Around the world, it seems the race to produce a vaccine passport is well and truly on. From the IATA testing their Travel Pass application, to the EU planning to discuss their Digital Green Certificate in the European Parliament, interested parties the world over are frantically working on different forms of the vaccine passport in …
Heading to Thailand is bound to be on the plans of millions of prospective travelers this year, with many having previously been denied the opportunity to visit the Land of Smiles as a result of the pandemic. Fortunately for them, doing so during the pandemic is set to become easier than ever. That’s because Thailand …
With more and more countries agreeing to allow travelers to enter providing they have been vaccinated, it seems that being vaccinated will be the key to going on vacation this summer. Yet along with vaccinations, it seems another essential feature of summer travel will be vaccine passports, despite their controversial nature. Governments of the 27 …
“The risk of COVID-19 transmission while flying is low,” reads the letter. It further states that the current health protocols, such as mask-wearing and physical distancing, paired with industry-standard air filtration on planes and contact tracing systems are effective in combating the spread of COVID-19 during travel and that this claim is affirmed by scientific …
Despite more and more countries beginning to re-open their borders, many travelers are still anxious about booking a flight and getting back on their travels, due to the ever-changing restrictions and fears about the virus. As some travelers wait to be vaccinated before considering travel, it has emerged that some countries have adopted a similar …
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The European Union has announced it will be outlining its proposal for a digital vaccine passport late this month, in time for the summer tourism season. While EU leaders have clashed over the proposal in recent weeks, EU commission president Ursula Von der Leyen said she would put forward legislation for a ‘digital green pass’ …
With news emerging this week that the IATA’s travel pass will be ready in a matter of weeks, it’s hard to see a future for travel during the pandemic that doesn’t feature a vaccine passport in one form or another. Yet whilst more and more airlines agree to pilot the IATA’s app, many countries are …
For some countries, tourism and prosperity are intertwined, with several nations relying on the vast amounts of income generated from tourism in order to flourish. There are fewer places that this is the case more so than it is in Greece. In the Mediterranean idyll of Greece, with its dramatic history, stunning islands and much-vaunted …
Due to the pandemic, traveling has become a much more complicated affair than it once was. With the constant changing of restrictions, requirements and border closures, it can be hard for travelers to know what they need, and where it is needed for. However, one such innovation has been designed with ease of travel in …
How it works Users will be able to create a digital health wallet connected to their e-passport. Once tested or vaccinated, labs will securely transfer the results to the user’s app. The information can then be used to determine whether the traveler fits the health and safety standards of the country they are planning to …
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) has called for a vaccine passport to be developed, labeling the concept essential in order for global tourism to restart. The declaration by the WTO followed a meeting of the Global Tourism Crisis Committee in Madrid last week, who met to discuss which measures could be taken in order to …