(CNN) — There are worse places to wait out a pandemic. Hundreds of tourists are still stuck in the Maldives, Ali Waheed, the country’s tourism minister told CNN’s Richard Quest, more than a month after the novel coronavirus arrived there. Waheed said there was about 500 tourists on the islands, with 100 of them stranded
Month: May 2020
Hotels, malls and restaurants reopen as Dubai completes sterilisation drive – but when will its airline resume service? A crossroad between East and West, Dubai attracted 16.7 million visitors last year, while state-owned Emirates airline – the world’s fourth largest carrier in terms of miles flown – transported close to 58 million passengers. Now, after the UAE
(CNN) — Fans of Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California are already dreaming of the parks’ eventual reopening down the distant road. But in a world that’s been through a pandemic, what will that reality look like? Little is certain, but there’s one sure thing: It’s a going to be different world. After
The Boeing logo is pictured at its Renton Factory, where the Boeing 737 MAX airliners are built in Renton, Washington on April 20, 2020. JASON REDMOND | AFP via Getty Images Boeing on Thursday said it wouldn’t seek federal aid to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic after the aerospace giant secured a whopping $25 billion
Why go? Penang, nicknamed the “Pearl of the Orient“, is a vibrant mix of ancient and modern. Its state capital, George Town, has been a Unesco World Heritage site since 2008, and the Malaysian island offers a heady mix of 19th and early 20th-century architecture, soaring modern skyscrapers, and an impressive cultural heritage. Cruise port
(CNN) — No one element of my life has required such consistent spontaneity (and solvency) as the College Football Bowl schedule. The appeal is sometimes a mystery. There’s the annual displeasure, every December, of not knowing where you’ll be going in the next few weeks. Of having to book multiple hotel rooms across several different