As most countries in Europe begin to ease pandemic restrictions, officials of the European Union are debating which countries outside the bloc will be allowed in. The EU is set to release a list of 15 non-EU nations that will be allowed to travel to EU for tourism as well as a list of countries that will be banned for now. According to Euro News, insider sources say that US, Brazil and Russia, all of whom report a high number of Covid-19 cases, will not be allowed to visit EU nations. According to sources, nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand&nbsp;and possibly even China will be on the green list. As of now, there are no updates on entry rules for Indian nationals.&nbsp;

As most countries in Europe begin to ease pandemic restrictions, officials of the European Union are debating which countries outside the bloc will be allowed in. The EU is set to release a list of 15 non-EU nations that will be allowed to travel to EU for tourism as well as a list of countries that will be banned for now. According to Euro News, insider sources say that US, Brazil and Russia, all of whom report a high number of Covid-19 cases, will not be allowed to visit EU nations. According to sources, nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and possibly even China will be on the green list. As of now, there are no updates on entry rules for Indian nationals.

Indian railways are getting a post-pandemic makeover with some snazzy infection-fighting features. New coached launched on Tuesday come packed with foot-operated soap dispensers and toilet flushes to door handle operated with the forearm and handrails coated with anti-microbial copper. Railway Minister Piyush&nbsp;Goyal shared the development in a tweet adding, 'Railways creates 1st &lsquo; Post-COVID&nbsp;Coach&rsquo; with hands-free&nbsp;amenities, copper-coated handrails &amp; latches, plasma air purification.'&nbsp;The coaches will also have the provision of plasma air equipment in the AC duct that will sterilise the coaches using ionised air, shared officials.&nbsp;
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The Jammu&nbsp;&amp; Kashmir government has announced the opening of tourism in the region from July 14 in a phased manner. In the first phase, travellers will only be allowed by air and&nbsp;RT-PCR testing of all tourists will be compulsory upon arrival. The order said that visitors will need a prior hotel booking and will need to remain in the hotel until their Covid-19 test comes out to be negative. The arriving tourist will also need to pre-book local transportation facilities like a taxi as well as a return plane ticket.&nbsp;Jammu and Kashmir has reported 10,156&nbsp;coronavirus cases so far and at least 169 mortalities.&nbsp;

The GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) on Friday introduced India's first fully contact-less airport car parking in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;The authority has also scaled up its NETC (National Electronic Toll Collection) FASTag car parking in collaboration with NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) integrating 10 NETC FASTag issuer banks and will go live with other issuer banks in the next few weeks. 'With this customers holding any bank NETC FASTag could zip through the airport car parking with zero-contact transactions having full control over their safe travels,'&nbsp;Pradeep Panicker, CEO, GHIAL&nbsp;said.&nbsp;

Soon, it will be possible for people in Bengaluru to reach the Kempegowda international airport by train! The service by the South Western Railway zone is in the pipeline, Indian Railways confirmed the news on Twitter. Work on the Yelahanka-Bangarpet line is underway and is expected to be completed by August this year. According to reports, the Bengaluru International Airport Authority Limited will run a free shuttle service every 15 minutes to transport passengers from the station to the airport.

The&nbsp;Bandipur and Nagarhole sanctuaries in Karnataka&nbsp;have disallowed tourists from entering due to a surge in the number of tourists amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The&nbsp;Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G Shankar issued an order on the 10th of July that no tourists will be allowed to enter these regions or make accommodation&nbsp;reservations online or offline. The same rules apply to&nbsp;HD Kote&nbsp;Taluk. The move comes as a precautionary measure to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that the Hagia Sophia, one of the architectural wonders of the world, would be converted into a mosque. The move has sparked fury in the Christian community. Erdogan's declaration came after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Byzantine monument's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The UNESCO World Heritage site in Istanbul was first constructed as a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine Empire but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453.

