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Foreign tourists walk along Berawa Beach in Badung, Bali, on June 19.

In Bali, hundreds rally without masks to protest rapid, swab test requirement

Hundreds of people who are part of the Healthy Archipelago Society (Manusa) staged a rally around the Bajra Sandhi monument in Denpasar, Bali, on Sunday, protesting the administration's policy of requiring rapid and swab tests for administrative and travel purposes.

4 years ago

Set sail and social distance: Taiwan resumes ocean cruise amid pandemic

Taiwan resumed an island-hopping ocean cruise on Sunday, joining a handful of places in the world to restart voyages after the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a virtual standstill. ...

4 years ago

Rio de Janeiro cancels New Year's Eve festivities over virus

The annual New Year's Eve celebrations which traditionally see millions of people gathered on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro have been canceled this year as Brazil grapples with surging coronavirus infections. ...

4 years ago

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A woman stands at the EasyJet check-in desk at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Barcelona, Spain, on July 26, 2020.

British decision to quarantine travelers from Spain causes anger, worry

British tourists flying home on Sunday from holidays in Spain reacted angrily to the UK government's abrupt decision to impose a two-week coronavirus quarantine on everyone traveling from there.

4 years ago

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Panjaitan speaks during a webinar on the government's efforts to promote made-in-Indonesia products in Jakarta on June 23.

Luhut to reopen tourism in Banyuwangi, Bali next week

The former army general said that it would take about a year for the country’s tourist sector to fully recover from the multi-faceted ramifications of the ongoing pandemic.

4 years ago

Picture taken on June 15, 2020 showing an empty Machu Picchu, the 15th century Inca citadel located at 2,430 meters in the Andes mountain range, 80 km from Cusco in southern Peru, which has been closed to tourism since March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Machu Picchu empty for anniversary as Peru virus cases soar

Peru's former Inca citadel Machu Picchu on Friday marked 109 years since it was rediscovered by US explorer Hiram Bingham -- but the iconic site stood empty of tourists after plans to reopen for the anniversary had to be scrapped.

4 years ago

Patient Heike Abicht poses for a photo for a testing situation in a corona screening station in the medical center of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, on July 10, 2020, amid the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

Germany to offer free coronavirus tests to returning travelers

Germany will offer free coronavirus tests to all returning travelers in new measures agreed Friday, as concerns grow over a rise in infections due to summer travel.

4 years ago

AirAsia's new Lombok-Perth route is among the airline's efforts to support the Tourism Ministry's "10 New Balis" program.

AirAsia offers drive-through rapid test for passengers

AirAsia Indonesia is offering drive-through rapid COVID-19 testing at Soewarna Business Park in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

4 years ago

Baduy people go about their activities in Kanekes village, which has been declared a cultural conservation area, in Lebak regency, Banten, on Oct. 15, 2017.

Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry to limit number of tourists in Baduy village

The number of tourists in the indigenous Baduy tribe’s village in Kanekes, Lebak regency, Banten, should be limited to achieve sustainable tourism, the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has said.

4 years ago

A hotel employee cleans a room in Lloret de Mar on June 22, 2020.

Spain's hotel occupancy crashed in first half of 2020

The rate of occupancy in Spanish hotels more than halved in the first six months of the year, a study showed on Thursday, as a three-month coronavirus lockdown, travel bans, and quarantine rules hurt the tourism-dependent country.

4 years ago

Participants pose in the water as they take part in the annual New Year's Day 'Loony Dook' swim, in the Firth of Forth, in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, on January 1, 2020.

Edinburgh New Year's street party shelved due to virus fears

Edinburgh's hugely popular New Year's Eve street party has been cancelled due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, organizers said on Thursday.

4 years ago

A flight attendant wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus checks passengers before a flight to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on July 14, 2020.

Daily passenger flights in China rebound to 80% of pre-COVID levels

The number of daily passenger flights in China has rebounded to 80 percent of pre-coronavirus levels, China's aviation regulator said on Friday, as the aviation industry recovers from the plunge in travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

Passengers wearing masks for protection against the COVID-19 queue at the check-in counters of Emirates airline, in Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 9, 2020.Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, will cover customers' coronavirus-related medical costs in a bid to "boost travel confidence", the Dubai Media Office said Thursday.

Emirates to cover virus-related medical costs

Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, will cover customers' coronavirus-related medical costs in a bid to "boost travel confidence", the Dubai Media Office said Thursday.

4 years ago

A gondolier (L) sprays sanitizer on a customer's hands prior to going for a gondola ride on a canal in Venice on June 12, 2020 as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.

Tubby tourists force Venice gondoliers to slim down numbers

Venice is reducing the number of tourists its gondolas can carry, because so many are overweight they dangerously lower the boats in the water, a gondolier association told AFP Wednesday.

4 years ago

Back in business: Ticketing officials from the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor, West Java, greet visitors at the entrance gate on July 7 as the gardens reopened to the public after more than three months of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Bogor Botanical Gardens reopen to public

Bogor Botanical Gardens will implement health protocols, which include online ticket purchases and cashless transactions.

