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Holiday company TUI said the German government agreed a 1.2 billion euro aid package to help boost its finances and ensure it survives into 2021 as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the travel industry.more

There is outrage in Mexico after a black bear seen on video approaching a visitor in a nature park and sniffing her hair was caught and castrated. Some people are questioning plans to move the animal to a different state.more

EasyJet is adding more flights to cope with increasing demand from holidaymakers. The airline had expected to operate at just 30% of its normal capacity, but is expanding its schedule to 40% as more people look to escape lockdown.more

Holidaymakers who travel to the Canary Islands will find any Covid-related costs are covered by the regional government, should they contract the virus.more

In the Canary Islands, restrictions on the use of public places entered into force yesterday in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. Regional authorities have introduced an order to use masks in all roofed points and limits for people in catering establishments.more

There are many posters plastered all over the Rías Baixas beaches in Pontevedra, Spain, urging citizens to comply with the Covid-19 regulations. “Sentidiño” (“common sense”) reads one of them. Nonetheless, the “sentidiño” of the British government in suddenly deciding to impose a quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain has been questioned by many.more

The firm which bought Thomas Cook shops has said up to 878 employees out of 4,500 may lose their jobs because of new coronavirus travel restrictions.more

The tourist voucher cannot be exchanged for cash or other means of payment - reminds the Social Insurance Institution together with the Polish Tourist Organization. Thus, they warn against fraudsters who try to sell the voucher on the Internet.more

This year's June was the month in Spain with the smallest number of foreign tourists who came on holiday to this country during the holiday season. They were there by as much as 97.7 percent less compared to the corresponding month in 2019.more

More than 142,000 were activated on the PUE ZUS platform. vouchers worth over PLN 122 million - the Social Insurance Institution in Poland informed yesterday on Twitter. The vouchers could be activated from Saturday - attention was drawn.more

Coronavirus continues to spread in Italy, and the infection curve continues to rise - these are the conclusions of the latest report from the national Institute of Health and the Italian Ministry of Health, announced on Friday. Meanwhile, the tourism industry is recovering from the severe crisis of the pandemic.more

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic did not affect vacation plans of 61 percent. Poles. However, three-quarters of holidaymakers can spend their holidays without leaving the country, according to an ING study.more

The majority of Britons agree with the Government's decision to reinstate quarantine restrictions on arrivals from Spain, with 84 per cent expressing support for the decision, according to a new YouGov poll.more

Travel company TUI said yesterday that it will close 166 UK and Ireland sites in response to the slowdown in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a shift in consumer behavior in favor of online booking.more

A rare phenomenon, large groups of sperm whales swimming close to the islands, has been observed in the outermost lands of the EU, the Portuguese islands of Flores and Corvo. In mid-July, these animals even appeared in the presence of a boat full of tourists.more

Spain's hard-hit hotels had offered to pay for foreign tourists to take coronavirus tests, in an effort to lure back visitors worried by a fresh wave of cases and put off by Britain's sudden imposition of a two-week quarantine.more

Further doubt has been cast on Britons’ hopes of taking overseas holidays this summer after the Foreign Office advised against all but essential trips to the popular Balearic and Canary Islands, and Downing Street warned that “no travel is risk-free” during the coronavirus pandemic.more

The UK has updated its advice against all non-essential travel to Spain to include the Balearic and Canary Islands following a rise in coronavirus cases.more

Ryanair has said it will continue its flights in and out of Spain as normal, despite the UK government's decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on travellers arriving from the country. more

The authorities of Spanish regions expect that with the introduction of a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from Spain on Saturday night by the UK, the crisis in the hotel industry will worsen, and institutions in this sector will be closed.more

Spain is safe for tourists and Spaniards, the government insisted on Sunday after Britain abruptly imposed a two-week coronavirus quarantine on travellers returning from there, a decision that filled holidaymakers with dismay.more

Travellers returning to the UK from Spain after midnight will have to quarantine for 14 days, the government has said.more

UK air bridges could reportedly be pulled last minute as concerns continue to grow over a spike in coronavirus cases in Spain.more

Thursday saw Spain’s Health Ministry report the largest daily spike in new COVID-19 cases in months, amid concerns the tourism industry could feel the impact.more

With a travel voucher by 15% more families with children will let themselves go on vacation - according to a study by Travelist.pl. 25 percent of parents are waiting for the introduction of the governmental program before planning their holidays, and nearly half of them intend to use it this season.more