Travel
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Ghana’s ecotourism contributes $1.2 billion to GDP in 2020
Ghana’s ecotourism in 2020 contributed 1.2 billion dollars to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The contribution formed 5.5 per cent of GDP…
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Thailand plans to impose tourist fee from April
Thailand is planning to collect a 300 baht ($9) fee from foreign tourist from April to develop attractions and cover accident insurance for foreigner…
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[Omicron variant] Thailand reinstates mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for all visitors
Thailand will reinstate its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for foreign visitors and scrap a quarantine waiver from Tuesday due to concerns over the sp…
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Foreign Affairs Ministry imposes 2-week travel ban on South Korea, Israel arrivals
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has in two separate press releases imposed a two-week temporal travel restriction on travele…
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[Omicron variant] Canada set to toughen travel rules due to virus
Canada is expected to toughen restrictions on international travel with new measures to be announced on Wednesday as it looks to limit the spread of …
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UAE makes U-turn, lifts ban on Nigerian travellers
A ban which stopped foreign airlines from conveying passengers from Nigeria and Congo into the United Arab Emirate, has been reversed by the Middle-E…
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[Omicron variant] Airlines to be charged $3,500 for each unvaccinated persons brought into Ghana
Ghana’s Aviation Authority, Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), has warned that airlines will be surcharged if they fly any unvaccinated persons i…
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Omnicron: Gov’t of Nigeria to ban flights from UK, Canada and others in tit for tat
The federal government has banned citizens of Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia and Argentina from entering the country in retaliation to the travel restricti…
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Emirates Airline suspends flight operations in Nigeria amid frequency tussle with govt
Emirates Airlines has suspended all its flight operations in Nigeria indefinitely after the federal government withdrew its frequencies approval. The…
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South Korea bans entry to travelers arriving from Ghana
Following the detection of over 30 cases of the Omicron variant of COVD-19 at the Kotoka International Airport by the Noguchi Memorial Institute, Sou…