Travel

Denmark builds world’s tallest Sandcastle, enters Guinness World Records

Shawdesh desk: The European country of Denmark is now the home to the world’s tallest sandcastle situated in the stunning small seaside town of Blokhus. This sandcastle has made it

Eiffel Tower reopens; COVID passes required as of next week

Shawdesh desk: The Eiffel Tower is reopening Friday for the first time in nine months even though the French government introduced new virus rules this week aimed at taming the

Philippines to impose travel ban on Indonesia

Shawdesh desk: From Friday onwards, the Philippines will ban all travellers from Indonesia until July 31 to prevent the spread of the highly infectious Delta Covid-19 variant, presidential spokesperson Harry

Italy to ban mammoth cruise ships from Venice as of Aug. 1

Shawdesh desk: Declaring Venice’s waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared an imperiled world heritage site by

Covid task force head points to crowds at Indian tourists spot

Shawdesh Desk: With daily case detections still above 40,000 and reports and pictures of blatant violations of social distancing norms coming from tourist spots, the head of India’s pandemic task

Thailand’s tourism plans in doubt as cases rise

Shawdesh dEsk: Thailand’s plan to re-open the country to foreign tourists in about 100 days has been thrown into doubt as it sees a new spike in Covid cases. Some

Heathrow to trial fast-tracking vaccinated arrivals

Shawdesh desk: Two of the world’s biggest airlines will trial fast-track lanes at Heathrow airport for fully-vaccinated arrivals. Under the scheme passengers from some countries will be able to upload

Covid: Germany to lift ban on tourists from UK

Shawdesh Desk: Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India