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View of the Colosseum in 2011 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Santi Visalli/Getty Images) Spring break outings are often defined by parties and trips to beaches in California, Florida and Hawaii — however, new data shows a growing interest in international travel among Americans.Less conventional destinations, particularly in Europe, have replaced longstanding favorite locations such as Orlando, Phoenix and Maui atop many Americans' travel itineraries. Many report lower prices, fairer weather and loosening COVID-19 restrictions across the globe as driving factors in their shift toward the likes of London, Rome and British Columbia.10 SAFETY TIPS TO REMEMBER IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR SPRING BREAKWhat is driving this change?After years of visiting national parks, wide-open nature retreats, and domestic tropical island getaways during the pandemic, Americans are showing renewed interest in travel this spring."Interest in international travel is increasing given the favorable exchange rate for Americans," Philip Ballard, the Florida-based chief communications officer of HotelPlanner, told the Associated Press. "For example, we're seeing about a 20% increase in U.K.-bound bookings because the U.S.

As Covid guidelines relaxed, people have now started traveling and with that many are wondering, what can if you catch the virus while traveling. Now, such a situation may force you to make unexpected changes in your plan depending upon which part of the world you are in. 

British Columbians have been hopping on planes or driving across the border to finally enjoy a vacation. There still COVID-19 rules to follow when those traveller get back to Canada.

FILE-Florida, Miami Beach, South Pointe Park, Carnival Splendor cruise ship Departing. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are dropping the warning they have attached to cruising since the beginning of the pandemic, leaving it up to vacationers to decide whether they feel safe getting on a ship.Cruise-ship operators welcomed Wednesday’s announcement, which came as many people thought about summer vacation plans.An industry trade group said the move by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention validated measures that ship owners have taken, including requiring crew members and most passengers to be vaccinated against the virus.RELATED: Norwegian Cruise Line announces additional cancellationsThe CDC removed the COVID-19 "cruise ship travel health notice" that was first imposed in March 2020, after virus outbreaks on several ships around the world.However, the agency expressed reservations about cruising.RELATED: More cruise ships under CDC investigation due to rising COVID cases"While cruising will always pose some risk of COVID-19 transmission, travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings," CDC spokesman Dave Daigle said in an email.Daigle said the CDC's decision was based on "the current state of the pandemic and decreases in COVID-19 cases onboard cruise ships over the past several weeks."COVID-19 cases in the United States have been falling since mid-January, although the decline has slowed in recent weeks, and the current seven-day rolling average for daily new cases in the U.S.

COVID-19 and frigid cold weather has both cancelled and delayed numerous flights across Canada and beyond. Tomasia DaSilva reports.

Plans are unravelling for many Albertans who wanted to travel abroad for the holidays. Ottawa is advising against non-essential travel, warning Canadians that the uncertainty and transmissibility of the Omicron COVID-19 variant could cause problems in foreign countries.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinsaw announces the first confirmed case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Alberta.

Mumbai: Quarantine and Covid-19 testing remain key concerns for international travel even as domestic travel in India begins its recovery following the second wave of the pandemic, according to a research report.

COVID-19 on Wednesday.Two of the cases are in the province’s central health zone, while one is in the eastern health zone. All three cases are travel-related.Nova Scotia Health labs completed 3,072 tests on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization’s European head Dr. Hans Kluge on Thursday urged Europeans to travel responsibly during the summer holiday season and warned the continent was “by no means out of danger” in the battle against COVID-19, despite a steady decline of infection rates.

Police say a 65-year-old man from Ontario illegally travelling to Newfoundland has been ticketed under Nova Scotia’s Health Protection Act after he was arrested in Cape Breton for driving while impaired.In a release, Cape Breton Regional Police said officers were called at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday after reports of a possibly impaired driver parked at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal lineup, where employees stopped him from boarding the ferry.Officers, “noting signs of impairment,” arrested the man and gave him a breathalyzer test.

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Passenger flights from India have ended, at least for the next month, thanks to sky-high COVID numbers and a troubling new variant. It’s also due to a high number of positive cases on arriving flights – with some passengers caught with fake health documents.

