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With countries such as Singapore, Australia and the UK moving to ease travel curbs on international travellers in recent weeks, Thailand could no longer delay its reopening and plans to ease rules for vaccinated visitors to boost tourism

Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic remain on the red list of the UK. Apart from India, vaccinated travellers from Brazil, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey are now exempt from quarantine. 

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The UK has now accepted India's Covishield vaccine and its certificate and Indians vaccinated with both doses of this vaccine will not require mandatory quarantine in the UK from October 11. 

In this tour package, passengers will be provided breakfast, lunch, and dinner with accommodation in budget hotels or dharmshalas as well as tourist buses. Also, accident insurance up to ₹4 lakhs will also be given to the passengers.

British high commissioner Alex Ellis tweeted there would be “no quarantine” for Indian travellers who were fully vaccinated with Covishield or any other UK-approved vaccine, and thanked the Indian government for its close cooperation on the issue over the past month.

To achieve its Covid Zero goals, China has used strict measures of quarantine and business closures to stamp out imported clusters of the delta-variant of the coronavirus that emerged from late July. Unnecessary travel and gatherings over the Golden Week holiday too was prohibited

After operating a 'Bharat Darshan' special tourist train in August to promote religious tourism from Hyderabad to Statue of Unity, IRCTC is starting another special Bharat Darshan Tourist Train on October 8 which will run from Rewa station of Madhya Pradesh to Vaishno Devi Shrine.

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As the festive and winter holiday season approaches, young travellers have already begun searching and booking travel 30 to 45 days in advance, said an official of a travel booking website

Australian immigration has been at its lowest since World War II because of pandemic restrictions. The education sector fears that students will enroll in other countries unless Australia opens its border to them soon. Hence, skilled migrants and international students to enter before tourists

The Doodhpathri festival, 2021, showcased singing performances, Rouf, a Kashmiri folk dance, martial art and Bhangra, a Punjabi dance to boost tourism activity in the attractive tourist destination of Jammu and Kashmir

Afghanistan's civil aviation authority announces that Kabul airport is completely operational, domestic flights have started at the airport and the facility is ready for international flights to resume normal activity. 

Every year thousands of Siberian birds arrive at Sangam and nearby wetlands in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj in November but this time they are back early. These birds increase the beauty of the ghats and tourism and become the centre of tourist attraction

However, the rule does not apply to Indian citizens arriving from the UK.

Karnataka's 31st district, Vijayanagara, comes into being. Hospet will be its administrative capital. The district is already a major tourist destination as all the important sites of the Vijayanagara dynasty are located here.

The Indian Air Force, which controls the Jammu airport issued a NOTAM that led to the removal of the 30 per cent load penalty on the airport. This meant airlines could fly full loads or at 100 per cent capacity that should lead to lower fares and longer destinations.