House swaps and dog walks: Travellers find cheaper alternatives to lodging
New York City, USReuters Lillian Smith has spent about eight of the last 12 months traveling around the world, hitting France, Morocco, Japan and South Korea. Her cost for lodgings in that time? About one night in a hotel, along with the time she spent walking dogs, watering plants and changing litter boxes. “I […]
Pent-up demand promises record tourist season for southern Europe
Rome, ItalyReuters After three years of pandemic travel restrictions and rocketing energy costs, tourism is back with a vengeance to boost the economies of southern Europe as sun-seekers make up for lost time. Early bookings suggest Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal could receive record tourism revenues this year, helping replenish state coffers depleted by rising […]
Health Insight: Jetlag hits differently depending on your travel direction. Here are six tips to get over it
In an article first published on The Conversation, SALLY FERGUSON and DEAN J MILLER, of CQUniversity Australia, provide some tips for beating jetlag…
Explainer – As leaders fly to Davos, how do private jets affect the climate?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Political and business leaders will meet at the Swiss resort of Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, where issues from geopolitical instability to climate change are on the agenda. Yet as they seek consensus and solutions for global challenges, environmental campaigners argue that their travel arrangements may prove more […]
“We’re going to be free”: Chinese cheer as COVID curbs are loosened
Beijing, ChinaReuters China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to its resolute anti-COVID regime since the pandemic began three years ago, loosening rules that curbed the spread of the virus but sparked protests and hobbled the world’s second-largest economy. The relaxation of rules, which includes allowing infected people with mild symptoms to quarantine at […]
Doors are closing fast for Cubans seeking to travel
Havana, CubaReuters Cuban Miguel Palenzuela, 52, and his wife Ania have been waiting for a month outside Colombia’s embassy in Havana in hopes of securing a visa to travel through the South American nation. Palenzuela, who commutes almost daily from Guanabacoa, outside the capital, says he would prefer an appointment but the website crashes. Other […]
Wary of foreign “bad manners”, Japan cautuously eases borders to aid tourism
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan’s easing of a two-year ban on foreign tourists seeks to balance the enormous economic importance of tourism with concerns that travellers would trigger a COVID outbreak, insiders say. Under the decision, Japan will allow in a limited number of foreign tourists on package tours starting 10th June. Last week a few “test tours”, mainly […]
Australia to ease international border restrictions from November
Canberra/Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced an 18-month ban on Australians travelling abroad will be lifted from next month, easing one of the toughest COVID-19 restrictions imposed globally. Reopening the international border for citizens and permanent residents will be linked to the establishment of home quarantine in Australia’s eight states and […]
Significant Sights: Three unconventional forms of travel you should try if you can’t go abroad this summer
With travel options limited for many around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic (not to mention the push for more sustainable travel), BRENDAN CANAVAN – in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at three ways to enjoy travel experiences without going too far…
Updated: EU countries clear plan to ease cross-border tourism over summer
Updated: 10.45pm (AEST)Brussels, BelgiumReuters European Union countries agreed on Friday to an easing of travel restrictions over summer that will allow fully vaccinated tourists to avoid tests or quarantines and broaden the list of EU regions from which it is safe to travel. Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states approved a modified European Commission […]