Tag: Travel Bans
Australia’s major airlines, travel agencies unite to call for lifting of...
Qantas and Virgin have banded together with Flight Centre and Helloworld to launch a publicity campaign calling on the government to reopen Queensland's borders...
Plea launched for Australian state governments to reopen borders
Australian tourism players have come together to launch a grassroots campaign imploring the nation's state premiers and chief ministers to reopen interstate borders to...
40% of destinations have now eased travel restrictions: UNWTO
A growing number of destinations around the world have restarted their tourism industries while adapting to the new normal, with the latest analysis from...
Indonesia gains favour with Russian tourists
Indonesia’s travel trade is seeing strong outbound demand from Russian travellers, but lack of clarity around the reopening of borders to international tourists is...
Country-wide border closures could stall global economic recovery: WTTC
WTTC is urging global governments to adopt a carefully calibrated approach to country-wide border closures, and introduce localised measures only to combat Covid-19 spikes,...
Japan expands entry ban to 18 more nations
Japan will add another 18 countries to its growing entry ban list, bringing the total number of affected nations and regions to 129, as...
Thailand looks to court Malaysian market once travel ban lifts
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has intensified its efforts on social media to stay connected with Malaysians – its second largest inbound market after...
Indonesia suspends all passenger flights
The Indonesian government has temporarily suspended all commercial and chartered flights, following the decision to ban people from travelling to their hometowns during the...
Travel restrictions grip 96% of global destinations
The UNWTO is calling on all governments to continuously review travel restrictions and ease or lift them once it is safe to do so,...
Wuhan to lift travel restrictions on April 8
Chinese authorities on Wednesday lifted the two-month lockdown of China’s central province of Hubei, signalling a return to some sense of normalcy and a...