The Latest: Sri Lanka reopens tourism after 10-month closing
Sri Lanka is welcoming tourists again after keeping the doors closed to visitors for nearly 10 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government’s action Thursday is seen as an effort to revive the island nation’s tourism industry, which has been badly hit by the pandemic. Tourism accounts for about 5% of Sri Lanka’s economy and before the pandemic employed 250,000 people directly and up to 3 million indirectly.
Bermuda Preparing for Hotel Inventory and Flight Increases
Bermuda tourism stakeholders expect hotel inventory and commercial airline flights to increase significantly this month as government officials chart a post-COVID path to recovery for the territory’s tourism industry. Bermuda’s available hotel inventory will increase from 420 rooms
SERBIA HAS REOPENED TO TOURISTS FROM ALL COUNTRIES
As of May 22nd 2020, Serbia is allowing visitors to travel to the country under normal ‘pre-Covid’ regulations. That includes no mandatory testing and no isolation period for arriving tourists. TESTING UPDATE AUGUST 15 As the situation has changed since reopening in May, Serbia has now implemented PCR tests for tourists coming from 4 countries.