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India will reopen for tourists from October 15 after being closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Thursday. After 18 months of border closures and punishing COVID-19 surges, India is ready to welcome its f..
India is to begin granting tourist visas for foreign visitors after an 18-month pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the country's government announced Thursday. Tourists arriving by chartered flight will be able to do so from October 15, accor..
India on Sunday reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 33.4 million, as it seeks to reopen the country to overseas tourists. The death toll rose by 309 to 444,838, the health ministry said. India, w..
Indonesia may allow foreign tourists to start returning to the popular resort island of Bali and other parts of the country by October after a sharp slide in COVID-19 cases, senior minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Friday. The Southeast Asia..
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has clarified that foreigners who are coming to the Kingdom on tourist visa can perform Umrah after obtaining Umrah permit by completing the procedures on the Eatmarna and Tawakkalna applications. The ministry said t..
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it will resume issuing tourist visas to vaccinated travellers from Aug 30, the state news agency (WAM) reported on Saturday. The decision also covered people coming in from countries from which the UAE had previ..
Can you convert a visit or business visa to a work visa in Qatar? Is it possible to do it without having to leave the country? — The answer to both questions is no. Visit or business visa holders who are currently in Qatar and planning to ob..
A helicopter carrying tourists plunged into a deep volcanic crater lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east Thursday, and rescuers were searching in the lake for up to eight people missing, offici...
REUTERS Rare summer flooding submerged Venice's famed Piazza San Marco in up to a metre of water overnight. The lagoon city is often hit by so-called "acqua alta" (high water) in autumn and winter, and devastating floods in Novemb..
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