BANGKOK, 14 January 2019: Russia is planning to introduce an electronic visa regime by 2021 in a bid to boost tourism, according to RBC media.
Five regions in Russia’s Far East currently
offer free week-long...
ABU DHABI, 17 December 2018: Etihad Airways has recently launched its first ever scheduled flights linking Abu Dhabi and Barcelona.
The inaugural service was introduced, 28 November, with the UAE national airline celebrating the occasion by hosting a special event...
DOHA, Qatar, 14 December 2018: Qatar Airways will upgrade aircraft on flights to three European destinations over the winter season.
From this week onwards three popular European destinations – Helsinki Stockholm and Manchester – gained aircraft upgrades.
Manchester and Stockholm routes...
PARIS, 13 December 2018: Xiamen Airlines launched its new direct flight between Paris and Fuzhou, Tuesday, extending its European cover to nine cities through partner airlines.
The new three-weekly service uses a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the 13-hour, 25-minute flight.
Flights...
LONDON, 30 November 2018: WTM London 2018 and its co-located sister event, Travel Forward, reported a 6% increase in visitors driven by an increase in senior travel professionals based on unaudited figures.
The head count includes attendance at WTM and...
ROME, 29 November 2018: Chinese tourists almost doubled their travels to Europe in the first half of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.
This was one of the key findings of the "China-Europe Tourism Big Data Report for...
TOKYO, 29 November 2018: Milan and Stockholm presented their bids to host the 2026 Winter Olympics at a Tokyo meeting Wednesday, the last two cities standing after a string of withdrawals.
The race to host the 2026 Winter Games has...
PARIS, 27 November 2018: The captain of a cruise ship found to be burning fuel with excessive sulphur levels was fined 100,000 euros (114,000 dollars) in a Marseille court Monday, the first such ruling in France.
The prosecution was intended...
EasyJet's annual net profit jumped by almost a fifth on strong sales and record passenger numbers, the British no-frills airline announced on Tuesday.
Profits after taxation jumped 17 percent to £385 million ($460 million, 400 million euros) in the 12...
COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2018: Greenland's parliament has adopted a plan to upgrade or build airports to serve the massive North Atlantic island, keen to attract more tourists to its pristine Arctic wilderness.
Two airports -- in the capital Nuuk and...