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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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Egypt
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Tourism
9/27/2022 4:52:44 PM
Some 4.9 million tourists visited Egypt in the first half of 2022 (from January to June), an 85.4 percent increase compared to the first half of 2021, where 2.6 million tourists visited the country, Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/16/2022 3:25:00 PM
As winter approaches, tour operators are training their sights on Europe which faces the prospect of colder conditions than usual given the ongoing energy crisis sparked by the Russian-Ukrainian war
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World
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Region
9/11/2022 2:24:46 PM
The United Arab Emirates' tourism revenues surpassed $5 billion in the first half of this year, officials said Sunday, with a strong performance expected this winter when neighbouring Qatar hosts football's World Cup.
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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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Egypt
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Tourism
8/26/2022 7:17:09 PM
Marsa Matrouh International Airport has received the first charter flight from Romania, with 146 tourists on board, Marsa Matrouh Governor Khaled Shoaib announced on Friday.
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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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Urban & Transport
7/28/2022 9:43:43 PM
Two Israeli tourists were killed and seven others were injured in a road accident in South Sinai governorate on Thursday, Egyptian and Israeli media reported.
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World
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International
7/28/2022 12:31:54 PM
A large wildfire on the German-Czech border is spreading and threatening to destroy a forested national park popular with tourists.
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World
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International
7/23/2022 5:45:47 PM
Tourists and residents were evacuated on Saturday from a popular resort on the Greek island of Lesbos as a wildfire destroyed homes in the beachside village of Vatera.
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World
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Region
7/20/2022 7:19:43 PM
Turkish artillery strikes killed at least eight tourists, among them a toddler, in northern Iraq and wounded over 20, Iraqi Kurdish government and hospital officials, and the army said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/20/2022 12:39:07 PM
Hot air balloon flights have been resumed in the Egyptian tourist hotspot of Luxor in the early hours of Wednesday after an almost two-day suspension that was imposed in the wake of a balloon drifting off its course on Monday and slightly injuring two tourists.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/18/2022 12:00:00 PM
Ministry of Civil Aviation ordered the suspension of hot air balloon activities in Luxor on Monday pending investigation into the causes of a hot a balloon accident in which two tourists were slightly injured earlier today.
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World
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International
6/9/2022 1:30:03 PM
Thailand made it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana as of Thursday, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick delivered by the legendary Thai Stick variety.
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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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Courts & Law
5/16/2022 8:18:36 PM
The US is set to remove five inactive extremist groups from its foreign terrorist organisations list, including Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya, which is blamed for terrorist attacks that have killed hundreds of policemen, civilians and tourists in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/9/2022 1:27:44 PM
Egypt’s prosecution ordered the detention of three teenagers pending investigation and placed 10 others in a probation hostel on charges of harassing two foreign girls at the Giza Pyramids during Eid El-Fitr holiday.
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World
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International
5/9/2022 10:04:08 AM
The man behind the wheel of the car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, is finally headed to trial after various delays over five years, including pandemic-induced court shutdowns.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/7/2022 7:39:19 PM
Egypt’s security forces arrested teens who were filmed harassing two foreign tourists at the Giza Pyramids during Eid El-Fitr in a video clip that went viral online in the past two days.
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World
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International
5/1/2022 1:14:49 PM
Only a few people strolled the pedestrian-only streets Sunday in central Beijing's historic Qianmen district, normally an area that would be bustling with tourists on what was a national holiday and a sunny spring day.
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