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Thailand plans quarantine-free entry for vaccinated tourists

Shawdesh Desk: Thailand plans to allow vaccinated foreigners to visit the southern resort island of Phuket without quarantining on arrival in a step toward reviving the country’s big but battered

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Coronavirus and travel: Everything you need to know

Shawdesh desk: Bathed in the faint light at the end of the once seemingly endless pandemic tunnel are visions of trips that reunite us with loved ones or take us

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Drone flies dangerously close to erupting volcano, captures stunning footage

Shawdesh desk: A drone has captured incredible footage of a volcano erupting from a dangerously close distance. The Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption had red lava spewing out of the ground and

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Nepal expecting hundreds of climbers despite pandemic

Shawdesh Desk: Nepal is expecting hundreds of foreigners to attempt to scale the highest Himalayan peaks despite the pandemic. The Department of Tourism in Kathmandu said Wednesday that more than

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Turkey to welcome Brits for summer holidays without need for Covid vaccine

Shawdesh Desk: Brits will be able to jet-set off on Turkey holidays this summer without needing to have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the country’s tourism minister has confirmed. Mehmet Nuri

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Puerto Rico to reopen historic church after long restoration

Shawdesh Desk: The construction worker stood on his tiptoes and tried to arrange a crown of thorns on a statue of Jesus while architect Jorge Rigau fired a flurry of

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Thailand now offers tourists the option to spend their quarantine on a yacht

Tourists planning Thailand holidays can now opt to spend their two-week quarantine period aboard a yacht – as long as they’re willing to wear a tracker. The new scheme would

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Spain could introduce Covid passports to welcome back tourists as early as May

Spain holidays could be back on the cards for Brits this year as the holiday hotspot is looking to test a new vaccine passport scheme. The country’s tourism minister Maria

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