Excelsior Travel & Tours

16/05/2024

We are at Ushguli, one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe

02/01/2024

"Morocco: Unveil the Tapestry of Tradition and Adventure!"

02/01/2024

"Discover Morocco: Where Ancient Charm Meets Modern Marvels!"

29/08/2023

Travelling ideas !

They ranked in the same list as Italian coastal towns and Hobbiton in New Zealand.

13/07/2023

New volcanic eruption in Iceland

After a series of thousands of earthquakes over the past weeks in the southwestern part of Iceland, another volcanic eruption was expected to happen very soon.

On Monday, 10 of July at 16:40 Icelandic time, a fissure eruption started very close to the Fagradalsfjall eruption site of 2021 and 2022.

The new eruption site is about 38 kilometers away from the capital Reykjavik, located in a remote and uninhabited part on Reykjanes Peninsula in the Southwest of Iceland. The current eruption doesn't show any threat to aviation, infrastructure or populated areas at this point of time

09/10/2021

https://fb.watch/8xUbaJ5uh2/

When borders reopening !! 🥰🥰🥰

22/11/2020

Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa Group airlines – Austrian, Lufthansa and SWISS will close its sales office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with effect from 31 December 2020.

07/07/2020

List of countries allowed to visit the United Kingdom, and list of countries not allowed

If you like to visit the United Kingdom you should better look at the list of countries allowed to do so without having to lock yourself into a hotel room for two weeks. The good news is if you are from any of the 14 British Overseas Territories you are exempt.

If you are from the United States, Canada, and much of Central or South America, Africa, the Middle East and most of Asia, Sweden Portugal, and Russia- you better postpone your trip until the U.K. will change policies based on COVID-19 virus threats.

Arrivals are exempt from quarantine if they arrive in England from:

Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Réunion, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, South Korea, Spain, St Barthélemy, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Vatican City, Vietnam.

01/07/2020

European passports dominate top ten list of world’s most powerful passports

According to the latest global mobility data, Europeans will benefit more than any other citizens worldwide in terms of restriction-free travel from 1st July onward, as the threat from COVID-19 begins to lift.

With the global pandemic essentially bringing global mobility to a grinding halt –international travel has changed beyond recognition- yet Europe now dominates the top 10 with the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and France all leading the way in terms of reopening international travel to the public and their citizens being able to enjoy visa-free travel to the greatest number of destinations.

The shifting sands of global mobility are ever-changing and over the past five years, this has largely been positive – with world openness growing year on year. However, the global health pandemic has thrown order into chaos, and the face of global travel has changed significantly – and will continue to do so as countries unlock their borders and passengers can board planes once more.

The data points to a near level playing field at the top of the rankings, with the number 1 ranked (Belgium) having access to just one more country without a pre-arranged visa than the 15th ranked (Norway).

The difference that separates the index’s top 15 nations is how many countries they can visit totally visa-free; whilst Belgium in first place can visit 81 countries without any visa requirements, Switzerland, despite being able to visit the same number of countries without a pre-arranged visa, can only access 77 countries visa free.

Below is the rankings of the 10 most powerful passports now, as the COVID-19 restrictions begin to gradually lift.

The mobility score [MS] is a measure used to track the number of countries which any nation has agreements with to allow visa unrestricted / visa on arrival travel (all figures adjusted for current COVID-19 restrictions).

Visa Free [VF] represents the number of countries which passport holders can visit totally visa free, with no need for a pre-arranged visa or a visa on arrival.

Rank Country Reopening Date MS VF
1 Belgium 1 July 113 81
2 Finland 1 August 113 80
3 Austria 1 July 113 80
4 Luxembourg 1 July 113 80
5 Spain 1 August 113 78
6 Ireland 1 July 113 78
7 UK 15 July 113 78
8 Switzerland 1 July 113 77
9 Sweden 1 July 112 80
10 Netherlands 1 July 112 80

29/06/2020

EU re-opens borders to visitors from 18 countries, US and Russia not on the list

According to diplomatic sources, EU Committee of Permanent Representatives yesterday approved a draft list of 18 countries, to whom the European Union’s borders will start re-opening on July 1.

The list includes Balkan states, Canada, China, South Korea and Japan. However, according to the sources, the consultations with China were still ongoing.

Russia and the United States were not included into the list, in line with epidemiological criteria.

The document is yet to be formally agreed by the Council of the European Union next week.

The list of countries that is currently being drafted by the EU will be reviewed regularly and will be expanded later.

Earlier, the European Commission called on all member states to reopen all domestic borders by June 15. Moreover, it recommended to give a go-ahead to gradual lifting of restrictions on foreign travel starting with July 1. At the same time, the EU regulations stipulate that it is up to national governments to make decisions on border-crossing and travel issues rather than EU bodies.