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According to an announcement made last week, travellers coming into the UK from mainland China will no longer be required to take a Covid pre-departure test beginning next month.   Following the recent release of information from China concerning the reopening of the Chinese border for the first time since the beginning of the Covid…

Some new reports from China have been causing a lot of excitement across the UK travel industry as it has been announced that China will resume issuing visas to foreign travellers again for the first time since the beginning of Covid.   Following 3 years without tourist activity in response to the Covid pandemic, the…

The UK government have issued a warning for travellers this week as a Border Force strike is scheduled to go ahead in March, potentially extending wait times at border control for the duration of the strike action.   According to the statement released, all travellers arriving in the UK on the 15th of March should…

Following the deadline set for major UK airports to install new 3D scanning technology, several airports have announced actions to be taken that will allow the removal of the 100ml rule against liquids carried by passengers that is currently in place.   The deadline set for UK airports by the government was announced only a…

Travel businesses have recently been advised to warn their clients about extra hidden charges that they could soon face when driving to Heathrow Airport following the extension of London's ULEZ that will soon include the airport in question.   The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) that currently covers some parts of London is due to…

Following the previous reports warning against a tropical cyclone that forced Mauritius to close its airport for 24 hours, the destination was able to reopen the international airport again yesterday.   On Tuesday the 21st of February, Mauritius announced the good news that it was able to reopen the international airport for travellers again following…

In a fantastic report this week it was announced by the government of Fiji that all remaining Covid-related entry requirements for international travellers to Fiji have now been removed.   Following the announcement this week, Fiji dropped all remaining entry requirements for international travellers on Tuesday the 14th of February, with their new rules coming…

In an announcement last week, it was reported that Singapore will drop its final Covid-related entry restrictions for unvaccinated international travellers.   Following rising concerns in 2022 surrounding the number of Covid cases and hospitalisations, Singapore released good news last week stating that the health situation in the country has 'stabilised'. This means that the…

Following a proposal from Jamaica to implicate a new Global Tourism Resilience Day, the UN has accepted the declaration and adopted the new Tourism Day to celebrate and bring awareness to the resilience of the travel and tourism industry.   Jamaica originally declared the 17th of February as the new Global Tourism Resilience Day and…

A warning from the Foreign Office was released this week for all UK travellers to France as there are expected to be several travel disruptions next week following a select number of French strikes that were announced recently.   Several unions in the country have announced French strike actions for next week commencing Monday the…