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Global tourism recovering, but not back to pre-pandemic levels
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» PARIS: Global tourism is roaring back to life despite Covid travel headaches and the effects of the war in Ukraine, but it has yet to return to its pre-pandemic health.
All aboard the night train: Paris-Nice sleeper returns
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» NICE: The legendary sleeper train that whisked travellers through France to the Mediterranean for close to a century has returned to the tracks as part of a French government push to revive night train travel.
Germany's Oktoberfest cancelled again over Covid
AFP, Published on 03/05/2021
» BERLIN - Germany is cancelling its iconic Oktoberfest beer festival for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bavaria's state premier Markus Soeder said Monday.
Peru's Machu Picchu reopens after Covid lockdown
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» MACHU PICCHU (PERú) - The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopens Sunday after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Disney World reopens as WHO urges virus caution
AFP, Published on 12/07/2020
» ORLANDO: Florida's Walt Disney World theme park reopened Saturday in a state hard hit by the coronavirus, as the World Health Organization issued a fresh warning that countries should step up pandemic restrictions.
Machu Picchu to sharply limit visits after July reopening in Peru
AFP, Published on 15/06/2020
» LIMA: The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a jewel of Peruvian tourism, will sharply reduce the number of daily visitors once it reopens from a virus-imposed closure in July, officials said.
Acropolis in Athens reopens after virus shutdown
AFP, Published on 18/05/2020
» ATHENS: Greece reopened the Acropolis in Athens and all open-air archaeological sites in the country to the public on Monday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation
AFP, Published on 26/02/2019
» SAN JUAN BAUTISTA (CHILE) - For almost a century, the inhabitants of Robinson Crusoe -- named for literature's most famous castaway -- have known that their island's fragile ecosystem depends on them conserving its unique wildlife.
Mandela phone app for tourists in S.Africa
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» JOHANNESBURG - A phone app tracing the footsteps of Nelson Mandela was launched Wednesday in South Africa to encourage tourists to explore his life story, 25 years after his release from prison.