July 2020

Can you travel to Costa Rica?

Tourism Minister announced last Monday 27 July the opening of borders with the European Union. To revive its tourism industry, Costa Rica will begin reopening to international commercial flights while maintaining health precautions.
A note sent to our offices by our Costa Rican partners indicates that travellers from our country will be welcomed in Costa Rica provided they meet a number of requirements:

Our correspondent in Mingalarbar, Myanmar, sends us news that the main tourist sites are gradually reopening.

We are pleased to announce that more tourist sites are opening for domestic travel in Myanmar. Our government is gradually easing restrictions on domestic travellers and opening tourist sites in Bagan, Hpa-an, Inle, Kalaw, Pindaya and Loikaw to local visitors.

On 16 July, the European Council issued a circular updating the list of countries without restrictions on non-essential travel. The note contains a ‘lrevised whitelist of countries to which travel is possible leisure and tourism. If compared to the list adopted on 30 June, two countries have been removed from the list (Montenegro and Serbia) and no new countries have been added.

Greece, a safe destination

Greece has been one of the EU countries least affected by the pandemic, largely thanks to measures imposed by local authorities that effectively contained the spread of the disease. Current measures comply with European Union standards, and Greece is on the “white list” of countries open to travel.

The blog DiarideBarcelona.cat interviewed our manager Jordi Vendrell. The Covid-19 crisis has had a special impact on tourism and travel agencies are one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic and the resulting crisis.

Tourism has been one of the sectors most affected by Covid-19. How does it affect travel agencies in particular?

The coronavirus has affected us greatly. We work internationally, so border closures and lockdown have completely disrupted our plans. Since March 11, we have had two jobs: first, repatriating everyone we had travelling around the world; second, managing refunds for people who had booked trips that could no longer go ahead.

The desert is a spectacular place where extraordinary things happen. It captures our hearts and creates a longing to return that becomes part of our lives. Here, the mineral world dominates — something unfamiliar to us that evokes almost spiritual feelings of immensity, grandeur and solitude…

Desert trips in 2020: welcome to the vast emptiness.

Can you travel to Vietnam?

Vietnam began issuing electronic visas to international visitors on 1 July 2020 after suspending the digital visa system because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The electronic visa or E-visa for travel to Vietnam can be obtained online by completing an application form. It allows the holder to enter the country for tourism, business and other purposes.

Vietnam is ready to welcome international visitors again now that the coronavirus situation appears to be under control.

 What is the best time to travel to Greenland?

Summer is certainly the best time to travel to Greenland

Greenland’s entire coastal strip, especially in the south, is free of ice and snow in summer, so our hikes pass through snow-free areas of willow and dwarf birch.

Making the most of the long summer daylight hours, it is possible to undertake treks varied, with elevation changes of 50 to 550 m and around 2 to 6 hours of actual walking, all in daylight. Most routes are cross-country, as there are no tracks or trails in Greenland, but walking poses no difficulty in summer.