COUNTRIES WELCOMING VACCINATED TRAVELERS WITH A FREE PASS
After Romania, Iceland, Poland, Moldova, Seychelles, and Mauritius – Thailand is still considering the move -, more countries and regions are now announcing that they will allow vaccinated travelers t ...
RIO DE JANEIRO LOSES US$1 BILLION DUE TO CARNIVAL CANCELLATION
Rio de Janeiro will lose around R$5.5 billion (about US$1 billion) in 2021 due to the Rio carnival cancellation, according to the calculations of the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Va ...
VISITOR ARRIVALS TO MACAU FELL 65.3% DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
Visitor arrivals to Macau during the well-known “golden week” of the Lunar New Year fell by 65.3% compared to the same period in 2020. ...
NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION: SIGHTSEEING FLIGHTS OVER CHERNOBYL
To keep pilots busy and generate income, some airlines in Asia, for example in Japan and Singapore, invented flights-to-nowhere: a one or two-hour flight to return to the same place. It might sound lu ...
THE MALDIVES ARCHIPELAGO SURPASSED TOURISTS’ EXPECTATIONS
The case of the Maldives is unique. Despite the fact that the country lost more than half of its visitors, the authorities are still content with last year’s numbers. ...