Home-sharing giant Airbnb will enlist its global network of millions of participants to help house aid workers and health care staff working to fight COVID-19, it said on Monday, aiming to fill a gap in shelter options amid the pandemic.

Sleeping Beauty's castle stands empty at Disneyland's theme park outside Paris and the giant twirling teacups and other rides have ground to a halt until at least mid-February due to France's COVID-19 restrictions.

Hugely popular with international visitors, the city has seen most of its hotels close as the pandemic has kept tourists away, and the few that remain open have had to repurpose themselves to stay afloat. 

State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I has recorded an increase in numbers of flights and passengers arriving and departing from I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport. In November, the airport served a total of 3,898 flights and 351,585 passengers, when compared with October, the number increased 27.5 percent and 51.8 percent, respectively.

Unlike the other rapid test stations at the airport, the new facility is located in the Airport Health Center in the Small, Medium & Micro Business Incubator with Learning and Experience Center (SMMILE Center) at Terminal 3 and it features an outdoor area as well as a drive-through service.

Airlines eager to fill premium seats left empty by the coronavirus crisis are making a beeline for the entertainment and energy industries, which still must get its workers to far-off places.

In normal times the Hotel Avenir Montmartre is a tourist magnet with its views of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur church, but COVID-19 has scared off the usual guests. Instead, the hotel has opened its doors to the homeless.

Aviation industry opposition to requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for passengers has intensified as impending drug approvals trigger a debate over their role in air travel.

The United Arab Emirates launched tourist visas for Israeli citizens on Thursday, official media said, in the latest move following the normalization of ties between the two countries.

Featuring a batik tambal motif from Yogyakarta, the livery, made to look like a mask, adorns a Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft.

Egyptian authorities Tuesday released on bail a photographer and a model after they were detained following a photo shoot deemed inappropriate at the Pyramid of Djoser outside Cairo.

Hong Kong and Singapore on Tuesday indefinitely delayed a "travel bubble" in a new blow to their hard-hit tourism and aviation industries as the Chinese city battles a coronavirus surge.

The World Tourism Organization called Monday for the standardization of traveler health checks and the establishment of air corridors to ease international travel during the pandemic.

Amid the pandemic, Vienna's iconic Hotel Sacher is determined not to let fans of its world-famous chocolate cake go hungry.

The first ever "Super Mario" theme park will open in February, Universal Studios Japan said.

The boss of Britain's Gatwick Airport said the introduction of shorter quarantine times from mid-December was boosting travel, and that the combination of testing and a COVID-19 vaccine means he is optimistic holidays can restart next year.

Amid the still alarming pandemic, Yogyakarta reportedly welcomed 1.67 million tourists between July and November, according to data from two mobile apps published by the local administration: Visiting Jogja and Jogja Pass.

Germany is hoping to ramp up its immunization drive in the first quarter of 2021 and is already laying the groundwork for 60 hubs across the country.

In the series, Indonesian musicians play live at the promoted destinations.

Rome's Fiumicino airport said Thursday it had sealed a deal with Italian airline Alitalia and Delta Air Lines of the United States for the special flights between selected North American cities and the Italian capital from next month.

Antaranews.com reported that the tickets were available for various destinations and could be purchased via the company’s official website kai.id, mobile application KAI Access or authorized sellers.

England will introduce a new system on Dec. 15 allowing passengers arriving from high-risk countries to take a COVID-19 test after five days of quarantine and to be released from any further self-isolation if they test negative.

With a new bridge, Khumbu region has become accessible by land, an alternative to flying to the precarious Lukla airport.

A recent survey by online booking service PegiPegi discovered that 75 percent of Indonesians planned to travel during the upcoming holiday. 

More than 3 million airline passengers passed through US airports over the weekend, disregarding calls to avoid Thanksgiving trips and making it the busiest air-travel weekend since coronavirus lockdowns hit in mid-March.

Australia will lift more internal border restrictions in a boost for tourism as new coronavirus infections slow to a trickle, while first vaccines could be available in March.

Australia's Qantas will insist in future that international travelers have a COVID-19 vaccination before they fly, describing the move as "a necessity".