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Articles tagged “travel restrictions”

Coronavirus

Australia Reasserts Its Strict Travel Rules by Telling Djokovic No Exceptions

Australia is right to play hardball with Novak Djokovic because granting him a medical exemption from its strict from coronavirus vaccine requirements would encourage other anti-vaxxers to employ the same tactics.

Courtney Walsh and Byron Kaye, Reuters | 2 years ago

Australia Reasserts Its Strict Travel Rules by Telling Djokovic No Exceptions

Tour Operators

Travel Restrictions Force Tour Operators to Run More Single-Country Trips

Considering how much the appetite for single-country trips has grown in recent years, why go through the constant hassles of grappling with widely divergent protocols and testing requirements in a Covid era?

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Travel Restrictions Force Tour Operators to Run More Single-Country Trips

Coronavirus

Cuba Tightens Border Controls Due to Covid Surge

Cuba wasn't in any way going to go all the way and close its doors to foreign tourism despite the rise in Covid cases — especially since most of its citizens have already been vaccinated. Plus, the country's economy is in desperate need of a boost from overseas visitors.

Dave Sherwood and Reuters TV, Reuters | 2 years ago

Cuba Tightens Border Controls Due to Covid Surge

Tour Operators

Tour Operators Say Delta Hurt But Fear Death Blow From Omicron

As bad as 2021 has been for tour operators, 2022 could be worse — especially if new variants emerge, which could spark a wave of even more travel restrictions that would cripple so many struggling companies.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Tour Operators Say Delta Hurt But Fear Death Blow From Omicron

Airlines

Omicron Restrictions Deliver a Blow to Airlines’ Recovery

Even if the restrictions enacted to combat the Omicron variant are largely short-lived, they couldn't have come at a worse time for still struggling airlines that were expecting an enormous boost from the holiday season.

Jamie Freed, Reuters | 2 years ago

Omicron Restrictions Deliver a Blow to Airlines’ Recovery

Business Travel

Long-Term Remote Working Gets a Thumbs Down and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, a new report delves into the downsides of remote work, the U.S. implements new travel requirements to combat the Omicron variant, and hotels express concern about how governments might impact their recovery.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Long-Term Remote Working Gets a Thumbs Down and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Travel Agents

South Africa’s Travel Agents Say Business Screeched to a Halt Over Omicron

Not only did the travel bans force widespread cancellations for South Africans planning to go abroad during the country's summer, but they may also represent the death knell for many tourism businesses that had already been significantly hit hard by the initial blast of Covid.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

South Africa’s Travel Agents Say Business Screeched to a Halt Over Omicron

Tour Operators

TUI Permits UK Travelers to Reschedule for Free Due to New Restrictions

The emergence of the new Covid variant will certainly upend travel for the time being, so TUI will be among many companies feeling pressure to create backup plans for travelers whose trips might be canceled.

Yadarisa Shabong, Reuters | 2 years ago

TUI Permits UK Travelers to Reschedule for Free Due to New Restrictions

Airlines

TSA Screened 2.45 Million Passengers on Sunday, Highest Pandemic-Era Total

U.S. domestic travel over the Thanksgiving holiday period took place without major disruptions. Whether screening numbers over the Christmas period will set new pandemic-era marks at this point is an open question.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 2 years ago

TSA Screened 2.45 Million Passengers on Sunday, Highest Pandemic-Era Total

Coronavirus

U.S. to Restrict Travel From 8 Southern African Countries Over New Covid Variant

The U.S. needed to act immediately to announce travel restrictions as any delays in doing so could result in the fight against the new variant being lost quickly. The travel industry can't catch a break, with this new round of anxiety creating more uncertainties — yet again.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 2 years ago

U.S. to Restrict Travel From 8 Southern African Countries Over New Covid Variant