The spellbinding group of almost 1,200 islands, Maldives is reopening for international tourists from July 15. Located somewhat isolated in the Indian Ocean, the country of 4 lakh&nbsp;residents will allow visitors only on&nbsp;resort islands and live-aboard boats as of July 15. From August 1, tourists can stay at&nbsp;guest houses and hotels on inhabited islands as well. While the offer is open to everyone, not all can afford to pay for stays at one of Maldives' luxury resorts, which cost upwards of $1,500 a night. But if you can afford it, the journey can be a smooth one as Maldives does not require any special fee or Covid-19 tests for people with no&nbsp;symptoms of the virus.&nbsp;

More than a year after Paris' most iconic cathedral Notre&nbsp;Dame was wrecked by a fire, it seems like the people who were hoping for a modern renovation may be disappointed. In a new statement, France's culture minister has said the monument 'should be rebuilt to look identical' to how it did before the catastrophic fire. This sounds like a shift in perspective from last year when former Prime Minister&nbsp;Edouard Philippe kicked off a competition for alternative designs for the restoration of the 850-year-old&nbsp;structure's roof and spire.&nbsp;

Owned by Brookfield Asset Management,&nbsp;The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has won the position of the World&rsquo;s Best Hotel Brand by Travel + Leisure, USA World&rsquo;s Best Awards Survey, 2020.&nbsp;The same survey also ranked&nbsp;The Leela Palace Udaipur&nbsp;as the best resort hotel in India, followed by Oberoi&nbsp;Rajvilas and Rambagh&nbsp;Palace, both in Jaipur.&nbsp;In the list of Asia's 15 best city hotels, The Oberoi&nbsp;in Mumbai&nbsp;took the top spot and Leela&nbsp;Palace, New Delhi came second while Delhi's&nbsp;Taj&nbsp;Palace was on the 13th spot.&nbsp;
For the survey, Travel + Leisure readers rate their experiences and evaluate hotels across the world based on rooms, location, service, cuisine and value.

Coronavirus doesn't seem to be stopping Mickey Mouse. In somewhat worrying news, Disney World is set to reopen this weekend despite a coronavirus surge in Florida. The state recorded a record high of 120 Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday and has one of the largest outbreaks in the US. Two of the entertainment giant&rsquo;s Orlando theme parks, Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, will open their gates on Saturday to guests with pre-booked reservations, with Epcot and Hollywood Studios following suit on 15 July. The four parks, along with the numerous hotels of the Disney World resort, have been closed since mid-March.

Indonesia's popular beach holiday destination Bali reopened from a three-month lockdown&nbsp;on Thursday July&nbsp;9.
Locals and foreign tourists were allowed to resume public activities but with strict rules. The island town will gradually reopen for business and&nbsp;Indonesians will be allowed to visit from July 31. However, foreign arrivals will be allowed only from September&nbsp;11 onwards. Every year, more than&nbsp;5 million foreign tourists visit the island of Bali.&nbsp;
The idyllic town of 4 million residents, Bali has recorded over 1,900 cases of Covid-19, including 25 deaths.&nbsp;

Gardens and parks have reopened in Srinagar amid the Covid-19 pandemic, following the government's order to ease&nbsp;lockdown&nbsp;restrictions. The move was welcomed by many including small businesses like ice cream vendors, photographers and restaurant owners who depend on tourists for their daily income. Authorities urge people to follow social distancing norms while visiting the parks, wear face masks and use hand sanitizers&nbsp;regularly to safeguard against the virus.&nbsp;

Before international travel became riddled with restrictions, the Henley Passport Index released a list of the world's most travel-friendly passports. For 2020, the list is topped by Japan with 191 countries in its kitty followed by Singapore with 190 nations. South Korea and Germany take the next spot with 189 countries each. At the bottom of the list, that is the countries with the worst passport in terms of travel restrictions are Afghanistan with just 26 nations, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan.&nbsp;
The index is based on data provided by the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) and covers 199 passports and 227 travel destinations.&nbsp;&nbsp;

It seems like art and history-craved enthusiasts across are flocking back to museums as they reopen. In France, the Louvre&nbsp;Museum reopened on July 7 after a four-month closure and all&nbsp;7,400 tickets available sold out. However, this is only a fraction of its usual footfall as it invites around 30,000-40,000 visitors daily, most of whom are visiting&nbsp;tourists in Paris.&nbsp;
London's National Gallery is set to reopen on July 8 after a 111-day closure. The tickets, which have now become mandatory to be booked before visit, are already sold out for the first week and tickets for a special exhibit are sold out for a month.&nbsp;
Some museums are even requiring people to buy timed-entry tickets to ensure there is no overcrowding.&nbsp;

The ruins of Hampi reopened for visitors after being closed since March, due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown. The move came after the Archaeological Survey of India permitted all monuments to reopen with restrictions. ASI directed authorities to limit the number of visitors to ruins of Hampi to 2000 a day, from 6 am to 6pm. To ensure safety, e-tickets will have to be purchased and entry will be through scanning a QR code. Other places like Vijayapura, Badami also reopened on Monday with restrcitons.

