Coronavirus? Spain decides to save EU Tourism and reopens

Forget Coronavirus, let’s save tourism and the economy, maybe the incentive behind Spanish officials reopening their country to tourists from elsewhere in Europe Sunday after a three-month lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Or is the message, we did it. COVID-19 was really bad, but we worked hard and had become a safe place to […]

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Earthquake in Northern Iceland

A remote region in Northern Iceland was surprised by a strong 6.0 Earthquake on Sunday night. The quake was measured at 19.07 local time . The quake epic center was measured 51 km from Siglufjörður. Siglufjörður is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. […]

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New Tourism: A charter flight to Rwanda to party with Mountain Gorillas

Rwanda has opened its tourism after few months of closure, targeting mountain gorilla tracking tourists with a cut in the price of permits for tracking endangered mountain gorillas. Economic desperation or a justified or mistaken sense of safety could be behind this initiative, but the healthy  truth hopefully won’t show until at least 2 weeks […]

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Terror in Reading UK prompted Dusseldorf in Germany to react

It’s now official. The stabbing attack in Reading, UK has now officially declared a terror attack.  In Dusseldorf, Germany the mayor of this German City, Mr. Geisel voiced his sympathy and shock to his colleague,  mayor councilor David Stevens. Reading in southeast England has 230,000 residents and since 1988 an official sister city for Duesseldorf. […]

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Russian senator complains about EU ‘violating’ Russians ‘right to travel’

Konstantin Kosachev, a senator at Russia’s Federation Council. who chairs its Foreign Affairs Committee, has complained that Russian citizens could be ‘deprived of their right to travel’ in the European Union. Kosachev voiced his complaint at a meeting of the Russian upper house’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the French Senate’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, […]

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New health measures announced at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport

Since the very beginning of the crisis, ADM Aéroports de Montréal has been working closely with federal and provincial public health agencies to ensure that YUL, Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, provides a healthy and safe environment for all its users. In addition to the upcoming opening of international and trans-border borders, and in order to prepare […]

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Norway keeps its borders closed to avoid importing COVID-19 cases

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced that the country must keep its borders under tight control in order to prevent importation of COVID-19 from abroad. “There is still a danger of new infections… Cases of infection coming from abroad is the biggest danger today,” Solberg told parliament. “So it is important to keep control.” Norway has some […]

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Deal activity grows in travel and tourism sector

A total 27 deals were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during the week ended June 14, 2020, which is an improvement over the 19 deals announced during the previous week, according to global deals database. The travel and tourism sector is among the worst hit by COVID-19 due to travel restrictions and […]

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Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation Prepares for Phase 2 Reopening July 1

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation is preparing for Phase 2 of the Tourism Readiness and Recovery Plan, which will begin on Wednesday, July 1 and allow for the resumption of international travel to The Bahamas, with the exception of visitors from China, Iran, Italy and France. Policies and Procedures for all travellers visiting […]

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Beijing COVID-19 outbreak slowing China air travel recovery

A renewed spike in COVID-19 cases in Beijing is slowing the recovery of passenger jet operations in China, according to the latest flight tracking data. The travel data and analytics company recorded a 0.5% decline in tracked scheduled passenger jet flights by Chinese operators for June 16, 2020, compared with June 9, 2020. Of the […]

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