China: Man left dangling from bridge after glass breaks

A man in China was left dangling from a bridge after its glass panels were damaged in high wind. The man was visiting the 100m-high bridge (330 ft) in the…

China: Elderly tourists taken on sales trip to cemetery

Authorities in China are investigating how a group of elderly tourists were sold a sightseeing tour, only to be taken to a cemetery. The group paid 18 yuan (£2) for…

EU: Plans for overseas tourists to return unveiled

The EU Commission has recommended easing restrictions on non-essential travel from overseas. Under the plans, anyone who has received the last dose of an EU-approved vaccine at least two weeks…

Spain: Hopes for tourists as EU votes on digital passports

Spain has said it hopes to open up to overseas travellers from June, as plans for an EU-wide digital certificate go before the European Parliament. Tourism minister Fernando Valdés said…

Australia: A town where people live, pray and shop underground.

The town is referred to as the “opal capital of the world.” Coober Pedy is an Aboriginal word that roughly translates to “white man in a hole.” Nothing about the…

Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand residents can travel freely between the two countries for the first time in more than year, after a travel bubble opened on Monday. The long-awaited initiative…

Netherlands: Dutch sign up for test holiday on Greek island

A Dutch travel firm will take nearly 200 people for an eight-day holiday in Greece aimed at seeing if tourism is feasible during the Covid-19 pandemic. Those picked will have…

SpaceX: Cancer survivor joins first all-civilian space mission

The first bone cancer survivor to become an astronaut. The first person with a prosthetic body part to visit space and the youngest American ever to orbit Earth. These are…

Dominican Republic: Beautiful destinations in the Caribbean

The Dominican Republic  is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Great Antilles  archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it…