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Bolivian Foreign Minister Karen Longaric has clarified that the Government will not repatriate nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic because Bolivia is a «poor country», although she has indicated that it will help them with food and medications through consulates. Bolivia, like many countries, has closed its borders to stop the spread of […]
The Saudi G20 presidency confirmed on Wednesday that on Friday, April 24, an extraordinary telematic meeting of Tourism Ministers will be held to analyze and address the measures that the tourism sector needs in the face of the impact of the coronavirus crisis. «In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented impact that this […]
The presence of 33 people infected with coronavirus on board the Italian cruise ship ‘Costa Atlantica’, which has docked in the Japanese port of Nagasaki, has set off all the alarms in the Asian country, which has 281 deaths and more than 11,500 confirmed cases. from Covid-19. The authorities of the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki […]
It will be fundamental for the economic recovery of the region after the coronavirus The travel and tourism industry generated revenues of more than 274,000 million euros in Latin America in 2019, contributing with 16.9 million jobs in the region, a figure that according to the World Tourism Council assumes that this industry will be […]
The Commissioner for the Internal Market, the Frenchman Thierry Breton, has announced this Tuesday that he is preparing to hold a «European Summit on Tourism» in September or October, when the control of the coronavirus pandemic allows it, to start a reflection that allows «reinventing» the sector towards a more «innovative, sustainable and resilient» business. […]
The largest trade fair for the U.S. tourism industry, IPW 2020, which was scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 30 to June 3, has been officially canceled to protect visitors from the coronavirus it is taking The United States is the main source of contagion. Although the organizers waited until the […]
Nonetheless, note a continued trend toward greater openness 96% of the world’s tourist destinations have introduced some form of travel restriction following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide, which has caused around 90 destinations to have closed all or part of their borders to the tourists and another 40 are closed to certain tourists, […]
Predicts a 48% drop in passenger traffic this year compared to last The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has raised the loss forecasts for the passenger air transport sector on Tuesday, and now calculates that they will reach 314,000 million dollars (286,500 million euros) in 2020 due to the impact of the crisis of the […]
The airline maintains flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and some destinations in France and other countries Air France has facilitated the return of more than 240,000 people to their homes from 82 countries during the coronavirus crisis, including nearly 130,000 French citizens repatriated in collaboration with the French Ministry of Transport and Foreign Affairs. «Since […]
The European Commission has proposed this Wednesday to extend until at least May 15 the temporary closure of the external border of the European Union that the countries of the Schengen area agreed to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This would extend the temporary suspension of entry to the EU coordinated by […]