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Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022

István Ujhelyi re-elected as First Vice-Chair of European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee

*Hungarian Socialist MEP István Ujhelyi, who is also a Senator of the Mediterranean Tourism Foundation, was elected as the first vice-chair of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

UK PM confirms testing for vaccinated arrivals to be removed

*The UK Prime Minister has confirmed that the requirement for Covid-19 tests for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in England will be removed.* Boris Johnson updated broadcasters on t...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

Omicron restrictions held back Corporate Travel Recovery

*UK Government reaction to the Omicron wave of Covid-19 and resulting uncertainty about restrictions has set back the corporate travel recovery, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GB...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

Industry attention shifts to validity duration of Covid Certificates

*The government is poised to confirm the removal of all Covid tests on arrival for fully vaccinated travellers, if not by the end of January then in time for the February half-term.* However, attentio...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

Airline Chiefs demand return to ‘Restriction-Free’ International Travel

*Restriction-free international travel should be immediately restored “at the very least” for the fully vaccinated, UK airline bosses have urged the government today (Monday).* In a letter to health s...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association welcomes news that restrictions will be lifted shortly.

*The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) welcomes the announcement made earlier today by Health Minister Chris Fearne that an "exit roadmap" to unwind existing COVID-19 health restrictions...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

Malta | Health Minister Dr Fearne: “We will be removing more Covid measures”

*Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said the Government will this week be announcing dates when the country will continue to gradually remove Covid measures.* In an interview on O...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

‘Strong Indication’ From Malta’s Authorities That COVID-19 Restrictions Will Be Eased Within Two Weeks, Tourism Lobbyist Says

*Maltese authorities have given “strong indications” that more COVID-19 restrictions will be eased in the coming weeks, the president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MRA) has said.* ...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

Malta drops down the ECDC concern list, as COVID-19 cases decline

Omicron cases have dropped substantially since mid-December peak *Malta has moved from having the most concerning COVID situation in Europe towards the end of the year to being rated second lowest a m...

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Friday, Jan 21, 2022

Malta Airport wants to attract at least 2 million tourists this Year

*The Malta International Airport plc wants to attract 2 million tourists to Malta this year.* This will mean twice the number of tourists who visited Malta during the last year. Michela Catania, Commu...

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Friday, Jan 21, 2022

'Turkey could get 10% share of global revenues from bicycle tourism'

*Turkey has a chance to get a 10% share of global revenues from bicycle tourism, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said late Thursday in a televised interview.* "The income from bicycle t...

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Friday, Jan 21, 2022

World in deeper crisis due to COVID-19, climate change: UN's Guterres

*As he starts his second term as U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis ...

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