4 years ago

Bawah Reserve's Water Bungalows.

Indonesian resort invites couples to win honeymoon package worth $10,000

Couples who got married between January 2019 and July can enter the competition by sharing their story on what they had organized for their honeymoon and how the pandemic affected their plans.

4 years ago

A child carried by the mother feeds the giraffe in an enclosure at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on July 6, 2020, on its first day of reopening to the public after the attraction was temporarily closed due to concerns about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

Staycation deals, heartland tours part of Singapore's $45m domestic tourism campaign

Without the support of residents, many of Singapore's favorite eateries, shops and leisure activities may not survive the coming months.

4 years ago

American tourist boat Maid Of The Mist, limited to 50 percent occupancy under New York state's rules amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), glides past a Canadian vessel limited under Ontario's rules to just six passengers, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on July 21, 2020.

Social distancing Canadians eye new sight at Niagara Falls: Crowds of Americans

The tourist hotspot of Niagara Falls has gained a new photo-op for social distancing Canadian visitors on board ferries taking them into the mist of the falls: crowds of Americans.

4 years ago

Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall pose with members of the Yeoman Warders during their visit to The Tower of London, central London on February 13, 2020, to mark 535 years since the creation of the (Beefeaters) and to celebrate 50 years of the British Tourist Authority.

'Beefeaters' facing layoffs as coronavirus hits tourism

The guardians of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London are facing job losses because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tourism, the charity running the venue said Monday.

4 years ago

A Buddhist monk walks at the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu on July 13, 2020.

Nepal to resume flights, end lockdown in boost for virus-hit tourism sector

Nepal on Tuesday said it will resume international commercial flights in mid-August and announced an end to its coronavirus lockdown in a boost for the struggling tourism sector.

4 years ago

Privately-operated flights from Moscow's airports more than doubled between April and mid-June, the RBK business news portal reported in late June citing sources at two of Moscow's airports.

Rich Russians fuel private jet demand to skirt virus lockdown

Many of Russia's super-rich who hold second passports or residence permits abroad have discovered an elegant way of bypassing anti-virus measures to reach second homes in London, Cyprus, Monaco or Nice: private jets.

4 years ago

Videy Island near Reykjavik. Screams collected online from around the world will be played via giant speakers at Iceland's remotest areas, one of which is the lonely Videy Island.

Iceland invites people to scream to release pandemic frustration

People around the world are encouraged to record their screams online to release their bottled-up frustrations.

4 years ago

A member of the South Korean military support team (bottom C) checks the body temperature of a passenger at a gate in the departure hall at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul, on March 17, 2020.

South Korea may start charging passengers arriving with COVID-19

South Korean health officials said they may start charging passengers arriving with COVID-19 for medical expenses, if the coronavirus influx continues to place a strain on the medical capacity.

4 years ago

A general view shows the area outside the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, mostly deserted, after a curfew was imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 25, 2020.

The most sought-after vacation destination in 2021 may come as a surprise

If you are desperately impatient for restrictions to be relaxed so you can travel to Thailand or take a tour of Australia, you should know that neither of these two countries will be the most sought-after destination in 2021.

4 years ago

European tourists walk at the beach at a hotel on the Tunisian island of Djerba on July 18, 2020, a day after the arrival of the first charter flights to the country since the COVID-19 crisis erupted.

Tunisia welcomes back tourists after pandemic lockdown

Tourists are back on Tunisia's beaches after charter flights resumed to the North African country following a break of more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

4 years ago

The Bahamas, a global tourist destination with 400,000 inhabitants, is still recovering from Hurricane Dorian last year.

Bahamas bans travel from US, Latin America as virus cases rise

The Bahamas is barring visitors from the United States and Latin America in response to a rise in coronavirus cases in the archipelago three weeks after reopening its borders.

4 years ago

A man enters a train in Tokyo on July 15, 2020.

Japan raises travel advisory for 16 countries, region

Japan on Tuesday raised its travel advisory for Palestine and 16 countries, including Nepal, Kenya and Venezuela, warning against going to them amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus.

4 years ago

Wayne Marmo hugs his daughter Emily as they lay flowers at a makeshift floral tribute at the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast on October 26, 2016, a day after four people were killed when a raft flipped at the theme park.

Australia theme park facing charges over killer ride

The owner of Australia's biggest theme park announced Tuesday it was facing charges over the deaths of four people on a popular water ride in 2016.

4 years ago

Malaysia was among the most popular medical destinations for Indonesians in the pre-coronavirus days.

Malaysia reopens borders partially to medical travelers

Malaysia is currently in a Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period. The government has allowed more activities to resume, including medical tourism.

4 years ago

People enjoy outside dining in a restaurant in Manhattan on July 18, 2020 in New York City.

Facing a crisis, New York hopes to reinvent itself again

The coronavirus pandemic has plunged New York into crisis, deeply concerning for many, but for others a chance for this famously dynamic city to reinvent itself.

4 years ago

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