travel restrictions

After ten days of agitation against quarantine in several of China's major cities, the government finally made an announcement on Wednesday 7 December. After sending in the police to put down demonstrations against the anti-Covid isolation measures, the time has come for appeasement. And a return to pragmatism! Without saying so officially, China is entering into a...

The European Travel Commission (ETC) regularly analyses market developments and trends. However, its latest bulletin, published a dozen days ago, is more optimistic. The ETC analyses that by 2021, the high level of vaccination coverage in Europe, the EU's Covid-19 digital certificate and the easing of travel restrictions have already...

How did you organise your business trip to CES (Consumer Electric Show) in Las Vegas at the beginning of January? Jean-François Pieri - First of all, I'd like to make it clear that we're a very small company and, as such, we don't work with a TMC or a specific travel agency. Particularly with the Covid crisis. I...

For two years now, business travel has been affected by successive waves of the covid pandemic. But for the first time in a very long time, we are hearing more and more voices, from scientific experts to players in the tourism industry, expressing cautious optimism about a way out of the crisis. In a...

For two years now, companies and business travellers have been faced with a real headache when it comes to managing their trips: travel formalities that differ from country to country, and that are constantly changing, oscillating between being open and closed to varying degrees. The travel industry is trying to guide them through this...

Asian countries are notoriously skittish about health hazards. The omicron variant is rapidly devastating the few countries reopening in the last quarter of 2021. With the notable exception of Laos, which is once again allowing foreign visitors. Laos reopens after 22 months of closure The good news...

Are you allowed to eat while travelling or not? This is not such a trivial question, following the government's announcement at the end of last week that it would be forbidden to eat food on board trains. Especially on long journeys. Before taking a plane or a train, will we have to hurry up and gobble down some food?

Updated on 31/01/2022 Overseas A negative test (PCR or antigenic) has been required since 28 December for travel to the Overseas Departments and Territories from France or any other country. This test must be carried out within 24 hours of boarding the plane. The government states that "For flights to the French Overseas Departments and Territories,...

Many countries are re-imposing stricter rules on entering their territory in the face of what scientists are calling the 5th wave of the pandemic. Or to contain a new variant detected in southern Africa called "Omicron". United Kingdom "We're not going to stop people from travelling", declared a press conference on 27 September...

The decision had been delayed several times. But this week, the Canadian government finally announced that the country was reopening to "non-essential" travel by foreigners - in this case tourists and visitors. However, the borders are being opened gradually. It begins with the United States on 9 August. The measure...

The government of the hilarious Prime Minister Boris Johnson is never short of a contradiction. After announcing that vaccinated travellers from countries on the 'amber' list (countries with limited covid risk) would be accepted without quarantine, the British government made a U-turn that only it knows the secret of. The European Union was in...

Chile is facing a paradox. The country is considered to have one of the most effective vaccination campaigns in the Americas. According to Reuters, over 30% of the Chilean population has already been vaccinated. And yet... This situation has not prevented an explosion in covid contamination. Local experts point the finger at a certain carelessness...

Emmanuel Macron therefore spoke at 8pm on Wednesday to announce the reconfinement of French territory from the morning of Sunday 3 April, and for four weeks. The measures announced on 18 April for 16 départements - which have since been extended to three additional départements - are therefore being applied across the board. Starting with the ban on inter-regional travel,...

Since US President Joe Biden took office, there has been a growing number of initiatives aimed at reopening the United States to international travellers. Last week, US airlines and travel agencies urged the government to draw up a plan to reopen international borders. On condition that the number of vaccinations and cases of...

The decision was very discreet. It received little press coverage. But it is important for all French expatriates living outside the European Union and EEA countries (Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and the Vatican). From 12 March 2021, French nationals living outside the...