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Thailand to reduce quarantine period for vaccinated travellers

March 8, 20211018 Views

Thailand will from next month reduce its mandatory quarantine from 14 to seven days for foreigners arriving in the country who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, its Health Minister said on Monday. Vaccinations must be administered within three months of the travel period and visitors will still be required to show negative COVID-19 test results within three days of their departure, Anutin Charnvirankul told a news conference. FILE PHOTO: A staff member sits under the arrivals flight information board at Suvarnabhumi Airport during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Those not yet inoculated but with coronavirus-free certificates would be quarantined for 10 days, he said. “Foreigners travelling to Thailand with vacc...

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चलें फिलाडेल्फिया की भुतहा जगहों की अनूठी सैर को

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March 5, 20211832 Views

अमेरिका के सबसे पुराने शहरों में से एक है फिलाडेल्फिया। हर पुराने शहर में कुछ डरावनी, भुतहा जगहें मिल ही जाती हैं। जाहिर है कि फिलाडेल्फिया में भी इस तरह की जगहें भरपूर हैं। दरअसल फिलाडेल्फिया में ऐसी तमाम बातें रही हैं जो किसी भुतहा कहानी से जुड़ने के लिए बिलकुल माकूल मानी जाती हैं- जैसे कि भीषण जंगों के मैदान, जानलेवा महामारियां, अबूझ हत्याएं, पुराने और जर्जर होते कब्रिस्तान और खंडहर के तौर पर संरक्षित जेल। लिहाजा एक हॉन्टेड टूर के लिए हमेशा फिलाडेल्फिया एक पसंदीदा जगह रही है। आइए जरा इन रोंगटे खड़े कर देने वाली जगहों में से कुछ की सैर पर हम चलते हैं- बिशप व्हाइट हाउस बिशप व्हाइट हाउस। फोटोः टॉड लैसी बिशप व्हाइट हाउस को इंडिपेंडेंस नेशनल हिस्टोरिक पार्क की सबसे डरावनी इमारत माना जाता है, जहां पार्क के रेंजर्स तक की हवा थोड़ी खराब होने लगती है। अब यह अमेरिकी व्हाइट हाउस की तर...

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Thailand plans to allow foreign tourists to quarantine in resorts

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March 4, 2021966 Views

Thailand’s tourism minister said on Thursday he will propose a plan for foreigners to undertake COVID-19 quarantine in popular tourist areas, including beach resorts, in a bid to help revive the country’s struggling tourism sector. The economy suffered its biggest contraction in over two decades last year as tourism slumped due to the coronavirus pandemic. A man walks on an almost empty beach which usually crowed with tourists following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Pattaya, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo The hotel quarantine plan is expected to start in April or May in the provinces of Phuket, Krabi, Surat Thani, Chonburi and Chiang Mai, Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told reporters after meeting with tourism operators and health officials. “Why...

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Seychelles opens up to the world from March 25

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March 4, 20211376 Views

The Indian Ocean island destination has announced that it will be welcoming visitors from across the globe, irrespective of their vaccination status, as from March 25, 2021. Visitors from South Africa will still not be permitted to enter Seychelles for the time being until further review. The announcement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde in a press briefing this morning, Thursday, March 4, 2021, at the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) conference room at Botanical House following the Tourism Task Force Committee meeting. Visitors will now only be required to present a negative PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure. There will be no quarantine requirement nor restriction on movement upon entry into Seychelles. Additionally, the minim...

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Elephants or avocados: a Kenyan dilemma

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March 4, 20211161 Views

The majestic sight of elephants roaming beneath Mount Kilimanjaro has long lured throngs of wildlife-lovers to Amboseli National Park on Kenya’s border with Tanzania. Yet the free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Kenyan agricultural company KiliAvo Fresh Ltd, which has farms near Amboseli on nearly 175 acres of land, is building nurseries and preparing to grow the fruit, whose popularity is growing worldwide due to its high nutritional value. Elephants are seen within the Kimana Sanctuary, part of a crucial wildlife corridor that links the Amboseli National Park to the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas, within the Amboseli ecosystem in Kimana, Ke...

