World Tourism

OTTAWA — The Canadian government urged travellers to remain calm in Turkey amid a failed coup attempt last Friday, and advised Canadians not to travel to the country. Global Affairs Canada has updated its website to include an advisory against non-essential travel to Turkey. A security update reads: “The Turkish …

OTTAWA — Canadians will have to wait a little longer to learn whether they’ll need a visa to enter the EU. According to the Toronto Star, the European Commission has once again delayed the decision to implement visa requirements to Canadians until the Canada-EU summit this fall. The commission is …

SINGAPORE — 3,000 Flight Centre employees are probably waking up with some sore heads this morning after the Global Gathering took place over the weekend. The annual event was held in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands with the theme of ‘Fast & Furious’. Shit just got #real #Experience the #extraordinary …

LIMA — Five crew members are missing after an explosion onboard Aqua Expeditions’ Aqua Amazon caused the ship to sink on Saturday. The accident occurred during the regular Saturday supplying and turn-around hours for re-stocking of the vessel, according to a statement from Aqua Expeditions. “No passengers were onboard but …

HAMILTON – Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), along with Canadian-based tour operator Exclusively Malta, hosted more than 60 travel agents at a special evening titled ‘Malta, Much More to Sea’ just outside of Toronto. Held on June 21 at the Malta Band Club in Mississauga, the event was hosted by Michelle …

NEW YORK — Mother Nature is delaying some travellers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport – and the weather has nothing to do with it. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says nearly 400 diamondback terrapin turtles have laid eggs and built nests in the …

NICE, FRANCE — A Frenchman of Tunisian descent drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along Nice’s beachfront, killing at least 84 people, many of them children. The slaughter ended only after police killed the armed attacker in a hail of bullets. French leaders on Friday extended the country’s …

TORONTO — Got a thing for big planes? Airbus has launched a new booking engine dedicated entirely to A380 aircraft, reports TravelTalk. The website iflya380.com aims to zero in on passengers who prefer to fly on this specific aircraft model. According to the plane maker, three in five of flyers …

ISTANBUL — UNESCO has put four new sites on its World Heritage List. The new sites, announced Friday, include China’s Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape, Iran’s ancient aqueducts known as Qanat, and India’s archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara. The World Heritage Committee also selected Micronesia’s artificial islets of Nan …