Travel trends in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are revealed through a Twitter study.

In May, Twitter commissioned an insight poll to discover the top travel trends among Saudi Arabian and UAE visitors ahead of the peak season.

Many people in the Middle East are wanting to travel abroad now that summer has arrived. Travel had been halted owing to the COVID-19 epidemic un...

UAE new travel restrictions for unvaccinated citizens

Highlights:

• The COVID scare continues to make amendments in UAE

There has been a travel ban announced in UAE due to the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, which is followed by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

The UAE has only permit...

Singapore Imposes Travel Ban as Covid-19 Cases Surge

Singapore has decided to stop selling air and bus tickets in the annual holiday season from December 23rd to January 2oth to curb the Omicron cases rapidly spreading across the world.

All 24 countries that have a quarantine-free travel agreement with Singapore will have to comply with t...

Omicron Variant Enters Iceland and Singapore

Hong Kong updates its travels conditions as the Omicron variant begins to spread around the world. Hong Kong’s list of high-risk countries now includes Singapore and Iceland after the new variant was reported there. The government has imposed a mandatory 21- day quarantine period on anyone ...

Rethink your travel to Japan: New Restrictions Imposed

Japan hence announced that it will ban all foreign visitors beginning Tuesday as an emergency precaution against the variant, tentatively through the end of the year. The government will undoubtedly permit Japanese nationals and foreigners holding resident permits to quarantine 14 days following ...

Singapore extends Vaccinated Travel Lanes with India, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia

Singapore has decided to extend the Vaccinated Travel Lane arrangement with India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as told by the Ministry of Health.

Highlights

• Singapore to begin VTL with India and Indonesia on November 29...

Australia to open border for its citizens by the end of the year

Highlights

• The Prime Minister announced that interstate travel will be allowed by the end of the year
• Travel ban will be lifted once 70-80% of the adult population is vaccinated

On Sunday, Scott Morrison, the Prime Minister of Austra...

UK to remove India, UAE, Bahrain and Qatar from the red list

The centuries-old relationship between India and UK has resulted in millions of Indians traveling to the UK for various business, education, and other related activities. The onset of the Delta variant of Covid-19 and the increasing number of cases in India had compelled the Britain Government to...

AUSTRALIAN COURT REJECTS A CHALLENGE ON INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BAN

Highlights:

• Australian court rejected a challenge on the ban in most international travel
• Australia alone among all the developed democracies, which is presenting its citizens from leaving the country

On Tuesday, an Australian court ...

JAPAN OPENED ONLINE COVID-19 VACCINATION SLOTS FROM MONDAY

Highlights –

• Japan opened online COVID-19 vaccination slots from Monday.
• Residents of the capital's 23 wards aged 65 and above made appointments via the Defense Ministry's website.
• Bookings for the vaccination center in the ci...

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS RETURNED HOME AS INDIA TRAVEL BAN ENDS

Highlights:

• The citizens of Australia returned back from the covid-19 hit India as the travel ban ends
• A plane carrying more than 70 citizens of Australia from India has laned in the northern region of Australia

On Saturday, a plane ...

JAPAN’S TRAVEL BALANCE FELL BY 89.2% IN FY 2020

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• Japan’s travel balance fell by 89.2% in FY 2020.
• Japan’s travel surplus in 2020 fell 3.8% to 18.20 trillion yen from a year earlier.
• The service trade deficit stood at 3.73 trillion yen.
• Japan poste...

AUSTRALIA’S COVID-19 TRAVEL BAN CHALLENGED IN COURT

Highlights:

• The covid-19 travel restrictions of Australia had been challenged in court
• The government of Australia has been resisting the growing pressure for lifting the Indian travel ban

On Thursday, the corona virus strategies of ...

AUSTRALIA: UNITED NATIONS RAISED SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS OVER INDIA TRAVEL BAN

Highlights:

• The United Nations human rights officials have raised serious human rights concerns over Australia’s India travel ban
• Rupert Colville said that, they have serious concerns about whether the penalties for the travel rules breach meets...

AIR INDIA OPERATED TWO CHARTERS TO THE US ON TUESDAY, RIGHT BEFORE RESTRICTIONS KICK IN

Highlights

• According to the sources, the planes were chartered by a private company, which in turn reportedly sold tickets on it in the range of Rs 1.5-7 lakh

• In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has imposed travel restrictions on people travel...

FORMER FDA COMMISSIONER GOTTLIEB SAYS US TRAVEL BAN STRATEGY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

Highlights

• Gottlieb said “I’m not sure what we are hoping to accomplish. If the goal is to try to prevent the introduction of virus into the U.S., there’s plenty of virus here.”

According to former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, the travel ban ...

AUSTRALIA’S BAN ON INDIA CRITICISED AS RACIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS BREACH

Highlights:

• The India ban from Australia has been criticised as racist and human rights breach
• The criticism has come after Australia has banned all the flights from India until 15th May 2021

The threat for jailing the citizens retur...

NO TRAVEL BAN ON CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS, ACADEMICS, JOURNALISTS FROM INDIA: US

Highlights

• State Department said certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the India travel ban which was announced by the President Biden

• The State Department clearly said that this travel ban exemption follow...

AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS ARRIVING FROM INDIA COULD FACE FINE AND 5 YEARS OF JAIL

Highlights:

• The residents and citizens of Australia arriving from India can face fine and five years of jail
• This has been for the first time that Australia has made it a criminal offence for its citizens to return home

The officials...

ANA RECORDED A NET LOSS OF $3.7 BILLION IN FY 2020

Highlights –

• ANA recorded a net loss of $3.7 billion in FY 2020.
• The loss was attributed to slump in travel demand hurt by the pandemic.
• ANA Holdings expects a net profit of 3.5 billion yen in FY 2021.
• ANA recorded domestic...