Travel

Japan’s government urged people on Friday to spend a “quiet” year-end after daily coronavirus infections hit a record, but said it would keep providing subsidies to promote tourism despite media reports that it may pause the campaign. “The reports are not true, we will continue to operate it in an appropriate way, […]

Oman will exempt nationals of 103 counties from needing an entry visa for a stay of up to 10 days, police said on Wednesday, in a move to support tourism and shore up its struggling economy. Visitors must have a confirmed hotel reservation, health insurance and a return ticket, Royal […]

Delta Air Lines has managed to avoid furloughs but is now asking more employees to take unpaid leaves of absence, a sign of the deepening slump in air travel as coronavirus cases increase across the United States. CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that Delta will need takers for its unpaid-leave program “for the […]

Val D’Europe, France: 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. In neighbouring towns, where hotels have sprouted over the past three decades, the silence […]

A Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship is back in Singapore on what was meant to be day three of a four-day cruise to nowhere after a positive Covid-19 case was identified on board early Wednesday. About 2,000 passengers aboard the Quantum of the Seas vessel were informed of the development by the […]

Hong Kong is re-imposing a ban on in-restaurant dining after 6:00 pm and closing gyms, beauty parlours and other businesses and public venues as it tries to get a grip on the latest wave of coronavirus infections in the territory. Restaurants may only provide takeout between 6:00 pm and 5:00 […]

Australia’s western state began on Tuesday to allow travellers from Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in eight months, in the latest sign the country is returning to some kind of normalcy. Passengers on a Qantas flight arrived in Perth, the capital of […]

Madrid’s regional government on Friday cancelled all its traditional New Year’s Eve celebrations, including the main event in Puerta del Sol Square when thousands eat a grape at each stroke of midnight. The announcement came as part of a raft of new measures aimed at ensuring public health and safety […]

England announced new quarantine exemptions for “high-value” business travellers, performing arts professionals, journalists and certain others, meaning they do not have to self-isolate on arrival in the country. As things stand, all passengers arriving in England from abroad are required to self-isolate for 14 days, unless they are coming from […]

This year’s biggest jetliner deal signals there’s a growing sense of optimism that travel demand will come roaring back from a historic collapse once coronavirus vaccines are widely available. Betting that a recovery is on the way, Ryanair Holdings Plc ordered 75 high-density versions of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max in a transaction […]

Wilson Guzmán lost the use of his legs at age 17 when he was shot in the back while trying to recover a stolen bicycle in his hometown of Medellin, Colombia. Two decades later, he glides through the city’s streets using an electric hand-bike attached to the front of his […]

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the aviation authority to halt international commercial flights after the nation reported its first local coronavirus cases in almost three months, according to a posting on the government’s website. The premier, who said “rescue” flights bringing Vietnamese home from abroad should continue, instructed […]