The lack of digitalized records in some countries, including the US, makes proving vaccinated status laborious. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Category - International Visitor News
Second explosion reported at Kabul airport after 13 people killed in first bombing
Intelligence reports had surfaced earlier this week warning of “imminent” terrorist attacks on the Kabul airport by ISIS-K - an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Tanzania tour operators roll out the red carpet for international travel agents
Tour operators are rolling out the red carpet for international travel agents due to arrive soon in Tanzania as part of its grand plan to reboot the multi-billion-dollar tourism industry in the post-COVID-19 pandemic. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
South African Airways returns to the skies September 23
South African Airways will as an initial phase operate flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Accra, Kinshasa, Harare, Lusaka and Maputo. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Afghanistan evacuees received in Uganda: Why hotels are happy
The Government of Uganda has this morning, August 25, 2021, received 51 evacuees of 2,000 expected refugees from Afghanistan who arrived aboard a privately-chartered flight at the Entebbe International Airport. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Horrific shooting in Tanzania: Gunman dead
Tanzania police shot and killed a gun-wielding man believed to be of Somali origin diring a shoot-out with the Dar es Salaam police corps after the man shot and killed two policemen in a horrifying incident today. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
COVID-19 vaccination now mandatory for all Air Canada employees
Failure to be fully vaccinated by October 30, 2021 will have consequences up to and including unpaid leave or termination, except for those who qualify for accommodation. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
The ‘Rome of Britain’ may lose UNESCO World Heritage Status
A major tourism attraction just 66.5 miles (107 km) southeast of London, Canterbury is in danger of losing its beauty and history by allowing an increasing number of ugly and outsized developments within, or adjacent to, the city's historic core, still enclosed within its circuit of medieval walls. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Fiji pushes towards tourism reopening by December 2021
Each vaccination brings Fiji one step closer to being able to welcome international guests to the islands once again. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
British Airways returns to Budapest with London Heathrow flights
British Airways’ return offers Budapest’s passengers connections to numerous long-haul flights via its hub as further markets re-open. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in Indonesia
"The National Agency of Drug and Food approved another coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, on Tuesday, August 24," the statement published today on the website of the country’s National Agency of Drug and Food Control reads. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Where did the Coronavirus really come from?
The CIA tried and came back empty handed. The US would love to blame a Chinese laboratory for a leak, while China is backfiring and pointing a finger on a US lab in return. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Alitalia airline: Closed for business
Beginning from midnight, August 24, 2021, Alitalia airline will no longer sell tickets for flights taking place from October 15 on. The airline will send emails to its customers who have purchased flights from October 15, 2021, going forward - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Travel agencies protest: Italy Tourism Minister statement misleading
“The season is going well, fairs and congresses have restarted. I won't give the numbers, but it will be a wonderful summer, close to 2019, if not beyond in some situations. In short, a very, very positive season. We are already looking to winter, to allow for a peaceful season, without jolts." So said Massimo Garavaglia, Italy Minister of Tourism, at a Rimini Meeting. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Volcano Advisory issued in Hawai’i
Over 140 earthquakes rumbled through the Big Island of Hawaii since yesterday evening, Monday, August 23, 2021. Most were under magnitude 1 with one at 3.3 - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Masks, Lederhosen, and a beer ok on new Air Canada Toronto to Munich Flights
Bavarians will be allowed to board the upcoming Air Canada 77-9 Dreamliner aircraft in all 3 classes wearing Lederhosen or a Dirndl. Lederhosen were and are traditionally made from leather material, making them easier to clean and to remove dirt and dust, after a hard day's work. Lederhosen, therefore, were generally working-class apparel that carried specific cultural and social meanings in German-speaking cultures and countries. They are trendy in Bavaria, they raise eyebrows in the rest of...
Taliban: Only foreigners can leave Afghanistan from Kabul airport
Taliban demands that western powers refrain from evacuating Afghanistan's educated elite, such as doctors and engineers. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Japan to declare COVID-19 State of Emergency in eight more prefectures
Hokkaido, Miyagi, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures will officially be under the State of Emergency from this Friday until September 12. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Algeria severs diplomatic relations with Morocco
The cutting of diplomatic relations Between Algeria and the Kingdom of Morocco is effective from Tuesday but consulates in each country will remain open. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Uganda to Dubai: once they get off COVID red list
Uganda Airlines is on course to begin long-haul flights to Dubai slated for October 2021, followed by London and Guangzhou since the Airbuses officially received an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) yesterday, August 23, 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Flying start to August: Seychelles records excellent visitor arrival numbers
Marking another milestone for the year, and a flying start to August, the island destination officially hit the bar of 80,000 visitors, a further positive sign of recovery for the tourism industry in Seychelles. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Not true: Ukraine denies hijacking of its plane in Kabul
According to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, all aircraft that Kiev used to evacuate Ukrainian citizens from Afghanistan have safely returned to Ukraine. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Global Tourism Film Festival launches on October 21
GTFF, a world-first nomadic Tourism Film Festival is produced to be held in support of tourism destinations and local economies dependent on tourism. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
American tourist arrested in Ukraine for wearing Russia t-shirt
In a video of the Ukraine incident, published online, the suspect, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Russia” and the country’s flag, can be heard brazenly mocking the police to “keep crying,” and continuously provoking the officers insisting that “you’re a Nazi,” and "what are you going to do - arrest me?" - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Evacuation Plane Hijacked in Kabul disappeared to Iran
Many countries are in Afghanistan trying to fly their citizens into safety after Taliban fighters took the country. Kabul Airport is under American control and Ukraine also sent a plane to evacuate its citizens. This plane was stolen and took off for Iran. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
US Travel Warnings, but it’s still better in the Bahamas
The list of countries the United States is adding to its "do not travel list" is growing. Since yesterday it also includes the Bahamas. It's still better and safer in the Bahamas when compared traveling to many US States like Florida or Louisiana. Since such a domestic do not travel list is not in place, and domestic comparison is not part of an international travel warning, tourism dependent foreign destinations like Bahamas are now knocked out by the American system. - eTurboNews | Trends |...
Maldives Rich Cultural Heritage shouts out InternationalYacht Rally Style
‘Savaadheeththa Dhathuru’ is a sailing event organized by the Maldives Integrated Tourism Corporation (MITDC) inviting sailors from all across the globe to participate in a journey across the Maldives seas, making stops at local islands, exploring the heritage, experiencing famous dive sites, sandbanks etc. The journey begins on February 2022 starting from the most northern atoll of the country, Haa Alif Atoll, taking a course of 3 weeks to reach Baa Atoll. It is designed to visit a total of 11...
Venice now is charging tourists an entry fee
Venice paid turnstiles make a comeback for tourists to enter city.The pandemic did not compromise an emergency that was already seemingly badly left resolved in Venice, Italy - that of over tourism. The excess of tourists which, despite the almost total absence of flows from abroad, also characterized this Venetian summer. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Big fine for Ryanair, Wizz Air, EasyJet, Volotea punishment of disabled Passengers and children
After having imposed a 35,000 euro fine on Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, and Volotea, these airlines will remain in the ever-vigilant sights of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC). - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Lufthansa rescue mission for Afghanistan in full swing
Lufthansa will continue to operate additional flights from Tashkent in the coming days in coordination with the German Foreign Office. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News