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Covid-19 SOP for passengers from these 6 statesIn the SOP for passengers travelling in long-distance trains from these six places, the government said the Railways shall share data of the trains that are scheduled to be running between these origins and stations in Maharashtra with the local disaster management authorities.Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state in terms of the number of cases and deaths, on Sunday reported the highest number of 68,631 fresh infections. Delhi on Sunday recorded the biggest jump in its daily COVID-19 tally with 25,462 fresh casesClick here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

Tourism was one of the hardest-hit sectors of the economy in 2020.While restrictions continue into this spring, operators of cottage resorts near Peterborough are hoping for the best as spring turns to summer.“The shoulder season for May and June is slower than it usually is, but July and August look good. The fall is not as good as it usually is,” said Kitch Hill, manager of Scotsman Point Cottage Resort near Buckhorn, Ont.

Referring to a report that Ottawa had dropped specific COVID-19 screening for travellers from Brazil, where the P.1. variant was first detected, despite the variant spreading through B.C., Conservative health critic Michelle Rempel Garner questioned why this was done.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Sunday made it mandatory for visitors to produce a Covid-19 negative test report for entry into the state.People travelling from Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will now have to produce RT-PCR negative report obtained 72 hours prior to entering the state.The new restrictions will come into effect after 16 April.The Himachal Pradesh CM reviewed the Covid-19 situation in the state today.No restrictions on tourists in HimachalThis comes a day after CM Jairam Thakur said that there is no restriction on tourists coming to Himachal Pradesh."Tourism and hotel industry contributes 7 per cent in GDP of the state.

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Jacinda Ardern on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, in view of an increasing number of positive Covid-19 cases arriving from the country."We are temporarily suspending entry into New Zealand for travellers from India," news agency Reuters quoted PM Jacinda Ardern as saying during a news conference in Auckland.The suspension will be in place from 4 pm on 11 April and stay until 28 April."I want to emphasize that while arrivals of Covid from India has prompted this measure, we are looking at how we manage high risk points of departure generally.

COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s tourism industry is facing a crisis greater than the combined impacts of Sept. 11, 2001, the SARS outbreak and the global financial crisis, according to a new report.The depth of the crisis means it will be a long recovery for the tourist industry with potential shock waves for other areas of the economy, says Destination Canada, a Crown corporation whose mandate is to promote domestic tourism.

coronavirus on Monday and said 19 active cases remain in the province.The new case is located in the central zone and is related to a previously reported case.In the second wave, beginning Oct. 1, the province has confirmed 521 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths related to the virus.

COVID-19 in a fly-in community along Labrador’s north coast.In a news release late Wednesday, Labrador’s Inuit government says the presumed positive case in Makkovik is related to travel to St. John’s.The release from the Nunatsiavut government says the test results will be sent to St.

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COVID-19 is gaining momentum online.Vancouver Island resident Christian Stapff is behind the petition urging Premier John Horgan to shut the province’s borders to non-essential travel for one month.Stapff, a school teacher with the Vancouver Island West school district, said he’s worried about new variants of COVID-19, and credits Western Australia’s restrictions for helping to curb the spread of the virus there.Dr.

London Health Sciences Centre says Kristen Nagle has been ‘terminated with cause’ following an internal investigation into actions involving the nurse back in November. An outspoken critic of COVID-19 measures, Nagle made headlines in early January following a trip to D.C.

Carolyn Bridget Kennedy divides her time between Calgary and Los Angeles.Jetsetting between the two cities may have seemed enviable pre-pandemic. Balancing her career and her personal life with her husband means adapting to the evolving air travel requirements.“I think our life is going to be a lot of quarantining,” Kennedy said.

Despite public health orders, YYC Calgary International Airport is expecting upwards of 10,000 travellers daily before Christmas. Jackie Wilson reports.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott on Tuesday encouraged people not to travel from zones in the lockdown phase of the province’s COVID-19 pandemic plan to shop in other areas, saying it increases community transmission of the virus.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Visit Orlando touted two campaigns it’s pushing ahead of the holiday season during an Orange County Tourist Development Council meeting Friday morning.The Orange County Convention Center also gave a presentation in which leaders discussed the current state of tourism.[TRENDING: Businesses could face COVID-19 fines | Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing | Video: High school football player attacks ref]According to the Orange County Convention Center’s website, 67 conventions were cancelled and 48 were rescheduled this year due to COVID-19.But officials highlighted bright spots and talked about some convention center events that have already kicked off, such as Winterfest.Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond said

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Two Additional Deaths and 144 New Cases Reported Today COVID-19 has claimed the lives of two more O‘ahu residents. A woman, 80-years-old or older, had been hospitalized with underlying conditions.

