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Refunds for canceled tickets are not getting from airlines. The non-receipt of the money is a further setback for the travel sector, which is in crisis in the lockdown. There are a number of travel agents in the state who have been stuck with airline ticket refunds for over a year. This has put small and medium enterprises in crisis. Passengers who have booked tickets are also approaching the establishments for a refund. Many of the services that booked directly tickets have been canceled due to restrictions imposed by the Gulf countries in the covid context. The money for the ... Read more

The cold water flowing from the Western Ghats revived the Kozhikode Thirikkayam waterfall.‌ This natural spring, which dried up in the summer, overflowed during the first rains. With this, tourists from all over Kerala although has to be reached, but at the lockdown, everything came to a standstill. Many roads have been closed due to covid restrictions and many roads have been closed due to police surveillance. In the past, tourists used to come here to enjoy the cool waters of the fresh rain. But in this lockdown, only children living nearby can play and bathe.

As arctic temperatures frozen rivers and lakes in northern Germany, workers at houseboat charter companies were already gearing up for what they expect to be a busy summer season. Cross-border travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic last summer prompted a run on domestic tourism, including on floating accommodation. Many expect that 2021 will be no different. “I think that big trips abroad and flying will still not be the dominant type of vacation for people this summer,” Dagmar Kuhnle, said a spokeswoman at the Kuhnle Tour houseboat charter company in the northeastern Mecklenburg lake district. Family-run Kuhnle expanded its ... Read more

A historic pub in the centre of Oxford that has served students, scholars and literary greats for over 450 years is to shut down, a cultural casualty of the COVID pandemic. The Lamb and Flag, once frequented by the likes of “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend C.S. Lewis, who wrote “The Chronicles of Narnia”, has suffered a disastrous loss of revenues since the start of the pandemic. The pub first opened in 1566 and was moved to its present location on St Giles, a broad thoroughfare in the city centre, in 1613. It is owned ... Read more

The owner of a Frankfurt restaurant is staging a protest against the coronavirus lockdown in Germany by filling his tables with a hundred stuffed toy pandas, in a play on the word “pandemic”. German officials are expected on Wednesday to agree to extend until Dec. 20 a “lockdown light” they imposed on Nov. 2 which means bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues must stay closed, while shops and schools can remain open. The pandas are seated at the restaurant’s tables and propped up at the bar, some with bottles of Corona beer. “We wanted to put some life back into our ... Read more

Ferrari will resume production from April 14, after halting the same on March 14 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, production will only resume if the supply chain works without any interruption so that all necessary parts can be provided for the production process. In an official press release, Ferrari said “All activities that can be conducted in smart working will continue to be performed as has been the case in recent weeks. The company will continue to cover all days of absence to those unable to take advantage of this solution.” The Italian firm was the first to temporarily ... Read more