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Five new species of shrub frogs found in Western Ghats

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March 3, 20211632 Views

Researchers from India and the US have discovered five new species of shrub frogs from the Western Ghats, one of the globally recognised biodiversity hotspots. The frogs, belonging to the the Old World tree frog family Rhacophoridae, were discovered by researchers from University of Delhi and Kerala Forest Research Institute and University of Minnesota as part of a long comprehensive study on the Shrub frogs (genus Raorchestes) of the Western Ghats, carried out over a period of nearly 10 years. Study was carried out in Western Ghats including Siruvani in Palakkad district of Kerala Researchers said the new species were identified and found to be distinct based on multiple criteria, such as their external morphology, DNA, calling pattern, behaviour, and other natural history obser...

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Year-round surfing in the Maldives at its best

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March 3, 2021353 Views

Niyama Private Islands welcomes professional surf photographer Erick Proost to capture guests riding the waves Renowned professional surf photographer, Erick Proost is to start a three-month residency at Niyama Private Islands in the Maldives, the only luxury resort in the Maldives with its own wave breaking onto the shore. Returning to the resort for the third time, Erick will be available from 8 March to capture action images of guests riding the waves during their stay at the resort. Riding Vodi wave at Niyama Private Islands Maldives Niyama Private Islands has two islands – Play and Chill, which are connected by a bridge. Vodi wave is just off the shore of Play Island and is a powerful and sometimes hollow left hander. Off to the west and five minutes away by speedboat,...

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Anantara unveils expansive private pool residences at Kihavah Maldives

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March 2, 2021532 Views

Setting a new precedent in naturally inspired design and luxurious living in the greatest aquatic paradise on earth, Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas has launched its collection of the largest private pool residences in the world with the renovation completion of the resort’s two-bedroom over water pool residences. A multi-million-dollar project which started in 2020 with the redesign of its four, three and two-bedroom beach pool residences, this exclusive collection of Maldivian accommodation experiences, comprising of seven, is the pinnacle of palatial seclusion, ideally suited for multi-generational vacations and larger group travel. Inspired by the natural beauty of the island encircled by a pure white shoreline, the renovation of the residences saw a careful preservation of th...

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Poles go underground for COVID treatment in UNESCO-listed salt mine

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March 1, 2021585 Views

A UNESCO World Heritage site in Poland is being used to help people recover from COVID-19, with patients going deep underground in the Wieliczka salt mine to a therapeutic centre dealing with respiratory illness. Famous for its ornate underground chapels carved from salt, the Wieliczka mine, located just outside the southern city of Krakow, is one of Poland’s biggest tourist attractions, drawing around 1.8 million visitors in 2019. But doctors say the micro-climate in the mine, which stretches as far as 327 metres underground, also helps people with pulmunory problems. Magdalena Kostrzon, a doctor working at the mine, told Reuters that patients with respiratory illnesses have been coming there since the 19th century. “The underground micro-climate is, above all, characteri...

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Heritage railway station buildings to get make-over

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February 27, 2021895 Views

With a view to renovating its station buildings to enhance their heritage value, the Bengaluru division of the South Western Railway (SWR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a non-profit organisation. The Railway officials signed the MoU with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACT) on Thursday, the SWR said in a press statement. Four old station buildings on KSR Bengaluru- Chikkaballapur-Kolar railwayline, Devanahalli, Doddajala, Avathihalli and Nandi Halt would be restored and preserved, the SWR said in a statement. Besides, the stations in Rajanukunte, Oorgaum, Champion and Chintamani are to be developed as heritage railway stations, the statement said. "The MoU seeks to restore and preserve heritage railway stations at Doddajala, De...