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Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams

February 21, 2022306 Views

Australia on Monday fully reopened its international borders to travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings as tourists returned and hundreds of people were reunited with family and friends. Vaccinated travellers were greeted at Sydney's airport by jubilant well-wishers waving toy koalas and favourite Australian foods including Tim Tams chocolate cookies and jars of Vegemite spread. Federal Tourism Minister Dan Tehan was on hand to welcome the first arrivals on a Qantas flight from Los Angeles which landed at 6.20 a.m. local time. More than 50 international flights will reach the country through the day, including 27 touching down in Sydney, its largest city, as the tourism and hospitality sectors look to rebuild after get...

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‘Fortress Australia’ to welcome tourists for first time under COVID

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February 20, 2022480 Views

Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline. "The wait is over," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told a Sunday briefing at the Melbourne International Airport. Australia's opening to tourists is the clearest example yet of the government's shift from a strict zero-COVID approach to living with the virus and vaccinating the public to minimise deaths and severe illness. FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks through the international terminal of Kingsford Smith International Airport the morning after Australia implemented an entry ban on non-citizens and non-residents intended to curb the spread of the coron...

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Cuban tourism industry flounders as sunseekers look elsewhere

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February 19, 2022445 Views

Cuba is struggling to reawaken its tourism industry after months of pandemic-induced slumber as travelers stay away, threatening to derail the government's plan to haul the economy out of a deepening crisis. The communist-run island, long a popular Caribbean destination, has been betting on tourism to power 4% economic growth this year after the coronavirus pandemic slashed output, resulting in food and medicine shortages and power outages, and contributing to the largest anti-government protests since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. Taxi drivers manoeuvre vintage cars as they wait for tourists in Havana, Cuba, February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli Unlike many regional neighbors, some analysts believe Cuba erred on the side of caution in response to COVID-19. It kept its bo...

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Vietnam eyes full reopening to tourists from next month

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February 15, 2022877 Views

Vietnam's tourism ministry on Tuesday proposed a full reopening of the country to foreign visitors and a lifting of nearly all travel restrictions from March 15, three months earlier than planned. The proposal, which will be submitted to the prime minister for approval, follows similar reopening steps taken by other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and the Philippines, where the Omicron COVID-19 variant has caused a recent spike in new infections, but fewer hospitalisations and deaths than previous variants. FILE PHOTO: A sunset is seen in a resort after in Phu Quoc island, Vietnam. REUTERS/James Pearson The proposal includes maintaining a one-day quarantine requirement for visitors plus requiring negative COVID-19 tests before departure and on arrival. Vietnam announce...

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Philippines welcomes back foreign tourists for first time in two years

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February 10, 2022600 Views

The Philippines welcomed back more than 200 foreign tourists on Thursday, becoming the latest Southeast Asian nation to reopen in a bid to revive a battered tourism sector after its borders shut to visitors nearly two years ago due to the pandemic. Popular for its white sand beaches and rich marine life, the Philippines has seen a sharp drop in coronavirus cases. Tourism officials at Manila's airport greeted passengers flying in from countries including the United States and China to visit beaches or reunite with family and friends. FILE PHOTO: A couple enjoys a view of White Beach amid the coranavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Boracay Island, Aklan province, Philippines, November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez "I think it will be a good boost for tourism and the Filipin...

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After two years of closed borders, Australia welcomes the world back

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February 7, 2022843 Views

Vaccinated travellers from every country allowed from February 21 Australia said on Monday it will reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month, ending two years of misery for the tourism sector, reviving migration and injecting billions of dollars into the world No. 13 economy. The move effectively calls time on the last main component of Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which it has attributed to relatively low death and infection rates. The other core strategy, stop-start lockdowns, was shelved for good in December. FILE PHOTO: Travelers sit in the international terminal of Kingsford Smith International Airport the morning after Australia implemented an entry ban on non-citizens and non-residents intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (C...

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Thailand likely to wave quarantine for foreign visitors from Feb

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January 18, 2022223 Views

Considering establishing more “sandbox” areas for tourists Thailand will lower its COVID-19 alert level and is considering easing more restrictions to boost its economy, its health minister said on Tuesday, in response to a slower infection rate. Among measures being considered are establishing more “sandbox” areas for tourists, who can skip quarantine if they stay in specified areas for seven days and undergo two COVID-19 tests. Its health minister also said on Monday that Thailand is considering bringing back a quarantine waiver for vaccinated visitors, as part of a proposed easing of some COVID-19 measures later this week. A volunteer in personal protective equipment (PPE) takes swab samples from a sex worker for a rapid antigen test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ...

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Thailand plans to impose tourist fee from April

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January 12, 2022316 Views

Thailand is planning to collect a 300 baht ($9) fee from foreign tourist from April to develop attractions and cover accident insurance for foreigners unable to pay costs themselves, senior officials said on Wednesday. Thailand, one of Asia's most popular travel destinations, has been badly hit by a pandemic-induced tourism slump, with about 200,000 arrivals last year, compared to nearly 40 million in 2019. Recent efforts to revive the sector have been complicated by the rapid global spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. "Part of the fee will be used to take care of tourists," Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yuthasak Supasorn told Reuters. "We've encountered times when insurance didn't have coverage for tourists ... which became our burden to take care of them,...

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Tourists flock to Dubai despite global COVID-19 concerns

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December 22, 2021322 Views

Brazilian tourist Livya Feho used a 24-hour Dubai layover to visit the Expo 2020, in a city that remains one of the few international tourism hubs still open for travellers during a coronavirus-disrupted holiday period. Feho, travelling from Israel to Brazil, snapped a few selfies at the global fair's main square, festooned with Christmas trees and other holiday decorations. People gather during the official Expo 2020 Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 18, 2021. REUTERS/Satish Kumar With the Omicron variant circulating in the UAE, was she not worried about catching COVID-19? "Yes, a bit ...but I had the booster dose... and I am also using the mask. So I think I will be fine," she said. Dubai, the Middle East's business and tourism hub,...

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‘What will be, will be’: New York City tourists unfazed by Omicron

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December 3, 2021283 Views

The holiday season promises peak travel cheer in New York, with more visitors on the streets and in stores, but the emergence of the heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant threatens to throw a wrench into the tourism industry's recovery. "Just when you think you got the answer, it seems like this virus is constantly changing the question," said Mark Williams, a New York operator at Big Bus Tours, one of the world's largest open-top sightseeing tour bus companies. Travel website Kayak said searches related to international travel to New York have spiked 50% since the COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors were lifted on Nov. 8. "There is definitely a lot of pent-up demand for people wanting to get to New York City," said Kayak CEO Steve H...