Instagram, Twitter and Facebook are replacing word-of-mouth recommendations for Millennials Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Millions of Millennials and GenZ-ers are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to choose their next travel destination, replacing “word-of-worth” recommendations. According to the 2023 Global Travel Trends Report published …
Read More »Angola drops COVID-19 test requirement for travellers
Luanda, Angola | Xinhua | The Angolan government has eliminated the requirement of presenting a vaccination certificate or a negative COVID-19 test result for travellers entering or leaving the country, starting from Saturday, according to a presidential decree. The decree noted that face masks must be worn in healthcare facilities and …
Read More »Visitors who overstayed before lockdown must get gov’t clearance to travel
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that people who were illegally staying in Uganda at the time of the closure of airports and borders early in the year, will have to seek clearance to travel. This is one of the guidelines that …
Read More »The gruelling Entebbe–Kalangala road trip in the absence of MV Kalangala
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Travellers using the Entebbe–Kalangala Road are spending more than six hours on the road and high transport costs. This follows the halting of operations of MV Kalangala. MV Kalangala that plies the Entebbe – Kalangala route suspended its operations in February this year to undergo …
Read More »Only 10 high risk travelers apply to stay in public quarantine facilities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only ten Ugandan high-risk travellers have applied to undergo their institutional quarantine in public centres, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The first group consisting of 300 high-risk travellers from different parts of the world is expected to arrive in the country this week. …
Read More »Over 7,000 high risk travelers not tested for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 7,000 high risk travellers that are believed to have entered the country between March 7 and March 20, 2020, were never tested for COVID-19. The call to test the travellers came at a time when all the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases were from …
Read More »Macron, Johnson agree no UK quarantine for travellers from France: Elysee
Paris, France | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed there should for now be no quarantine measures for travellers arriving in Britain from France, the Elysee said on Sunday. Johnson said Sunday that Britain would “soon” quarantine air passengers from abroad due to …
Read More »Spain, France impose tight controls as global infections pass 150,000
Paris, France | AFP | France and Spain became the latest European nations to impose lockdowns, while Australia joined New Zealand in ordering self-isolation for all arrivals Sunday as the number of coronavirus infections around the world passed 150,000, with nearly 6,000 deaths. France ordered the closure of restaurants, bars, cinemas …
Read More »Ministry of health to spray travellers with disinfectants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is to start spraying all travellers who enter the country. This is a new measure that the health ministry has come up within a bid to stop the spread of COVID 19 into the country. According to the health ministry, all …
Read More »Coronavirus: 220 travellers to Uganda isolated
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 220 travellers to Uganda from China have been isolated in their homes. According to a situational report released on Tuesday by the health ministry, the 220 who include Chinese Nationals and Ugandans arrived in the country between Sunday and Tuesday morning. They are being monitored …
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