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The UK’s Foreign Office has expressed concern over new research revealing that 8.6 million Brits will go abroad without travel insurance this summer. The research, conducted by representative body the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), found that 38% of holidaymakers planning a trip this year haven’t purchased insurance yet, ...

Authorities in Japan are urging foreign visitors to stop illegally defacing a series of giant, ancient sand dunes in the south west of the country after an increase in graffiti drawn in the sand. The government has seen an increase in visitors drawing “graffiti” into the sand at the coastal ...

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence is coming to Canada next week to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss what the U.S. Embassy calls the “swift adoption” of the new NAFTA — but there’s no sign of President Donald Trump planning a similar visit north of the border. Trump is, instead, ...

KITTERY, Maine — Next month, more than 3,000 J1 Visa workers will arrive in the state to help restaurants, hotels and others handle millions of summertime visitors, during their three-to-four month stays. The foreign students traveling to work in the United States on their summer break are thought of as ...

Indian travellers heading to Europe this summer may have to pay more if they want to carry the euro in cash. A spike in demand combined with the fact that the European Union has scrapped the EUR 500 currency note is to blame. Euro shortage In 2016, the European Central ...

May 20, 2019 – The 2nd International Conference on Croatian Diaspora Tourism took place in Split last week. It was an inspiring – and thought-provoking – few days.  It was quite an event. And, a couple of days later, I am still trying to collect my thoughts, as are several ...

By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has closed down 10 erring establishments in Boracay for continuously operating without appropriate permits from the government. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, who also chairs the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), appealed to the local and foreign establishment owners ...

While Pakistan’s stock-market losses and risk of return to the MSCI frontier index occupy specialist investors’ thoughts, with the announcement of another US$6 billion International Monetary Fund fiscal and balance-of-payments rescue, Sri Lanka’s quieter year-long extension of its program after drawing $1 billion also raises eyebrows. The request was not ...

Sri Lanka was the Lonely Planet guide’s top travel destination for 2019, but since the Easter attacks on churches and luxury hotels, foreign tourists have fled. (May 16) Media: Associated Press HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports ...

On May 18, 2019 in Dushanbe, the seventh meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the countries of Central Asia was held in the format of the “Central Asia + Japan” dialogue. The dialogue’s ministerial meeting was held for the first time in the capital of Tajikistan ...