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Medical tourism slow to recover as patients watch their spending

March 20, 2023742 Views

Attila Knott has an empty clinic that he had planned to open as a dental hospital in Hungary in March of 2020. But the foreigners with bad teeth he had expected to treat then were deterred by COVID-19. The high cost of travel and economic uncertainty have emerged as concerns for some potential patients since travel restrictions were lifted, he said. The global medical tourism industry, a beneficiary of low-cost travel and open borders, is struggling to recover from the hit it took during the pandemic, operators and analysts say. "People are more cautious," Knott told Reuters, staring at the empty building across the street from his existing Kreativ Dental clinic. "They think twice about spending big money all at once on something like dental treatment." A British patient Bob M...

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Traditional Czech village pubs turning off taps as costs soar

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July 1, 2022749 Views

Czechs have long gathered at village pubs to catch up with friends or celebrate special occasions in a nation famed for its beer culture, but soaring costs and belt-tightening by patrons have now left many watering holes fighting for survival. Like other pubs across the country, U Kryslu in the village of Sec, population 318, is suffering from a plunge in income as customers cut back on leisure spending - the latest blow to establishments struggling to rebound from pandemic lockdowns. "In many villages and maybe even in ours the pub will cease to exist," said Sec Mayor Helena Chytra, who is seeking a new operator for U Kryslu, where on a recent visit only one customer was sipping a beer while the bartender checked his phone. A bartender drafts a glass of beer inside the U Kantu p...

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Bolivian boy turns photographer on iconic salt flats – with help from a dinosaur

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April 28, 2022457 Views

On the otherworldly white salt flats of Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, an 11-year-old boy has become a photography success taking quirky and creative pictures of tourists - with a little help from a blue plastic dinosaur toy. Piter Condori makes use of an unusual trick of perspective on the iconic salt flats, where the even white ground stretches to the horizon, allowing skillful snappers to make small objects close to the camera appear to be much larger and further away. Piter Condori, 11, takes pictures of tourists behind toy figures to earn money for his family, at the Uyuni Salt Flat in Bolivia March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia Morales In his free time on the weekend, he takes photos of the Spinosaurus appearing to chase and attack tourists across the white plains. In others he uses...

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Pandemic fallout puts Pablo Neruda’s legacy at risk

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April 7, 2022928 Views

Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's museum houses are at risk of shutting down for good after forced closures and a sharp drop in tourism caused by the coronavirus pandemic dried up funds, the foundation in charge of managing them said. "The pandemic devastated all visitors. We are in a critical situation," said Fernando Saez, executive director of the Neruda Foundation, in a meeting with foreign correspondents at the poet's house in Santiago. A woman visits La Sebastiana, the museum house of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, in Valparaiso, Chile, April 6, 2022 REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido The three museum houses, located in central Chile, were closed for 17 months due to the pandemic and reopened last September after health measures loosened around the Andean ...

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Airline Industry statistics confirm 2020 was worst year on record

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August 3, 2021756 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) publication with performance figures for 2020 demonstrating the devastating effects on global air transport during that year of the COVID-19 crisis. 8 billion passengers flew in 2020, a decrease of 60.2% compared to the 4.5 billion who flew in 2019Industry-wide air travel demand (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers, or RPKs) dropped by 65.9% year-on-yearInternational passenger demand (RPKs) decreased by 75.6% compared to the year priorDomestic air passenger demand (RPKs) dropped by 48.8% compared to 2019Air connectivity declined by more than half in 2020 with the number of routes connecting airports falling dramatically at the outset of the crisis and was down more than 6...

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Digitalization needed for smooth restart of travel

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May 27, 20211326 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned of potential airport chaos unless governments move quickly to adopt digital processes to manage travel health credentials (COVID-19 testing and vaccine certificates) and other COVID-19 measures. Young girl traveler with trolley bag using self service check in machine at airport. The impacts will be severe: Pre-COVID-19, passengers, on average, spent about 1.5 hours in travel processes for every journey (check-in, security, border control, customs, and baggage claim).Current data indicates that airport processing times have ballooned to 3.0 hours during peak time with travel volumes at only about 30% of pre-COVID-19 levels. The greatest increases are at check-in and border control (emigration and immigration) where travel h...

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Negative passenger demand trend continues in February

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April 7, 20211559 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in February 2021, both compared to pre-COVID levels (February 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (January 2020). Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to February 2019, which followed a normal demand pattern. -Total demand for air travel in February 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 74.7% compared to February 2019. That was worse than the 72.2% decline recorded in January 2021 versus two years ago.-International passenger demand in February was 88.7% below February 2019, a further drop from the 85.7% year-to-year decline recorded in...

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Tourist arrivals down 87% in January

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March 31, 20211618 Views

UNWTO calls for stronger coordination and urges Europe to lead the way in tourism’s restart The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global tourism has carried on into 2021, with new data showing an 87% fall in international tourist arrivals in January as compared to 2020. The outlook for the rest of the year remain cautious as the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) continues to call for stronger coordination on travel protocols between countries to ensure the safe restart of tourism and avoid another year of massive losses for the sector. Following a difficult end to 2020, global tourism suffered further setbacks in the beginning of the year as countries tightened travel restrictions in response to new virus outbreaks. According to the latest edition of the UNWTO Worl...