Cape Canaveral, United States (AFP): The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and i...
NYC & Company, New York City’s convention and visitors bureau, has released a new Arabic-language version of its acclaimed Halal Travel Guide. It is the first U.S. tourism organization to create a dedicated resource for Muslim travelers. The Halal Travel Guide spotlights halal restaurants, rich Muslim history, and tourism sites across New...
Srinagar, India (AFP): Ironically, India’s hottest new travel destination is also the site of its deadliest insurgency. In Indian Occupied Kashmir, regular skirmishes break out between pro-freedom fighters and Indian troops. Half a million Indian soldiers are still stationed in Kashmir. Alongside the bitter reality of life for the reside...
ABU DHABI, UAE (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that its tourism revenues hit 19 billion dirhams ($5.1 billion) in the first half of 2022. UAE Vice-President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said on Twitter that hotel guests rose to 12 million, marking a 42% increase. Sheikh Mohammed, who is also UAE […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The European Union foreign policy chief has opposed a complete EU ban on Russian tourist visas. “Banning all Russians from entering the EU for whatever reason isn’t a good idea. We need to be more selective,” Josep Borrell said during a discussion on geopolitics at Menendez Pelayo International University in Santander, [&h...
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan has announced that 14-day visa-free travel has been granted for citizens of Iran, China and India. The unilateral 14-day visa-free travel took effect for personal, business and tourist purposes as of July 8, according to a statement by the country’s customs authority. However, visa-free stays cann...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria has said it will reopen its border with Tunisia later this month after being closed for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It was decided to open the land border to the movement of vehicles and travelers as of July 15,” President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in a statement published […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia’s new prime minister has said that his government has no plans to change the country’s refugee policy and that asylum seekers arriving by boat would not be allowed to become residents. According to an official statement, Anthony Albanese has said that Australia’s ‘Operation Sovereign Border...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria has suspended all tourism ties with Spain in a new escalation of tension between the two countries over the disputed Western Sahara region. A document dated June 19 by the Algerian Tourism Ministry asked all tour operators to immediately suspend tourism relations with Spain. The document said the suspension was ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel will open the Taba border crossing with Egypt around the clock as of July 3, its transport minister has said. “After hard work by the Ministry of Transportation and the Taba Border Crossing, the terminal will open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting on July 3,” Merav Michaeli […]
