Travellers
- Middle East
Dubai Airport expects 2 mn passengers over holiday season, issues travel alert
Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world’s busiest for international travel, has issued a travel alert for passengers travelling in the exceptionally busiest holiday season and at the start of the new year. Dubai Airports…
- World
India reinstates e-visas for travellers from UK
London: The Indian High Commission in London on Monday announced the reinstating of the electronic visa (e-visa) for UK travellers, a move that will be widely welcomed amid a massive rush for…
- India
Railways sees dip in senior citizen travellers in 2021-22: Officials
New Delhi: The Railways has seen an almost 24 percent dip in the number of senior citizens travelling by trains in 2021-22 as compared to 2019-2020, according to an RTI query. Officials…
- India
Covid blues over as 1.34 crore domestic tourists come calling to Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala saw a record-setting surge in domestic tourist arrivals in the first three quarters of the current year as compared to the corresponding period a year ago, reflecting a comeback from…
- Middle East
Saudi: Items worth over SAR 60,000 must be disclosed during travel
Riyadh: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) stated that every traveller arriving or departing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must disclose if they are carrying in their luggage a sum of…
- Telangana
Telangana: Social Security scheme extended for auto drivers, journalists
Hyderabad: The social security scheme for Transport & Non-Transport Auto Drivers, Home Guards, and Working Journalists of Telangana has been extended for one more year by the Labor, Employment, Training, and Factories…
- India
Check incoming international travellers amid rising COVID cases, states told
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday directed states and UTs to carry surveillance of incoming international travellers as a part of revised surveillance strategy amid the surge in Covid cases. All international…
- World
People who’ve taken booster can enter Philippines without Covid test
Manila: Travellers who have received a Covid-19 booster shot will be allowed to enter the Philippines without a pre-departure test against the virus as part of the government’s measures to revive the…
- Technology
Uber announces new features for business travellers, parties
San Francisco: In a bid to make it more convenient for users, ride-hailing company Uber has announced several new products and features for business travellers, wedding parties, and more. The company said…
- World
Brazil removes Covid testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers
Brasilia: Brazil has removed the requirement of presenting a negative Covid-19 test for fully vaccinated travellers arriving by plane, a state news agency report said. Only unvaccinated travellers will be required to…
- World
UK ends COVID-19 international travel restrictions
London: All remaining COVID-19 pandemic related international travel restrictions, including filling in Passenger Locator Forms before arrival and compulsory pre-departure tests for unvaccinated travellers, have been scrapped from Friday, the UK government…
- Middle East
Dubai does away with rapid PCR test at airport for travellers from India
Dubai: Dubai on Tuesday removed the requirements for Indian travellers to undergo rapid RTPCR at Indian airports before departing to UAE. An advisory issued by the Dubai Airport updated the travel requirements…
