Consumer Protection

After lifting the travel ban for UK travellers to Sri Lanka on the 10th of June, the FCDO have instated new Foreign Office advice against travel to Sri Lanka in response to further concerns of unrest in the country.   The new Foreign Office advice against travel to Sri Lanka was instated on the how…

Many island explorers and travel businesses are excited as the news has come out that the Mauritius entry rules will officially be reduced and changed from the beginning of next month (July).  After an official announcement, travellers will now be able to travel to Mauritius with entry rules that are far simpler and easier to…

After over two years of tight Covid pandemic restrictions for all travellers, the fantastic news has been announced that Fiji has reopened its borders to international cruise ships from around the world.  For the majority of the past few years during the Covid pandemic, Fiji has had its international borders closed to travellers. Only six…

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In response to a letter sent to the Barcelona ministry of transport just last month, in May, the Catalonia minister for climate action is expected to make an official announcement in the coming weeks to introduce extra cruise ship pollution tax.   This coming additional cruise ship tax will apply to all tourist ships that…

On Tuesday, the 31st of May, Ministry of Health authorities announced Italy has reopened to all visitors, dropping all Covid related restrictions from June.   Italian authorities have confirmed this move. From Wednesday the 1st of June, all Covid-related entry restrictions for travellers have been dropped and Italy has reopened to visitors regardless of vaccination…

The government has recently laid out the newly proposed enforcement powers for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to better enforce consumer laws in the travel industry.  In 2021 and 2022 there has been continuous work by the government to evaluate the enforcement of consumer laws in travel, alongside the Package Travel Regulations, after the…

Members of the travel industry have released praise for Japan after the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, suggested that border restrictions will ease from next month.   According to sources, yesterday, Thursday the 5th of May, the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, met in London with the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and suggested that…

Following an announcement on Tuesday the 19th of April, Spain have determined that they will reduce their indoor face mask requirement for the first time in almost 2 years, spanning the majority of the pandemic.   Since May 2020, this will be the first time during the Covid pandemic that Spain will relax their indoor…

After a ruling in Florida on Monday the 18th of April, US airlines will remove the mask requirement on flights, both domestic and international. Many airlines in the US have already put this into action.   On Monday, a federal judge in Florida ruled that the current requirement for masks to be worn on all…