Coronavirus

Germany on 2nd February 2023, officially dropped the mask requirement on long-distance trains as well as on buses.

A total of 879 million trips for tourism purposes have been made by residents of the European Union countries in 2021, with at least one overnight stay, according to the recent report provided by the European Office for Statistics, Eurostat has revealed.

The civil aviation ministry on 16 November said the use of masks is not compulsory during air travel but passengers should preferably use them amid the declining number of coronavirus cases.

With Coronavirus cases continuing to spike in America and abroad, US travelers are itching to hit the road and travel but remain grounded due to various restrictions worldwide.

By; Joe Cusmano @ Straynomad.com If you are thinking about flying somewhere, soon, or just in the not so distant future, I can give you some basic tips for flying safely based on my experience as an industry veteran. The experience should be somewhat more normal, and comforting given the new initiatives that airports, airlines, […]

We may be far from finding the coronavirus cure, but we can at least manage the symptoms to keep patients at ease. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted a video of a breathing exercise that she claimed helped her recovered from coronavirus symptoms.

After the World Health Organisation announced COVID-19 as a pandemic and cases rise to an unstoppable rate, more countries go into lockdown.

Why is the world reacting so irrationally to the Covid-19 outbreak? Why are we panic buying toilet rolls in supermarkets? Shunning Chinese restaurants? Derailing trade, education, tourism and so many other sectors? Why are we inflicting billions of dollars of unnecessary collateral damage on ourselves, rather than getting on with life and applying sensible measures […]

Italy’s lockdown started on Tuesday following the rapid increase of patients and deaths from the coronavirus.

On February 28, Messe Berlin announced the iconic ITB Berlin will be cancelled, for the first time in history. Then on my Facebook, LinkedIn, the majority of industry associates were upset about this news, mainly very rationally based on data that we should not fear COVID-19 and also if we industry people stop travelling, how […]

Korean Air is providing emergency relief supplies to residents of Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The South Korean flag carrier delivered 40,000 KF94 masks to the Red Cross Society of China, on KE855, a flight from Incheon to Beijing. It will deliver the masks to hospitals in Wuhan. The airline […]

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the world economy. The increase in cases throughout China and the uncertainty generated after the international alert declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) have caused the trend in travel reservations to China to fall by 79% during the month of January. This has been confirmed by Mallorca-based […]

The Japanese city of Katsuura in Chiba prefecture is ready to go back to normal after quarantine for coronavirus was over and found that all 197 of Japanese evacuees from Wuhan, China were free of the virus and were ready to go back home.

Airports of Thailand (AOT) will offer airlines a financial incentive if they provide adequate notice when cancelling flight slots at any of the six airports under its management. AOT is expecting the measure will stop airlines holding on to airport slots until the very last moment for marketing and sales purposes. It reported that even […]

Organisers of IT&CM China 2020 and CTW China 2020 have shifted the event to 3-5 August in response to the on-going crisis caused by the novel coronavirus. Originally, scheduled from 24-26 March in Shanghai, the trade show and conference attract around 3,000 event business professionals from various travel sectors. Hosting the event in August is […]

Italy health officials have confirmed that the Chinese couple that caused a massive quarantine of everyone on board the Costa Smeralda do not have the feared coronavirus.

I understand that much of the anxiety stems from the fear of the unknown – the carrier of the virus has not been identified and the lack of cure or vaccine. Moreover, the death toll is steadily rising. However, are we making a mountain out of a molehill? I will not disprove the news about the viral illness, but let’s put things into perspective.

The 2019-nCoV coronavirus is the biggest threat in the travel industry affecting various sectors such as transportation, aviation, tourism and attractions and tours. The fear of the contagion inhibits our mobility.

The new strain of coronavirus, tentatively-known as the 2019-nCoV, is spreading at an alarming rate. In China, the tally jumped to 2,700 cases and the number of deaths climbed to at least 80. 12 countries recorded confirmed cases.

As the fear of a new pandemic rise, the US has confirmed five new cases of the Coronavirus from China.