Pandemic travel news: The destinations dropping all Covid rules for entry
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Covid? What Covid?
A small but increasing number of destinations are lifting all of their Covid-related travel restrictions, regardless of vaccination status, including some European favorites.
Masks on planes
Mask-wearing has been a contentious issue on planes over the past two years. The US Transportation Security Administration has issued more than $644,000 in fines for alleged mask violations since February 2021.
Record-breaking bridges
Turkey opened an impressive suspension bridge across the Dardanelles Strait on Friday that just so happens to connect the continents of Europe and Asia. (Turkey is in a very rare club — nations that occupy parts of two continents.)
What’s Finland’s secret?
The Nordic nation of Finland has just been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row.
The Finns have plenty to smile about, the newly released World Happiness Report says, when it comes to healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support when times are hard, high social trust and more.
Future of flying
Window, middle, aisle; window, middle, aisle.
If you’re feeling that airplane cabins are just too same-y, the design shortlist for the 2022 Crystal Cabin Awards should make you perk up.
New European hotels
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Get set, travel
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Top image: Scafell Pike and Wastwater in England’s Wasdale Valley. (Credit: Courtesy Britain)