Myanmar resumes accepting tourist e-visa applications from May 15 (Sunday), more than two years after the country suspended all new e-visa applications due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our online e-visa service will resume with effect from May 15, 2022 for tourist visa applications,” Continue Reading
Dubai received 630,000 international health tourists in 2021, according to a report released by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) during the ongoing Arab Travel Market in Dubai. Spending of international patients reached nearly AED730 million in the past year despite the global COVID-19 pandemic. The report indicated that a majority of the health tourists who […]Continue Reading
The Kashmir Valley has received over 1.63 lakh visitors, including foreigners, in the first two months of this year, cheering tourism stakeholders who are expecting a bumper season this year. The footfall is much higher than the same period in 2021, when only 45,000 tourists had visited, reports Fayaz Wani in The New Indian Express. […]Continue Reading
The Philippines has opened borders for tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. Tourists are required to be fully immunized with vaccines approved by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration under an Emergency Use Authorization or the World Health Organization. “Allowing tourists from green countries or territories Continue Reading
Dubai plans to merge the departments of economy and tourism and hopes to attract 25 million tourists by 2025, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai’s Crown Prince, said on Twitter. Sheikh Hamdan added that Helal Al Marri will be appointed as a general director of the new department. Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed […]Continue Reading
International travel to Spain is recovering fast and could allow the tourism-dependent nation to reach pre-pandemic foreign visitor levels by 2022, the government said on November 3 after data showed a sharp rise in September arrivals. The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain more than quadrupled in September from a year ago to nearly 4.7 […]Continue Reading