Travel
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EU agrees to welcome vaccinated visitors in bid to boost summer tourism
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season, a move that …
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Airlines to start weighing as ‘fat’ passengers are overloading aircraft
Airlines passengers may be required to step on the scale at the airport or share how much they weigh before boarding a flight, a new report suggests.…
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Presidency warn citizens against traveling to high-risk countries
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned Ghanaians who intend on travelling to countries with a high-risk infection rate of COVID-19 to postp…
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Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022
Australia is sticking to plans to start re-opening to the rest of the world only from the middle of next year, officials said on Sunday, resisting mo…
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France adds four more countries to ‘red list’ in a blow to travellers
More travellers arriving in France will be the subject of strict police-enforced 10-day quarantines after four more countries were placed on the high…
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Emirates to fly medical supplies to India for free
Emirates airline said on Sunday it will fly medical supplies from Dubai to nine cities in India free of charge from this week to help battle a devast…
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Indonesia rolls out Eid al-Fitr travel ban in bid to curb covid spread amid celebrations
Indonesia began imposing a previously announced ban on domestic travel on Thursday as it sought to contain the spread of the coronavirus during the E…
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Hopes afar as Spanish tourism recovery suffers 76% slump in tourist arrivals
Foreign tourism in Spain in March fell 76% from a year ago when a lockdown was imposed in mid-month, data showed on Thursday, meaning a recovery of t…
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Oman travel-bans Ghana, UK, Nigeria, Brazil, others till further notice
Oman has added Ghana to a list of 14 countries whose residents are barred from applying to enter the country till further notice. The ban which takes…
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France to accept Tourists with Covid ‘health pass’ from early June
Travellers who can prove they’ve had a vaccine or a negative Covid test are to be welcomed back to French cities and beaches in just over a months’ t…