Besides the stunning limestone landscape and rich culture of the Ninh Bihn region in Vietnam, there’s another art that attracts tourists to the region. It’s the art of rowing your boat with your feet and it’s a skill not everyone can practice. The technique appears to be a quicker one than rowing with hands and also allows the boatmen to continue rowing for a longer period of time, causing less strain on the spine. 

Dubai has announced the reopening of major beaches and parks over the weekend.
Rulers in the United Arab Emirates have begun easing restrictions, announcing the reopening of cinemas, gyms and sporting facilities, after two months of lockdowns and curfews to curb the spread of coronavirus
People flooded public beaches on Saturday, many beachgoers were not wearing face masks or abiding by social distancing rules.

An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment claims that people will reduce their use of public transport for the next six months as they prioritise&nbsp;health and safety. The surve&nbsp;covered&nbsp;over 400 middle and high-income groups in Delhi and NCR.&nbsp; 'There is positive shift in attitude towards high quality public transport, contact-free walking and cycling and lifestyle adjustment to reduce unnecessary travel trips in the longer term,' the environment policy think tank said. The analysis also found that preference for car or two-wheeler ownership is also set to rise.&nbsp;

Bird lovers, take note! A bird tourism centre is in the pipeline at the Nature Education and Eco Park in Munsyari&nbsp;in&nbsp;Uttarakhand. According to a PTI report, visitors will get a chance to see almost 130 bird species through field guides, spotting scopes and telescopes. People can also enjoy a&nbsp;range of activities like heritage walks, adventure sports and explore wildlife. In addition to two lakes, watch towers will be created to allow people to view the splendid beauty of the&nbsp;Jauhar Valley. Divisional Forest Officer Vinay Bhargava&nbsp;shared that the centre, likely to be completed in 3 years, will help create employment opportunities for the locals.

A team from&nbsp;IIT&nbsp;Madras has helped triple the&nbsp;Irrawaddy dolphin population at the Chilika&nbsp;Lake,&nbsp;Asia's largest brackish water body, in Odisha. The researchers&nbsp;conducted geotechnical, hydraulic and satellite imagery studies and developed a dredging methodology for the project. The project will also be of massive help for 200,000 fishermen living in 132 nearby villages as it resulted in a seven-fold increase of fish. 'The lake was in a degraded condition and included in the threatened list by Ramsar Convention in 1993,' IIT&nbsp;Madras professor said. Thanks to the restoration, the lake is now&nbsp;&nbsp;off the threatened list.&nbsp;

You can soon enjoy your favourite roller coaster rides in amusement parks across Japan but don't be audibly thrilled while on it! The&nbsp;East Japan and West Japan Amusement Park Associations have listed a set of guidelines that visitors will be required to follow once the parks reopen. Since loud noise could lead to droplets emanating from the mouths of entertainers, employees or guests and it may increase the risk of transmission of the Covid-19 virus, visitors are requested not to cheer or shout loudly. Other measures include compulsory masks, temperature checks, limited capacity and social distancing.&nbsp;
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While many countries are gearing up to welcome back tourists, Thailand has no such plans as yet. The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Yuthasak Supasorn&nbsp;told American news publication&nbsp;CNN&nbsp;that the country is still on high alert and they must also look at the situation in the country of origin of tourists before opening up. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Thailand has reported over 3,000 cases of Covid-19. However, the country aims to start domestic tourism next month in selected areas. For international tourists, they will wait for clearance from the country&rsquo;s Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, the report said.&nbsp;

April is the busiest time for Japan as tourists from across the world come to witness the majestic cherry blossoms. But this year, the country&nbsp;saw a&nbsp;99.9% drop in tourists due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is now working on ways to spring back. According to a report in the&nbsp;The Japan Times, the&nbsp;Japanese government plans to allocate $12.5 billion to a new reimbursement program for tourism. This may, reportedly, include a scheme to cover half of the travel expenses of tourists.&nbsp;The initiative has only been proposed and more details are awaited, the report said.&nbsp;Japan is not the only country to introduce a subsidy scheme for future holidays. Sicily&rsquo;s regional government has also offered to pay for visitors&rsquo; accommodation costs and one night free of a three-night stay.
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The Walt Disney World in Florida is all set to reopen its Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom on the 11th&nbsp;of July with several safety checks in place amid the Covid-19.&nbsp;This will be followed by Epcot and Hollywood Studios&nbsp;set to open on&nbsp;the 15th of July. The park will be limiting visitors like Disney Shanghai did when it opened last week. Mask and temperature checks will be mandatory while further details on other restrictions are awaited.
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A Chinese survey team on Wednesday became the first group to climb Mount Everest this year, part of a project to remeasure the exact height of the world's tallest mountain, state media reported.&nbsp;Data on snow depth, weather and wind speed is also being measured to aid in glacier monitoring and ecological protection, it said. The 53-member team could be the only people this year to climb the peak as both China and Nepal canceled the spring climbing season to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading among expedition teams.&nbsp;

