The United States government has dropped its level 4 ‘Do Not Travel’ warning for Belize to a level 3 ‘Reconsider Travel’. The downgrade of the advisory couldn’t have come at a better time as Belize has officially reopened for tourism as of October 1st and is one of the countries allowing American tourists to visit.  …

Varadero is the latest area of Cuba to reopen for tourism, officially permitting foreign tourists on October 15, 2020. Cuba actually started reopening back on July 1st, starting with the popular ‘Cayo’ areas: Cayo Largo Del Sur, Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo, Cayo Santa María and Cayo Cruz. Cuba wanted to start reopening just a portion …

Since international flights to Europe are not a hot seller right now, WestJet has repurposed their new 787 Dreamliner to run a domestic route instead – Vancouver (YVR) to Toronto (YYZ). In 2019, WestJet debuted their new 787 Dreamliner with impressive lay-flat ‘pods’ in business class, very exclusive Premium economy section, and brand spanking new …

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings LTD has cancelled all November cruises for Norwegian, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas. A press release read “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, today announced an extension of its previously announced suspension …

Hungary is re-closing borders for international tourism on Tuesday, due to a worsening epidemiological situation across Europe. Starting on September 1, all tourists and foreign nationals will be banned from entering Hungary, with very few exceptions for essential travelers like diplomats or spouses of Hungarian citizens. Update October 4:Hungary has decided to extend the closure …

Hungary will remain closed for tourism for another 30 days, until at least November 1, 2020. Last month on September 1st, Hungary suddenly re-closed their borders after being open to tourism for three months. A sudden surge in cases brought the government to make a quick and unexpected decision to re-seal the borders to most …

Breaking News Update: Bali will not open for international tourism until the end of 2020, Governor Wayan Koster has announced in a press conference.  The Governor of Bali originally announced that the island would officially be reopening its borders for international tourism on September 11th, 2020 but that was overruled by the Indonesian Government and …

5 large cruise ships will have resumed operations in the Mediterranean by October 19th as MSC and Costa continue to set standard for the entire cruising industry. While the U.S. cruising sits idle after the CDC extended its no sail order, cruising in the Mediterranean is moving full steam ahead. As of October 19th, MSC …

MSC is setting the standard for large cruise lines as it’s about to complete its fifth successful cruise onboard the MSC Grandiosa without any confirmed cases of COVID-19.  As other large cruise lines continue to sit back and watch, MSC is setting the stage for large ship cruising and making a name for itself in …

The Government of the Bahamas has announced that incoming travelers will no longer be required to self-quarantine for 14 days starting November 1st as long as they upload proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test.  As it stands now the Bahamas is reopening for tourism starting on October 15th but their ‘vacation in place‘ promotion …

Australia is reopening its borders for tourism to nationals from New Zealand starting on October 16th. New Zealanders will be able to fly to New South Wales and the Northern Territory of Australia beginning at 12:01 am October 16th.  “The establishment of a travel zone between Australia and New Zealand has been finalized,” stated Australian …

A travel corridor between South Korea and Bali has been proposed to the Indonesian government by Angkasa Pura I LTD which operates the Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport. President Director of Angkasa Pura, I Faik Fahmi has said that he plans to run a program called the Safe Corridor Initiative (SCI) as a bilateral cooperation …