Juan Manuel Ballestero (right) speaks with his father Carlos upon arrival in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from Portugal, on June 20, after sailing for 85 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Photo: AFP "Mission accomplished!" That joyful declara...

Tourists visit the Mogao Grottoes. Photo: VCG About now, Charlie Chahine should be welcoming his first international guests of the season to his Suites of the Gods resort on Santorini, Greece's most popular holiday island. A few of his staff of 30 would...

Without a single tourist clambering across its stone arc, Mostar's majestic bridge would be a picture of tranquility if not for the desperation of Bosnian locals whose tourism season has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic. One of the prized jewe...

Tourists visit the Mogao Grottoes. Photo: VCG The Mogao Grottoes, a renowned UNESCO World Heritage site in Northwest China's Gansu Province, reopened on Sunday after being closed for months due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). At present the...

People relax on Campo dei Fiori in central Rome, Italy on Monday as the country's lockdown is easing after over two months. Photo: AFP Tourists walk in central Rome on Monday. Photo: AFP Countless novels and films have been set in Italy in the 1950s and...

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a closed restaurant in Barcelona on May 13 during the national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Photo: AFP Tourism-dependent Spain aims to reopen its borders around the end of June as its cor...

People visit Rome's Colosseum on Monday after its reopening. Photo: IC The fourth and last super moon of 2020, also called "Moon of flowers," is seen in Rome while rising on the Colosseum on May 7. Photo: VCG Italy reopened to travelers from Europe on W...

Italian tourists look at the Roman Agora in Athens on Thursday, as Greece eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19. Photo: AFP Greece is "more than just sea and sun," the country's prime minister said Thursday as a campaign was l...

A boat sails in front of the Ain Dubai (Dubai Eye) Ferris wheel located on the Bluewaters Island in the Gulf city of Dubai on May 28. Photo: VCG People observe social distancing while gathering to watch the Dubai fountain show, which resumes as the Gulf...

A tourist poses for a selfie in front of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, April 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang) Tourism industry insiders in Beijing including staffers at hotels and travel service platforms told th...