tighter border controls and quarantine measures imposed in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak, according to a British research firm.
4 years agoThe Mount Bromo national park has increased the visitor quota for the popular destination in East Java from 739 to 1,265 people a day, but age restrictions now apply.
4 years agoTwenty-seven tourist attractions in Jakarta will be closed to visitors starting Monday following the reinstatement of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).
4 years agoThe airport in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, once hard hit during the COVID-19 epidemic, saw its numbers of domestic passenger flights as well as passengers return to the levels a year ago on Friday, the airport operator said Saturday.
4 years agoSources say carrier is working towards launching this option for domestic passengers by end-Oct.
4 years agoFinland will allow holidaymakers to visit the country for up to three days in order to help the struggling tourist industry, ministers announced on Friday.
4 years agoJapan will resume short-term business travel with Singapore from Sept. 18, marking the first time that Tokyo has decided to allow the entry of businesspeople without requiring a 14-day self-isolation period amid the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.
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