Irish airline Ryanair is launching a legal challenge against Britain over its “traffic light” system for international travel, hoping to force a relaxation of strict rules that threaten the summer holiday season.more
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
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
Convincing Poles to choose an aircraft for this year's vacation, pointing to its epidemic safety and the use of EU COVID certificates by passengers - are the goals of the information campaign launched yesterday by the Civil Aviation Authority.more
Britain is unlikely to reopen overseas travel to the major European holiday destinations until the beginning of August, UK ambassadors have warned.more
The EU Council today updated its travel recommendations in connection with Covid-19. According to them, holders of vaccination certificates should not be tested or quarantined. Similar treatment will apply to those who have recovered from Covid-19 and have a certificate that less than 180 days have passed since the test passed.more
Despite the approval of spectators at tomorrow's match between Spain and Sweden in the European football championship, fans' trip to Seville is an "odyssey of problems", local commentators say. They predict that the tournament will be overshadowed by sanitary restrictions and the ubiquitous chaos related to the pandemic.more
From July 1, Germany will lift restrictions on travelers from most countries, with the exception of those with high levels of coronavirus infection or a large number of infections with its new variants, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.more
The ambassadors of the Member States to the EU agreed today on facilitating tourists during the holidays - reported the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council. The facilities are designed to allow fully vaccinated people to avoid testing or quarantine.more
Last year, Poles were ranked third among tourists most frequently visiting Hungary, and their favorite destinations were Lake Balaton and the east of the country, the Hungarian Tourist Agency announced in a press release.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
The European Parliament has given the green light to the EU's Covid certificates, which are to apply from July 1, 2021 for 12 months. The certificates are to facilitate free travel and contribute to the gradual and coordinated lifting of restrictions.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
47 percent Poles want to spend their holidays in the country, according to the ARC Rynek i Opinia survey. It was added that every fourth Pole this year does not plan to go on vacation, but there are more of those who have such plans than last year.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
Traveling in Europe still requires presenting negative tests for the presence of coronavirus. Usually young children are exempt, but there are no uniform rules. Children up to 12 years old will go to Croatia without examination, and to Greece - up to 5 years old. more
Europeans vaccinated with one of the four recognized coronavirus vaccines in Europe will be able to enter France without a PCR test from Wednesday 9 June, said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Tourism Secretary.more
More than 20 cases of the so-called “Nepal variant”, responsible for disrupting travel with Portugal, have been discovered in the UK, officials have revealed.
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EU member states have decided not to add the UK to a so-called "white list" of countries from where non-essential travel to the bloc, such as tourism, is allowed.more
