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Kenya suspends all flights to Somalia

Photo: Credit Business Daily Africa. The Kenyan government has taken retaliatory action after the Somali government recently announced that it was still suspending imports of Mira khat. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has announced the suspension of all flights to and from Somalia, except for aid and private jets working with the United Nations. The

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Boris Johnson says vaccine passports will ‘definitely’ be used when international travel resumes

Vaccine passports could play a role in international travel this summer / PA By Luke O’Reilly Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his clearest hint yet that vaccine passports are likely to be required for international travel – while suggesting they will have a role to play at home as well. His comments came after

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No foreign holidays ‘until August,’ government sources warn

Foreign holidays are unlikely until at least August, government officials are warning / Pa By John Dunne International travel is unlikely to restart on May 17 Foreign holidays are unlikely to get the go-ahead until August, according to senior government figures. Officials have warned that the government’s review of foreign holidays, due on April 12,

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Kenya risks UK blacklist over open Tanzania border

Terminal 1A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Kenya risks joining the UK’s ‘red list’ of countries from where travellers are subjected to mandatory stay at quarantine hotels due to the government’s reluctance to close the border with Tanzania. Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, quoting a source from the British High Commission in Nairobi, said that Kenya is

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Turkey to host twice as many tourists in 2021: Official

Deputy tourism minister says country’s tourism sector expects positive results in 2021 after COVID-19 downturn in 2020 The number of foreigners visiting Turkey will double in 2021 compared to last year, a senior tourism official said on Wednesday. The country expects to host 34 million foreign visitors this year, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Nadir

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Turkey will welcome British holidaymakers without vaccine

British tourists queue at Mugla Milas Airport, in Mugla, Turkey on September 24, 2019. [Ali Ballı – Anadolu Agency] Turkey plans to welcome British holidaymakers this summer without requiring evidence of vaccination, Minister of Tourism Mehmet Ersoy said on Monday. “Turkey is looking forward to welcoming British tourists with open arms,” said the minister. According

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At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports

A woman enters the face and iris-recognition gate to board a plane, during a media tour at Dubai Airport, in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, has introduced an iris-scanner that verifies one’s identity and eliminates the need for any human interaction when leaving the

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Travel industry bets on vaccine passports to draw Brits to the Mediterranean

Credit Reuters By Sarah Young, Clara-Laeila Laudette, Laurence Frost The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the large number of Britons set to receive COVID-19 shots before the summer. Thanks to its swift vaccine deployment here, Britain is the only major European country likely to

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Vaccine passport idea in EU ‘shameful’: Serbia

By Talha Ozturk Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says he is shocked by idea, describing it as ‘meaningless’, ‘anti-European’ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday criticized the idea of a COVID-19 vaccine passport, describing it as “shameful.” Tourist-reliant European nations such as Greece and Spain have urged the quick adoption of an EU-wide certificate for travelers

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Air France-KLM plunges to huge loss in pandemic-hit year

FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2003 file photo, an Air France jumbo jet rolls behind the tail of a KLM Royal Dutch airliner at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, north of Paris. Air France-KLM plunged to a 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted

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