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Racism, offensive: Jairam Ramesh, Tharoor slam UK's Covid travel rules

Indian students and citizens are being harassed and fleeced for exorbitant tests, the Congress leader said

UK scraps 'traffic light system' to simplify international travel

UK Transport Secretary announced that the current 'traffic light system' of red, amber and green countries will be scrapped to simplify international travel amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

MakeMyTrip sees 100% return to travel in pharma, realty, other corp sectors

Firm's recent market study says financial services, IT, consumer goods and auto are the laggards, may be the last ones to see a complete recovery in corporate travel

European stocks rise on Wall Street support, travel shares jump 3%

Travel & leisure stocks snap 4-day losing streak; weaker metal prices weigh on miners

Philippines lifts travel ban on India, 9 other countries from Sept 6

The announcement came even as the country recorded its second highest number of Covid cases with 20,310 infections on Friday, pushing the national tally to 2.04 million

European Union takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

The European Union recommended Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infections there.

90% people want govt to frame travel booking refund policy: survey

As per the platform, only 12-13 per cent of those who cancelled travel bookings due to the second Covid wave could get timely refunds.

GOQii eyes entry into UK, S-E Asian markets as travel restrictions ease

The company''s strategy would be different for these markets and GOQii intends to team up with local strategic partners including large healthcare firms or insurance companies to make inroads.

Sonu Sood launches rural B2B travel tech platform Travel Union

With a mission to support, digitally empower and build a leading travel agent community in rural India at zero investment, the firm aims to be the largest rural digital travel services platform

UK eases travel restriction as industry leaders urge for more

Britain opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from US and EU as travel industry leaders urged the government to further ease restrictions

28% Indians plan to travel in Aug-Sep; risk of third wave to rise: Report

The survey also asked citizens about what kind of personal travel do they plan to undertake in the next two months

Covid-19 cases low but health ministry warns against 'revenge travel'

80% of new cases from 90 districts; N-E states show high case positivity rate

Why should the travel industry start implementing the use of QR codes today?

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Government to give tourist visa free of charge to 500,000 travellers

The scheme will be applicable till March 31, 2022 or till 5,00,000 visas are issued, whichever is earlier.

EU approve Covid certificates allowing people to travel freely within bloc

European Union (EU) lawmakers have approved a new travel certificate that will allow people to move freely within the bloc without having to quarantine or taking extra coronavirus tests

Fully vaccinated? You may not need RT-PCR test result for domestic travel

'A joint team from several ministries and stakeholders, including the Health Department, are in discussion to take a final decision,' says Hardeep Singh Puri

Covid-19: Sri Lanka reopens international airport in the midst of lockdown

Sri Lanka reopened its international airport for passengers in the midst of the current Covid-19 lockdown with the first flight with 53 passengers landing from Qatar

Philippines extends ban on travel from India, six other countries

The Philippines government has extended the ban on inbound travel from seven countries, including India, until June 15 to prevent transmission of the Covid-19 variant, B.1617

EU opens external borders to travellers fully vaccinated against Covid

The European Union (EU) has recommended to open its external borders to non-essential travel into the bloc if travellers have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19

Covid-19 pandemic: European Union to ease travel curbs for foreign tourists

The United States would not, although vaccinated Americans would be welcome in Europe.