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World
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International
1/11/2023 2:43:45 PM
Japan and South Korea defended public health restrictions on travelers from China on Wednesday, a day after China stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation.
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World
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International
1/10/2023 11:01:05 AM
China suspended visas Tuesday for South Koreans to come to the country for tourism or business in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements on Chinese travelers.
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World
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International
12/28/2022 11:18:44 AM
China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month's Lunar New Year holiday.
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World
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Region
10/4/2022 9:09:02 PM
Dozens of Moroccans demonstrated outside the European Union's office in Rabat on Tuesday in protest at "racist" and "humiliating" treatment over visa applications, particularly by former colonial ruler France.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
9/29/2022 2:30:14 PM
The Finnish government said Thursday it would significantly limit passenger traffic on Finland's border with Russia, banning Russian citizens travelling with tourist visas from entering the Nordic country effective Friday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
9/13/2022 11:17:13 PM
Russia said Tuesday that visas had been issued for Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and members of his delegation to attend the UN General Assembly in New York later this month.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
9/1/2022 12:01:53 AM
European Union countries agreed Wednesday to make it harder for Russian citizens to enter the 27-nation bloc, but they failed to find a consensus on imposing an outright tourist ban in response to Russia's war on Ukraine.
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World Cup 2022
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News
8/30/2022 9:41:26 PM
The United Arab Emirates will grant visas to those holding tickets to the World Cup in neighboring Qatar, the country announced Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
8/30/2022 6:45:36 PM
Germany on Tuesday put forward a compromise on the fraught issue of whether the EU should block Russian tourists from travelling to the bloc.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 2:12:23 PM
China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
8/23/2022 2:33:27 PM
Lithuania could seek a 'regional solution' for banning Russian tourists if EU member states fail to agree on a bloc-wide sanction, Lithuania's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Society
6/28/2022 1:14:09 PM
The first batch of Egyptian pilgrims that registered through tourism companies, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, according to a statement by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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Business
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Economy
6/18/2022 10:32:13 AM
EgyptAir announced on Friday that its Egyptian clients, who hold valid tourist or business visas issued from Schengen countries, or the US, or the UK, are allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia after meeting several conditions.
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World
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Region
6/5/2022 5:06:47 PM
Saudi Arabia aims to triple foreign tourism this year as pandemic restrictions ease, hajj pilgrims return and the first elements of the crown prince's signature projects open, its tourism minister told AFP Sunday.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/22/2022 7:30:09 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives – the lower house of parliament – gave preliminary approval Sunday to two bills on money laundering and pilgrimage visas, with final approval postponed to an upcoming session.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/21/2022 6:42:45 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives – the lower house of parliament – will reconvene this week to hold plenary sessions on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/8/2022 5:04:11 PM
Hanafy El-Gebaly — speaker of Egypt’s House of Representatives — announced in a plenary session on Sunday that the government referred three new bills to the House that tackle money laundering activities, new budgetary allocations, and Haj (pilgrimage) visas.
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World
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International
4/28/2022 10:26:01 PM
In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have fled the country as refugees. Hundreds of those refugees have now arrived at the southern border of the United States seeking asylum, after flying to Mexico on tourist visas.
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Egypt
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Tourism
3/31/2022 11:38:01 PM
Egypt will allow visitors from 78 countries around the world to obtain emergency tourist visas upon arrival at Egyptian ports or electronically starting 1 April.
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Egypt
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Tourism
12/1/2021 12:52:00 PM
Saudi Arabia will allow fully-vaccinated Egyptian pilgrims arriving via on direct flights from Egypt to perform Umrah (the small pilgrimage) as per a decision last week to remove the country from the kingdom's restricted list on direct flights, starting Wednesday, 1 December.
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