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As countries ease restrictions for India, tourists firm up travel plans

Indian holidaymakers are taking advantage of this even as they deal with challenges such as limited non-stop flights, reduced visa slots and the lack of approval to Covaxin

Maldives, one of the navy’s close maritime partners, has been a regular participant at MILAN — a week-long festival of discussions, band and cultural displays, sports events and cocktail parties, all to assert regional camaraderie
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The Maldives, which reopened for Indian visitors in July, remains the top attraction — also as a quarantine destination for them before they proceed to Dubai or other countries that still do not permit direct entry to Indians

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in May had put the brakes on overseas travel but the tide is slowly turning as more countries welcome vaccinated Indian tourists. On Tuesday, Spain opened the doors to fully vaccinated Indians, joining France, Ger­many and Switzerland which did so a few weeks earlier.
 
Indian holidaymakers are taking advantage of this even as they deal with challenges such as limited non-stop flights, reduced visa slots and the lack of approval to Covaxin.
 
“There has been a huge demand for travel to Switzerland from day one of the opening in end-June,” says