Mari Yamaguchi, AP News - Japan has asked international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in Japan until the end of December as the country further tightens its border controls against a new coronavirus variant, the transportation ministry said Wednesday. It said
UN News - The coronavirus pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector $2 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's tourism body said, calling the sector's recovery "fragile" and "slow." According to the latest forecast by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the same amount
Alaska Airlines began nonstop service to Belize City, Belize from Seattle and Los Angeles on Friday. The inaugural service to Belize happens to coincide with Garifuna Settlement Day, one of the nation's most important holidays which celebrates the arrival of the Garifuna people in 1802. Alaska's service to Belize operates four times a
Two people were killed at nearby resorts in Cancun, Mexico. According to the latest report of Associated Press, a group of gunmen stormed the beaches of the Azul Beach Resort and the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun in Mexico—two of Mexico’s upscale resorts—and assassinated two drug dealers
When the Royal Caribbean Group announced that they’re back to business in June, the large cruise line was confident that it can keep its passengers and crew safe from the coronavirus. There were a number of stringent measures implemented like guests are required to be vaccinated
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines directly lands again in Barbados last Saturday, 16 October 2021, after 83 years. The Dutch Airliner is welcome by a water salute from the Barbados Fire Service with music played by the Barbados Defence Force Zouave Band. https://twitter.com/gaiabarbados/status/1449486449762607104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1449486449762607104%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbarbados.loopnews.com%2Fcontent%2Fdutch-airliner-klm-arrives-barbados Barbados Minister of Tourism and International Transport,
Two Caribbean nations are still in the United Kingdom's (UK) Red List of countries to avoid travelling to due to high risk of COVID-19 infection. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are among seven countries are still in the UK's Red List, Loop News has reported. The
UN News - Tourism “touches almost every part of our economies and societies”, enabling the historically marginalized, and “those at risk of being left behind, to benefit from development”, declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday, marking World Tourism Day. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4
Press Release - While travel advisories have been placed on several Caribbean destinations due to the increase in COVID-19 cases, attributed to the highly contagious delta variant, a leading tourism executive has countered that travel to the region is safe because of effective health safety
Following the confirmation of 24 community transmission cases of COVID-19 on Grand Cayman, anyone travelling to the Sister Islands from Grand Cayman who has not been fully vaccinated within the previous 14 days must provide a negative PCR test certificate from an approved laboratory, no more
