Travel

Dublin, May 12 (Reuters) - Ryanair on Tuesday confirmed it will return to 40% of its planned flight schedule from July 1 and will require passengers to wear face coverings and to ask crew permission to use the toilet. The Irish airline, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, is to begin to fly 1,000 flights per day on July 1, up from...

Visas will be extended free of charge on applying

Johannesburg, May 6 (Reuters) - Most visitors wanting to see big game in Africa jet in from faraway places, so when the new coronavirus grounded flights and put the world into lockdown, the legendary African safari died. But for South African company WildEarth — which brings virtual safaris to your living room via a camera that their guides drive around...

April 11 (CNN) - People in the northern Indian state of Punjab are reacting with awe at the sight of the Himalayan mountain range, which is now visible from more than 100 miles away due to the reduction in air pollution caused by the country's coronavirus lockdown. Indians in the city of Jalandhar and the surrounding area have posted photos...

Jakarta, March 31 (The Straits Time) - Indonesia will temporarily ban all visits and transits by foreign nationals to the country to curb the further spread of the coronavirus. "President (Joko) sees that our current policy needs to be made stricter. We have decided that all visits and transits by foreign nationals to Indonesia will temporarily be banned," Foreign Minister...

March 17 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka has halted passenger arrivals from all countries at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake starting from today (17 March). Minister Wimal Weerawansa tweeted “President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially decided to stop all arrival passenger flights into Sri Lanka”. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given the respective instructions when the Task Force to Combat COVID-19 met...

Feb 22, (AdaDerana) - SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the prestigious oneworld alliance, in the wake of its launch of the brand video ‘Serendipity Next Door’ appealing to its largest foreign market, India, set a record of five million views within 19 hours on social media platforms. This is the first time in...

Colombo, Feb 12 (Daily Mirror) - A steam locomotive, which left from Colombo Fort railway station on Sunday (09), reached Nanu-Oya railway station yesterday carrying 38 tourists from 12 countries. Railway authorities expect to use this one-of-a-kind train ride to promote tourism on the upcountry railway line.

Jan 19 (Business Insider) - In a series of tweets on Thursday, Elon Musk revealed new details about his plan to build a city of 1 million people on Mars by 2050. Musk said he hoped to build 1,000 Starships — the towering and ostensibly fully reusable spaceship that SpaceX is developing in South Texas — over 10 years. That's 100 Starships per year....

January 3 (CNN) - Whether you want to relax on a remote island off the coast of Africa, ride Germany's coolest trains or spot howling monkeys in South America, there is much to explore heading into a new decade in 2020. Japan will be hosting the Summer Olympics, Jamaica will be marking the late Bob Marley's 75th birthday, and Washington...