After three years of imposing strict health controls at its outer borders in a bid to keep COVID variants from being imported, Colombia has dropped the vaccine requirement, allowing all international travelers to visit without disclosing their immunization status. Authorities have silently removed all vaccine and most pandemic-related mandates affecting tourists seeking entry into the…
United States Drops Vaccine Requirement For International Travelers
The United States is finally joining the rest of the world in reopening without restrictions to all travelers, regardless of vaccination status. There are over 150 countries around the world that have dropped all COVID-19 entry restrictions, including vaccines and testing. But the United States was one of the last holdouts, barring unvaccinated international travelers…
This Hugely Popular Asian Destination Drops All Travel Restrictions Returning To Normal Tourism
As many countries have opened their borders since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared over, others have stood firm in their strict protocols. Tourism has continued to surge throughout the globe and many places strongly rely on tourism to boost the local economy. When a majority of the world has dropped entry requirements related to the…
Dubai drops taxi fares
The tariff has been reduced from 2.19 per kilometre to 1.97 per kilometre. As informed by a news report in Gulf Business. Regular taxi users in Dubai will benefit from the reduction in taxi fares announced with immediate effect. Based on the latest price update, the per kilometre tariff is down by 22 fils. This will…
Hong Kong Drops Most Covid Restrictions Allowing For Easier Tourism
Nearly three years after it enacted the original round of anti-tourism measures, Hong Kong has finally begun to reinstate normality. Beginning today, December 29, it will scrap most of its Covid restrictions, including mandatory on-arrival testing for international travelers landing in the city and its controversial Vaccine Pass. A Special Administrative Region of China with…
Beijing Airport Drops COVID-19 Test Requirement
Beijing Capital International Airport, the busiest airport in China, no longer needs visitors to show a clean COVID-19 test result to board the plane, according to Reuters, citing Beijing News, a publication run by the Chinese Communist Party. On December 6, 2022, the requirement was removed. No guidance was provided on whether departing travellers from…
Bermuda Drops Entry Requirements: Here Are All The Direct Flights This Winter
In a long-awaited move, the island of Bermuda finally dropped all COVID-related travel restrictions, returning to normal tourism. Effective November 14, 2022, visitors to the island will no longer need to apply for the Bermuda Travel Authorisation, according to an announcement from the government. Previously, all travelers were required to apply for the Bermuda Travel…
Virgin Atlantic drops Hong Kong route
British airline Virgin Atlantic has decided to suspend its Heathrow-Hong Kong services, close its Hong Kong office and not resume flights in March 2023, after 30 years in the Asian city due to issues related to the closure of Russian airspace. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has led several airlines, which were already reeling from the…
Barbados Drops All Entry Requirements Returning To Normal Tourism
Barbados has become one of the latest destinations around the world to completely drop its Covid-19 related entry requirements and return at last to normal tourism after a few years of tiresome travel restrictions. Almost the dictionary definition of a stunning Caribbean island, Barbados has long since been a popular destination for travelers from the…
The Netherlands Drops All Entry Requirements And Travel Restrictions
Effective September 17th, 2022, the Dutch Government has made the decision to get rid of all Covid-19 travel restrictions and requirements. This decision applies to all travelers, including those traveling into the Netherlands from outside the EU/Schengen area. The Netherlands kept their Covid protocols for travelers in place much longer than the majority of European…