The Maharashtra government on Monday decided to allow hotels along with lodges and guest houses outside containment zones from July 8 at 33% of their capacity. The permission has been granted on the condition that these entities adhere to social distancing norms and other protocols. The Arogya Setu app will be compulsory and the order has asked guests to minimise use of housekeeping services. Contactless payment methods like QR codes, e-wallets have been encouraged for both check-ins and check-outs, while number of guests in elevators have been restricted. The government has asked restaurants to provide e-menus to guests and use disposable paper napkins. Room services and takeaways have been encouraged, instead of dine-ins.

Qutub Minar, Humayun's Tomb and a host of other centrally-protected monuments in Delhi were reopened for visitors after being shut for over three months due to the Covid-19 crisis. All guidelines, including social distancing and sanitisation measures, will be followed at these heritage sites. Wearing of masks will be mandatory and no one will be allowed to enter without it.
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The Louvre&nbsp;museum in Paris is bustling&nbsp;back with activity after a 16-week shutdown amid the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic. The museum, which houses some of&nbsp;the world's most famous artworks, has made it mandatory for visitors to wear face masks. Almost a third of its galleries, where social distancing is difficult, still remain shut.&nbsp;To avoid bottlenecks, arrows will guide visitors through the labyrinth of galleries. According to reports, the museum has lost more than 40 million euros and almost 80% of its visitors.&nbsp;
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As monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India gear up to reopen on Monday, the Taj Mahal&nbsp;will not reopen for tourists owing to a spike in Covid-19 cases in Agra. Agra district magistrate&nbsp;stated that all monuments, including Agra Fort and Akbar tomb, will be closed in the city until further notice. The decision was taken in a meeting between a district level Covid-19 team and ASI members on Sunday evening, who stated that the reopening of the monuments will allow tourists in and foster crowds increasing Covid&nbsp;risk. Agra currently has 71 containment zones and saw 55 new Covid-19 cases in the past 4 days. In other sites,&nbsp;practices, like sanitisation, social distancing&nbsp;and wearing masks will have to be followed, in line with new Covid-19 rules.

As part of a multi-billion dollar investment towards become a global tourism destination, Saudi Arabia unveiled plans for a new ultra-luxury airport. The airport's design has been inspired by the illusion of a desert mirage and is set to be completed by 2023.&nbsp;
The airport will service guests of the&nbsp;kingdom's new super luxury resort AMAALA&nbsp;when it opens. Designed to accommodate&nbsp;one million annual visitors, the airport will offer an 'exclusive private club experience' with dedicated&nbsp;hangars for private jets and commercial planes.&nbsp;

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Indian shuttler&nbsp;HS Prannoy&nbsp;has&nbsp;tendered an unconditional apology to the Badminton Association of India for his attack on the federation&nbsp;after it did not recommend him for the Arjuna Award. BAI was also disappointed with the World number 28 due to&nbsp;disciplinary issues. Prannoy had&nbsp;left the Indian squad&nbsp;at Asian Badminton Championship in February, which put the country's chances of winning a historic medal at risk.&nbsp;BAI had also left him out of this year&rsquo;s National Sports Awards and had given him 15 days&nbsp;to respond on his misconduct. Prannoy&nbsp;though was recommended for the Arjuna&nbsp;award by&nbsp;national coach Pullela Gopichand&nbsp;even before BAI&nbsp;had asked for his apology.

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has tendered an unconditional apology to the Badminton Association of India for his attack on the federation after it did not recommend him for the Arjuna Award. BAI was also disappointed with the World number 28 due to disciplinary issues. Prannoy had left the Indian squad at Asian Badminton Championship in February, which put the country's chances of winning a historic medal at risk. BAI had also left him out of this year’s National Sports Awards and had given him 15 days to respond on his misconduct. Prannoy though was recommended for the Arjuna award by national coach Pullela Gopichand even before BAI had asked for his apology.

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