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The number of holiday bookings made from mid-May to mid-June is comparable to the same record period for tourism in 2019 - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

Bars at full capacity. No masks for vaccinated Disneyland goers. Fans sitting side-by-side at Giants and Dodgers games. more

Promising coronavirus case and vaccine rates suggest several holiday hotspots could be placed on the travel green list at the end of June.more

According to research by the National Institute of Public Health (RIVM), travelers returning to the Netherlands represent an increasing number of infected with COVID-19.more

Britain is unlikely to reopen overseas travel to the major European holiday destinations until the beginning of August, UK ambassadors have warned.more

Portraits of Londoners, including key workers and school children, will be among thousands of faces adorning roads and buildings across London later this month, as the capital’s streets are transformed with spectacular outdoor photographic displays to celebrate UEFA EURO 2020.more

Two-thirds of Britons are planning trips abroad in the coming months despite Government advice, and will press ahead even if their destination doesn't turn green, according to new research.more

A temporary medical clinic was inaugurated at Barcelona airport yesterday, where staff will test Covid-19 among arriving tourists as well as city residents.more

Britain ignored scientific advice and instead took a political decision when it failed to put Malta on its list of safe travel destinations, Malta Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo said on Tuesday.more

People in the UK should not travel overseas unless absolutely necessary, a UK Cabinet minister has said. Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Tuesday the British public should “holiday at home” and visit the “great places” in the UK.more

Tens of thousands of British tourists have flocked to Portugal’s airports to return home before quarantine rules are re-imposed in the United Kingdom after the government removed the popular tourist destination from its safe travel list.more

In Italy, "tourism is recovering from the virus" announced the daily La Repubblica today. He noted that the number of bookings made by Italians had increased by 10 percent compared to last year, and a record increase among foreigners.more

The adult-only lates will be every Thursday and Friday in July, and the zoo will be open from 6pm-10pm, with the last entry at 9pm. In addition, apart from the general opening of the zoo later than normal, there will also be a bar and a number of add-on tours.more

Hotel booking website Booking.com is paying back the €65m it received from the Dutch government to help pay wages in the first three months of the pandemic, following the public and political outcry over a €28m bonus package for three top executives.more

AirBnB will contribute £5 to local causes in Edinburgh for every booking made in the Capital during August in an effort to “rebalance tourism”.more

Travel plans for thousands of Brits have been dealt a blow as no new countries are added to the green list - and Portugal is removed, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.more

Another lifting of pandemic restrictions coincides with the long weekend in June. One third of Poles intend to make use of it and plan to leave. Such results are brought by the latest study by IMAS International, commissioned by KRD and Rzetelna Firma "Tourism and recreation in a pandemic", reports "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

International cruise ships will be able to dock again in Spanish ports from 7 June, the Spanish government said on Saturday, lifting a ban that was imposed when the Covid-19 pandemic began.more

In 2020 Booking.com received 100 million euros in support from the Dutch government. Now the three-person management of the popular booking site is to receive a bonus of 28 million euros. Politicians are demanding a refund.more

The plan to allow holidaymakers to return to Europe's beaches this summer has taken another step forward, as Greece and Spain announced a trial of the EU travel certificate.more

With the economy hit hard by Covid-19, Tunisia hopes Russians, Poles and other Eastern Europeans will save its tourism sector because "they are less affected by the pandemic," reports AFP.more

U.S. airlines and agencies are preparing for increased domestic air travel this summer even as the government continues to debate whether to allow more foreign travelers to visit.more

The Eiffel Tower, closed due to the Covid-19 epidemic from October 29, 2020, will reopen to tourists on July 16, its operator said. In summer, the Parisian monument will be able to be visited by no more than 10 thousand. people a day.more

Spain holidays will go ahead for Britons as of Monday, despite new and confusing warnings from the UK Government not to travel to "amber countries".more

European Union legislators and member countries found a compromise Thursday for launching COVID-19 certificates before the height of the summer holiday season, a move aimed at boosting travel and tourism following the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.more