Covid-19: New Zealand’s Auckland emerges from weeklong lockdown
(Reuters) – Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious UK coronavirus variant. There have been no new local COVID-19 cases recorded on Sunday, health officers mentioned, allowing for the restrictions to ease. If no community cases are confirmed throughout the […]
Portugal eager to resume Tourism in May
Portugal is hoping to reopen its frontiers to welcome travelers from the beginning of May, Secretary of State for tourism Rita Marques informed the BBC. With the national press insisting the government’s deconfinement plan ‘still has no dates’, the return to tourism appears to be an exception. “For the time being non-essential journeys have to […]
Travelers to show negative covid tests within 3 days of the trip, Jamaica
The island nation announced Thursday that starting on March 10, travelers to Jamaica should receive a negative coronavirus test taken within three days of their trip. Those travelers – who’re 12 or older – should show proof of their negative test to the airline representative before they can be fully checked in for their flight, according to the nation’s tourism board. […]
Spain to restrict travel for Easter, tighten curfews
Spain is set to restrict national travel and tighten curfews across the nation throughout Easter week, the nation’s Health Ministry stated on Thursday. Easter week is a crucial national vacation in Spain not only to religious believers, however to the nation’s tourism industry. However, Spain’s Health Ministry announced that a curfew will be imposed from […]
Strong earthquake off New Zealand prompts tsunami warnings
A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck within the ocean off the coast of New Zealand on Friday, prompting thousands of individuals to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings throughout the South Pacific. The quake was the largest in a series of tremors that struck the region over several hours, including two earlier quakes that registered magnitude […]
Mexico rapidly moving to revive tourism it lost to a pandemic
MEXICO CITY – Even as other nations institute airport testing, tracing, and mandatory isolation, Mexican authorities bragged about the speed with which they let tourists exit the terminal at the resort of Cancun. Mexico’s Nationwide Immigration Institute, the INM, stated Wednesday that it took tourists an average of only one to two minutes to enter […]
January Passenger Demand Falls Further
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in January 2021, both compared to pre-COVID levels (January 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (December 2020). Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to January 2019 […]
Japan to decide on abroad spectators for Tokyo Olympics by end-March – officials
TOKYO – Japan’s government will decide whether to let abroad spectators attend the Summer Olympics in Tokyo by the end of March, Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa mentioned on Wednesday. Her comments were echoed by the head of the organizing committee for the Games, Seiko Hashimoto, who mentioned she would like to reach the decision by […]
QANTAS launces Mystery Flights Weekend Adventure for domestic tourism
Qantas has announced the newest in its series of highly popular concept flights to combat the border blues, with plans to operate three domestic mystery flights for travellers keen to enjoy unique travel experiences in Australia whereas international borders remain closed. The nationwide carrier last operated mystery flights within the 1990s when travelers would turn […]
Needs to work with international partners on travel resume, UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s aviation minister stated that restarting travel after COVID-19 lockdowns must be done by nations working together and that the government hoped holidays would be allowed as soon as possible after May 17. “That is likely to involve working with other international partners,” aviation minister Robert Courts told a parliamentary committee on […]
