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Italy: Milan Cathedral will reopen on February 11
Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo said on Monday that Milan’s iconic Duomo Cathedral will reopen to tourists on February 11 (Thursday). The cathedral, the symbol of Milan, is closed due to COVID-19. Fabbrica said that in the first phase, the cathedral will be open from Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 17:00 local time. […]
Read MorePortugal: Algarve hotel occupancy rate drops in January
According to Portugal’s major hotel industry associations, the average occupancy rate per room for hotels in the Algarve region in southern Portugal in January was 7.6%, a decrease of 78.8% from the same period last year. The Algarve Hotel and Tourism Enterprise Association (AHETA) revealed that sales in the region also fell by 83.5% […]
Read MoreWTTC: Governments should abandon the concept of high-risk countries
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) calls on governments to abandon the concept of “high-risk countries” and to focus on how to treat individual “high-risk travelers” at the border. WTTC, which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, urges governments around the world to shift their focus from entire countries to […]
Read MoreSpain takes delivery of first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine
The Spanish Ministry of Health said that Spain received the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines on Saturday, but only used them for people under 55. Spain became the latest European country, imposing age restrictions on the Anglo-Swedish Jab. It has been said before that it will restrict the use of AstraZeneca vaccines to under […]
Read MoreSpain: Real estate sector expected to increase by 15% in 2021
According to a research released by Jones Lang Lasalle, a British real estate consultancy, investment in the Spanish real estate sector is expected to increase by 15% to approximately 9 billion euros ($10.8 billion) in 2021. As reported by Xinhua, as Spain recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, investment in all […]
Read MoreItaly: Retail sales fell 5.4% in 2020
ISTAT said on Friday that compared with 2019, retail sales in 2020 fell 5.4% in value terms and 6.2% in volume terms. In December 2020, Italian retail sales fell 3.8% year-on-year and 5.8% from the previous month. The Italian retail sales year-on-year growth data is updated monthly from January 2001 to December 2020, […]
Read MoreAustria: Stricter lockdown measures from Monday
The Austrian government has decided to implement stricter quarantine and entry rules from Monday, Febraury10, to prevent the rapid spread of new infectious variants of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, the country’s authorities also announced that, due to the current pandemic, they have extended border controls with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. […]
Read MoreSweden: Negative coronavirus test now mandatory for all arrivals
All persons wishing to enter Swedish territory are required to show a negative result of a coronavirus test upon arrival. SchengenvisaInfo.com reported that the decision was made in accordance with a recommendation of the Swedish Public Health Agency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic discovered in many countries around the […]
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