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Russia has resumed issuing (almost) all types of visa

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in France has announced that all types of visas have been issued since August 4 for its consular section as well as the consulates general in Marseille, Strasbourg and the chancellery in Villefranche-sur-Mer. This announcement concerns paper visas only, as the Russian electronic visa (e-Visa) is still suspended ... Read the article

Russia resumes flights to France

After Germany and 47 other partner countries, Moscow has decided to resume flights from France, a first since the start of the pandemic. Since the end of July, Moscow and St. Petersburg have been accessible several times a week from Paris or Nice, with direct flights. As a reminder, the e-Visa is still suspended for the ... Read the article

Saudi Arabia reopens to tourists on August 1

Good news for travelers. The national news agency has announced that international tourism will resume on August 1. Vaccinated travelers (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson) will even have the chance to avoid mandatory quarantine on arrival. As the vaccine does not prevent contamination, you will still need to provide a negative result of ... Read the article

Companies check Covid documents prior to flights

A number of airlines have recently introduced a system that has been tested for several months, inviting users to provide their identity documents and those specific to Covid (PCR tests, health pass, etc.) over the Internet, a few days before their flight. Once these have been validated by the airline, they can then proceed to the ... Read the article

28 new nationalities can obtain Egypt e-Visa

Egypt wants to take advantage of this period to boost tourism. The African state has decided to make it easier to obtain its e-Visa, bringing to 74 the number of nationalities eligible for the online process. Simpler, entirely digital and with no exchange rate worries on arrival, the e-Visa is also popular for limiting the number of interactions ... Read the article

Soon, 500,000 free visas for India

When travel restrictions for tourists are lifted in India, the first 500,000 tourist visas issued will be free of charge. This is part of the measures taken by the Ministry of Finance to help revive the country's tourism sector. For the time being, it has not been specified whether this measure concerns classic visas ... Read the article

Canada: no more quarantine for vaccinated travellers

On Monday, the Canadian government announced that it was easing entry restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers to Canada, effective July 5. While a quarantine was previously required, it will no longer exist for vaccinated travellers. There will also be no need to book a hotel. "This is the first step in our approach to ... Read the article

France: free PCR tests for foreign tourists

As the number one destination in Europe and the world, France is keen to attract international travelers once again, with the aim of boosting its economy. To motivate international travelers, the French government has decided to make PCR tests free of charge for anyone wishing to visit France for the summer vacations. France is the first European country to ... Read the article

Hong Kong: facial recognition at border crossings

The Immigration Department has announced that facial recognition technology will be available at more border crossings later this year to facilitate "contactless" travel. The technology will allow residents to pass through immigration checkpoints by looking at a camera after using their ID cards or QR codes generated through ... Read the article

How to translate a vaccination certificate into English

As we mentioned earlier, it is currently impossible to obtain a vaccination certificate in English. While we wait for English to be taken into account, so that you can use your certificate abroad, in the TousAntiCovid application or in a - still hypothetical - European vaccination passport, some Internet users have come up with a trick that "seems" to work. Since the beginning of ... Read the article

French Polynesia opens its doors to the United States

As of May 1, French Polynesia is once again accessible to travelers from the United States. For the time being, travelers from Europe can visit, but only for compelling reasons, i.e. health, family or work. Edouard Fritch, President of French Polynesia, points out that the opening will be gradual, and will be accompanied by a health protocol ... Read the article

Covid-19: all travel restrictions on one page

With the aim of simplifying your trip and its preparation as much as possible, Visamundi has designed a page bringing together all the information you need on travel restrictions, both before you leave and once you're there, all at a glance! Thanks to a clear, minimalist design, you'll be able to quickly find the most ... Read the article

India reintroduces e-Visas for non-tourists

Despite an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in India, and a forthcoming generalized containment in France, India has decided to relaunch online visas for "business", "conference" and "medical" reasons (i.e. excluding tourism). Even if leaving the country is always complicated, business travel could be one of the imperative reasons for going ... Read the article

AOK Pass being tested by Air France

The idea is simple: passengers can download the dedicated AOK Pass application to certify the veracity of their PCR results, using a QR Code. This will facilitate the work of agents at boarding and reduce verification times compared with conventional results. Only Biogroup and Cerballiance laboratories are ... Read the article

Qantas launches mystery flights in Australia

The Australian airline is organizing occasional mystery flights over the next few months. There will be three flights aboard the Boeing 737-800 departing from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The first mystery flight will depart from Brisbane on Saturday March 27. The second flight will depart from Sydney on Sunday April 18. Finally, Melbourne ... Read the article

Registration for WHP Canada opens on March 1

It's official: the 2021 season of International Experience Canada is open! For this first pool of 2021, Canada is offering 7,100 places for France, 750 places for Belgium and 80 places for Luxembourg. You can now apply for a WHP and try your hand at being a WHPist in Canada. In order not to ... Read the article

Slow Travellers on the rise after the crisis

As we come into contact with various tourism professionals, travelers-tourdumondists, bloggers... we realize that travel desires are evolving with the crisis. Today we're going to take a look at "Slow Travel", a "sub-category" of the more global Slow movement. To define the term in a few words, we could say that it's a state of mind, a desire to ... Read the article

Kazakhstan opts for a visa-free policy

Nursultan officials have announced the Government's intention to abolish visa requirements for foreign visitors. The move is designed to boost foreign tourism to the country and make it a more attractive location for cross-border investment in the age of Covid-19.