Coup threatens Myanmar medical travel
Plans that the civilian government had for Myanmar to reduce outbound medical travel and begin inbound medical tourism, by attracting international investment, may now...
ETC survey says travellers ready this Spring
A European Travel Commission (ETC) survey suggests that Europeans are keen to travel again from the Spring, and are progressively interested in trips during...
WTTC calls for a change to border strategy
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling on governments to redefine their whole approach to risk assessment, to revive international travel. It...
Tourists, including health travellers, can visit the Seychelles
The Seychelles vaccination programme has now covered the majority of adult residents and the country has announced it now welcomes tourists, regardless of their...
Greece opens to tourists from mid-May
From May 14, travellers, including health tourists, are allowed into Greece from all European Union countries, plus the UK, Israel, USA, Serbia and the...
EU digital certificate confidence
The EU is increasingly confident of having COVID-19 travel certificates for this summer. After a meeting with European affairs ministers, the European Commission has...
Blueprint for Digital Health Passes
To help restore travel and restart the global economy the Good Health Pass Collaborative has released a draft blueprint detailing nine technical and interoperability...
Rwanda: reducing outbound medical travel
King Faisal Hospital, Kigali plans to offer advanced kidney treatment services from 2022, making it the first hospital to offer such treatments in Rwanda.
The...
Canada opens to vaccinated tourists
Canada has officially opened its land borders to fully vaccinated US citizens and US permanent residents for non-essential purposes such as tourism and medical tourism....
Tourism restart plan coordinated across Asia and the Pacific
Tourism leaders from across Asia and the Pacific have met to plan the sector’s restart and recovery, even as borders remain closed throughout the...