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/44 New Cases Reported TodayThis report includes cases up until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day.

Department of Health:Three Additional Deaths Reported TodayDOH reported an additional three(3) COVID-19 deaths today. All were from Honolulu, had underlying conditions and had been hospitalized.

LOS ANGELES - Travelers coming through Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports and Union Station beginning Wednesday will be required to sign a form acknowledging California's recommended 14-day self-quarantine in response to rising coronavirus rates.  The form will be available at travel.lacity.org, Mayor Eric Garcetti said during a coronavirus briefing Monday.Garcetti urged people to not travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, not even to go across town because of how widespread COVID-19 cases have been that it's too dangerous at this time.  Garcetti said he is confident the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which is slated at Tuesday's meeting to discuss coronavirus-related restrictions and closures, will make the right

“Passengers in these seats are asked to call 811 for advice and to continue to self-isolate,” says a news release.The province says anyone exposed may develop symptoms up to and including Nov.

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Governor’s OfficeSurge Prompts Reinstatement of Interisland Travel QuarantineAt an afternoon news briefing Governor Ige announced that the mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone traveling interisland will be reinstituted effective next Tuesday, August 11. The governor said that he and all the county mayors agree that additional measures are necessary to make sure that cases do not spread, uncontrolled, across the entire state.

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coronavirus on a West Jet flight from Toronto to Halifax on July 12.The flight departed Toronto at 9:45 p.m. and landed in Halifax just after midnight on July 13, officials say.NSH is contacting anyone known to be a close contact of the persons confirmed to have COVID-19, says a news release.“It is expected that the exposure period has ended, however, this alert is being sent out with an abundance of caution,” it says.

COVID-19.The federal government says temperature screening stations are set up at airports in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal.Transport Canada says temperature screening will be expanded to another 11 airports by September.The agency says employees who enter restricted areas of the airport will also be screened.

COVID-19 has affected Alberta’s economy in many ways as the virus spurred the temporary closure of businesses, parks and industries across the province.One of the sectors hit the hardest by the pandemic has been Alberta’s tourism industry. However, with Albertans looking closer to home to enjoy a staycation, officials said tourism in the province is back on the rise.“When we moved into Phase 2, it was a really exciting time for our industry,” Travel Alberta’s vice-president of tourism strategy Karen Soyka said in an interview with Global News Radio 770 CHQR on Monday.“We’re actually seeing a lot of Albertans getting out and enjoying Alberta’s parks.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced the travel restrictions Sunday stating COVID-19 spikes led to his decision on banning international travel“Regrettably, the situation here at home has already deteriorated since we began the reopening of our domestic economy,” Minnis said Sunday.

HTML Some travellers will be exempt from new border rules in the UK. This means they may not need to provide their journey or contact details or self-isolate for 14 days after they arrive.There are different self-isolation rules and penalties depending on whether you are travelling to:If you’re asked to show a letter from your employer, you do not need to show a physical copy.

Amanda Stanton found herself in hot water after she revealed on her Instagram story that she had traveled from California to Arizona to get her hair cut amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The Bachelor Nation alum, 30, initially shared that she felt ‘like a new person’ after having her hair done on Monday, May 18, showing off her long blonde locks and dark roots on her Instagram story. But Amanda quickly received pushback from her followers, sharing the below statement in response.

The Edmonton International Airport has closed down parts of its terminal.

When Kim and Joe Bingham of Lethbridge embarked on their travels around the world six months ago, they had no idea they would be stuck at sea due to a global health pandemic.

As travel restrictions tighten up around the world, the Edmonton International Airport is seeing a major slowdown. Nicole Stillger reports.

At a media briefing today following a meeting of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, federal officials added the United Kingdom and Ireland to a travel ban, and President Trump signaled that the administration is considering domestic travel restrictions.