In a bid to boost the number of visitors in the tourism-dependent nation, Greece allowed the opening of&nbsp;cafes and restaurants, as a part of a gradual lifting of lockdown&nbsp;restrictions from May 25.&nbsp;A domestic ban on travelling to the popular Greek islands was also lifted on Monday. Ferry services going towards the islands have resumed services after almost two months of lockdown. The Prime Minister announced that&nbsp;flights to Greece will resume by July 1, when a two-week quarantine for foreigners will no longer be in force.&nbsp;

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the travel industry hard.&nbsp; According a survey by BOTT Travel Sentiment Tracker and seven national associations, nearly 40% of travel and tourism firms in India are at the risk of complete closure over the next three to six months. The&nbsp;survey, reportedly, involved 2,300 travel company owners and representatives across the country. The findings suggest that close to 36% of these companies may face a temporary shutdown. Looking at the trends in the recent past, it stated that 81% of the firms have lost 100% of their revenues. Even as domestic flight operations resume, the looming uncertainty means that almost 40% of the companies are opting for job cuts while others are&nbsp;considering&nbsp;it as an option to sustain their businesses, the report said.

After nearly 3 months of shutdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, museums in the Vatican are gearing up to reopen on the 1st of June. Wearing masks and getting temperature checks before entry will be mandatory for all visitors. They will also have to get prior reservations&nbsp;to visit the museums. Visitors can also reserve an aperitif at sunset in a Vatican courtyard, open bus tours of the gardens and a tour of the summer residence of popes in a hill town near Rome. According to news agency Associated Press, there have been 12 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Vatican City State.

Free parking, but no valet service. Bartenders and blackjack dealers wearing masks and a tonne of hand sanitiser. For casinos in Vegas, the dice will roll, cards will be dealt and slot machines will come to life but poker rooms will remain&nbsp;closed.&nbsp;Tourists returning to Las Vegas will see changes since gambling stopped in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;Many properties are planning to&nbsp;reopen on June 1 in the gambling mecca&nbsp;that was attracting 40 million annual visitors before the pandemic.&nbsp;

Ferry boat services have resumed in&nbsp;Alappuzha&nbsp;in Kerala&nbsp;with a new set of guidelines, following lockdown relaxations amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The service has been started to transport both people and essential goods. Social distancing norms will be followed in the ferries and everyone must wear a mask while on-board to help contain the risk of transmission of Covid-19.&nbsp;

After a gap of almost three months, the main museum in Rome reopened for the public. To avoid any Covid-19 contagion, the first visitors at the Capitoline Museum had to get their temperatures checked and hands santised before entering. For the first time, visitors got to enjoy ancient art pieces in near empty rooms at one of Italy's busiest museums. Another iconic art attraction, the Boboli Gardens of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence will welcome visitors from Thursday. Among 100 museums in Brussels, only 10 have reopened including the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Museum. Experts have warned that one in eight museums across the world could face closure due the pandemic.&nbsp;

White circles have been painted in a park in Brooklyn to keep people six-feet apart and help prevent the spread of Covid-19.&nbsp;The circles were added after the park became severely overcrowded during a spate of unseasonably warm weather just over a week ago.&nbsp;An increasing number of New Yorkers are flocking to public spaces and familiar haunts for a sense of normalcy after spending most of the last two months cooped up inside due to the pandemic.

Thailand has approved reducing the government's stake in financially troubled Thai Airways to under 50% as part of a bankruptcy court-led restructuring plan.&nbsp;
The airline, which has an estimated debt burden of almost $9.4 billion, will lose its status as a state enterprise.&nbsp;
The airline initially sought a $1.7 billion bailout loan from the government after virtually ceasing operations due to the coronavirus crisis.
Thailand's PM said, 'We have decided to petition for restructuring and not let Thai Airways go bankrupt.'&nbsp;

Taking a bold step to safeguard&nbsp;the safety of its residents, the&nbsp;East Africa island nation of Seychelles has banned&nbsp;all cruise ship tourism through the end of 2021. The move is a measure&nbsp;to prevent the spread of&nbsp;Covid-19 in the island where tourism is the&nbsp;second biggest industry after commercial fishing. Whether travellers will be able to visit the celebrity-favourite island via air is still unclear.&nbsp;

The Acropolis in Athens along with other ancient sites was reopened on Monday as a part of the latest round to ease restrictions&nbsp;that were imposed in March to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Greece. Even high schools and shopping malls were opened. Outside the Acropolis, stickers are used as markers and the staff wore masks with protective visors. To separate queues, plexiglass walls have been installed and hydrogel bottles placed at the entrance. Athens' most famous site welcomed Greece's president and Minister of Culture as first visitors. Authorities&nbsp;are keen on opening the vital tourism sector after a warning by the EU commission that Greece might suffer the worst recession this year.&nbsp;

The popular holiday island of Bali in Indonesia is planning to reopen for tourism as early as July, as per an ABC news report. The announcement has sparked frustration among Indonesian locals who are unhappy with the government's lack of efforts to curb the virus.&nbsp;The hashtag #IndonesiaTerserah&nbsp;or Whatever, Indonesia has been trending on social media, as people say the lower numbers reported in the country are due to the lack of testing.&nbsp;As of Monday, Bali has reported 348 Covid-19 cases and four deaths.&nbsp;

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