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27 May

Countries reliant on tourism to reopen borders and revive economies decimated by the pandemic

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The rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 is giving government officials in many countries new confidence to welcome visitors. The World Travel & Tourism Council estimates that the sector lost nearly $4.5 trillion and 62 million jobs last year. Airlines alone lost $126 billion last year and are on track to lose another $48 billion this year, according to their largest trade group. “Summer is a strong season for most markets, particularly Europe and the U.K. We really hope to see restrictions ease,” said Virginia Messina, interim leader of the World Travel & Tourism Council. The patchwork of rules around the…

31 Mar

Roger Federer teams up with Switzerland Tourism

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Roger Federer and Switzerland Tourism (ST) will together develop initiatives to promote Switzerland globally. The support is much needed at this time, emerging from the biggest tourism crisis since the Second World War. Nobody is more equipped to do so than this iconic personality wearing the Swiss Flag, officials at ST are convinced. Roger Federer said, "I have always felt, whenever I step on the court, I am representing Switzerland. Whenever it says my name, there is a Swiss flag next to it. To join forces with ST now is a logical step for me. My favourite place has always…

09 Jul

Europeans tell British tourists, ‘Stay away’

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Europeans do not want British tourists to visit the Continent this summer, according to a new survey. The research shows how a nation’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is feeding into fear over international travel. Spaniards are most opposed to the arrival of UK holidaymakers, with nearly two thirds (61 per cent), keen on Britons to stay away this year, 15 percentage points more than any other European nationality. A majority of French, German and Italian residents also want British travellers to stay home, according to polling by YouGov. In France, Spain, Germany and Italy, only residents from the US…

21 Jun

Trump May Announce Foreign Workers’ Visa Restrictions In 2 Days: Report

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President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would announce new restrictions on visas within a couple of days to block the entry of certain foreign workers and protect Americans struggling with a job market devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. "We're going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on the visas," he told Fox News Channel. Asked if there would be exclusions from the new restrictions, Trump said very few. "You need them for big businesses where they have certain people that have been coming in for a long time, but very little exclusion and they're pretty tight,"…

01 Jun

Middle seats in flights to be kept vacant as much as possible.

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Airlines will allot seats in a way that middle seats in flights are vacant as much as possible, the country's aviation regulator DGCA has said. The government had earlier said it would not be viable to do so as fares would shoot up.Passengers who do end up with middle seats on a flight should be provided a "additional protective equipment like a wraparound gown of the Textile Ministry approved standards" in addition to a face mask and shield, citing a DGCA or Director General of Civil Aviation order.Domestic passenger flights restarted on May 25 after a gap of two months…

31 May

An Air India flight with 154 stranded Indians on board departed from Qatar.

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An Air India flight under Vande Bharat Mission with 154 stranded Indians on board departed from Qatar on Sunday.This is the 14th flight from Doha under Vande Bharat's mission which was launched early this month to bring back Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus lockdown.So far, 2322 people and 64 infants have been evacuated from Qatar under the mission, according to the Indian Embassy in Qatar.

28 May

Trains From 5 States Will Not Be Allowed In Karnataka.

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Karnataka has again suspended incoming transport from neighbouring states to contain the swift spreading coronavirus infection in the state.This time the list has five states instead of earlier four.No flights, trains or other vehicles will allowed to come to the state from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the state said today.

27 May

IndiGo To Help A Man Fly Home After An Earlier Flight He Paid For By Selling Livestock Was Canceled.

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IndiGo, India's biggest airline, has agreed to help a migrant laborer and two others fly home from Mumbai after an earlier flight he paid for by selling family livestock was canceled. The workers, from West Bengal, haven't earned any income since the end of March when Prime Minister Narendra Modi abruptly imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. They'd managed to raise 30,600 rupees ($405) for the air tickets, only to be told their flight was canceled and there wouldn't be any refunds, according to the newspaper. The family of at least one of them raised…

20 May

Domestic Flights To Resume From May 25.

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Fewer than eight people per lakh of population in India have been infected by the novel coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry said this evening, pointing out that this was significantly better than the global average of 62 people per lakh. The government also said India's per lakh mortality rate was only 0.24, compared to the global average of 4.2.Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said 42,298 people have recovered from the illness so far and that the recovery rate (recoveries as a percentage of total cases) had improved steadily through the four phases of lockdown - from 7.1 per cent…

20 May

The Haryana Government On Wednesday Took Back Its Decision Of Plying Inter-State Buses.

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The Haryana government on Wednesday took back its decision of plying inter-state buses, but said its buses will continue to run within the state.The decision came after state Home Minister Anil Vij apprised Chief Minister M L Khattar that it would be difficult to prevent the spread of COVID-19 once people start travelling freely from one state to the other."I met the chief minister in Chandigarh and I also wrote to him on Tuesday stating that we are not prepared for running inter-state buses," Mr Vij, who is also the state's Health Minister, told the media in Chandigarh.