The Bulgarian authorities have said that the country has decided to increase the visa fee for Russian tourists. – Advertisement – Such news was announced by the Bulgarian Minister of Tourism, Ilin Dimitrov. The Minister said that tourists from Russia would have to pay €80 when applying for a visa[…]
The Baltic states – Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia – have reached an agreement on the restriction of entry for Russian tourists holding Schengen visas. – Advertisement – The decision had been announced by the Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs upon a joint meeting of the Ministers of the three countries,[…]
The European Union’s Commission has officially proposed the full suspension of the Visa Facilitation Agreement with Russia as a part of the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation due to the latter’s military invasion of Ukraine. – Advertisement – The proposal was presented on Tuesday, September 6, and it is[…]
The German Ministry of Labour is working on a new immigration law that will be presented to the government this fall, through which it intends to bring more skilled foreign workers to the country. – Advertisement – The Minister of Labor, Hubertus Heil, has revealed the plans to Bild am[…]
Croatia witnessed a successful tourism season, as 91 per cent of arrivals and 96 per cent of overnight stays of 2019 levels have been reached so far this year. – Advertisement – According to data from the eVisitor system, 15 million tourists arrived in Croatia from January to August of[…]
More than 1.8 million tourists stayed in accommodation spots across Portugal last month, with this number being slightly higher than the pre-pandemic levels. – Advertisement – According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of visitors in July is 600,000 more than in the previous year when COVID-19 restrictions[…]
The European Union foreign ministers agreed to suspend the visa facilitation agreement with Russia in a meeting held on August 31 in Prague. However, the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Poland have said that such a measure is not sufficient and are planning to introduce tougher national restrictions. –[…]
After two years of inactivity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the German festival for beer lovers, Oktoberfest, will be held in Munich, from September 17 to October 3, during which more than six million tourists are expected to come. – Advertisement – According to the official website of the festival,[…]
A total of 9.1 million tourists visited Spain in July of this year and spent €11,869 million on their trip, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). – Advertisement – The number means that the country has marked a recovery of 92 per cent of the arrivals[…]
Over a year since the European Commission recommended to the Member States to impose a ban on all arrivals from the EU, travel and tourism in the Schengen Area and the rest of the EU countries have been put at a halt. Below, find the most recent travel news regarding[…]