Britain’s Heathrow Airport renewed its call for COVID-19 testing at airports on Tuesday as it reported an 88% plunge in July passenger numbers due to ongoing restrictions on travel which it said were strangling the UK economy. Heathrow, which is owned by a group of investors including Spain’s Ferrovial, the Qatar Investment Authority and China […]
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Britain wants to tackle “obesity time bomb” to maintain healthcare destination status
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Jul
Jul
Britain has always been a health tourism destination of distinct pedigree with its high-class healthcare service. Tourists from around the globe pick the UK, for their treatments, due to the high degree of expertise available. Its National Health Service (NHS) has been a model healthcare system globally, but the country has been suffering from an […]
09
Jul
Jul
The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced steep cuts to value added tax (VAT) worth over £4 billion in an attempt to revive the struggling British tourism and hospitality sector. In his statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Chancellor said VAT will be slashed from 20% to 5% for a period of […]
04
Jul
Jul
The UK on Friday allowed quarantine-free international travel to nearly 60 “lower risk countries”, excluding India and the US, as it released a list of exempt nations posing “a reduced risk” from the deadly coronavirus. The UK Foreign Office Travel Advisory related to India remains unchanged as part of its wider advice for British nationals […]
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Super Saturday in England as pubs open at 6 am; PM Johnson requests pub-goers to be safe and sensible
04
Jul
Jul
Pubs in England will open today at 6 am (BST) as lockdown measures eased past midnight. Downing Street said the opening time for pubs was a “sensible precaution” to avoid midnight parties that may be conducted to celebrate the reopening of the pubs which were shut since March. British Summer Time (BST), the civil time […]
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Pubs, cinema to open from July 15 in this tourist destination famous for kilts and bagpipes
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Jun
Jun
Pubs, hairdressers and cinemas will be able to open from July 15 if coronavirus cases continues to decline in Scotland, its First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Sturgeon said the move was possible thanks to “real and sustained progress” in suppressing Covid-19. People in Scotland will be allowed to meet up with two other households indoors […]
15
Jun
Jun
England, primarily London, always attracts shoppers from around the world. Which traveller in the world wouldn’t like to shop at Oxford Street, Knightsbridge, Bond Street or Covent Garden? After 83 days of coronavirus lockdown, non-essential stores in England reopened their doors on Monday, hoping to get the tills ringing again and start a long road […]
14
Jun
Jun
England is creating the world’s longest coastal path – a hiking route, that will run along the entire length of the English coastline. At 2,800 miles long, the England Coast Path will be the longest coastal walking route on the planet when it’s finished. It is likely to be completed in the next two years. The route will […]
08
Jun
Jun
The UK will impose a 14-day quarantine period for incoming travellers from today, despite strong opposition from several industry quarters. Three airlines — British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet — have complained to the British government in protest at the measures they say are “disproportionate and unfair on British citizens as well as international visitors arriving […]
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May
May
Bahamas, commonly known as an archipelagic state, that consists of over 700 island chains is all set to conduct its 3rd annual Caribbean Aviation meet-up from 24th June at the capital city of Nassau in Bahamas. Delegates from the field of includes aviation include Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, and tourism director-general; Joy […]