Cambodia reduces quarantine requirements to as little as 3 days in major shake-up of Covid-19 entry rules, but does that mean it is open to tourism? Sadly not.  To read about which countries are open to travel click here. Cambodia Reduces Quarantine Requirements – What are the new rules? If you are a diplomat, or […]

The Squid Game and North Korea – what is the story? Oh it seems like yesterday that viewers were going crazy over Korean drama “Crash Landing on You”, and now it is the turn of Squid Game! Crash Landing on You? We won’t do any spoiler alerts, just in case you do in fact decide […]

Argentina have announced new procedures for letting visitors into the country, valid from November 1st, which by default means that Antarctica is now open to tourism.  This is obviously extremely exciting news and will mean our December departure to Antarctica will  now go ahead. What are the requirements to enter Argentina? To enter Argentina and […]

Syria to reopen borders to tourism! So, the good news is that you can go on a group or individual tour again very soon, with one of the few people to have experience in taking you to Syria. As soon as the opportunity arose back in 2018, we were there, and we can’t wait to […]

FC Sheriff Tiraspol are nothing new to me, I have spent 10+years traveling to Transnistria and Tiraspol, and have even lived there! I had been meaning to write about the great FC Sheriff Tiraspol for a while now, but had not gotten around to it. With Sheriff spanking Real Madrid, now seemed as good a […]

We’ve learned from our local partners today that tourist visa issuance has currently been suspended for Socotra again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What Does This Mean for YPT Socotra Tours? We are hopeful the suspension will not last too long and our next departure which is our December Socotra tour will still be able […]

Russia to open to tourism by August 9th according to a report by “Traveling Lifestyle”, although as yet there is scant other corroborating news. If the information proves to be correct it will be great news for our Soviet Tours , although with China closed will make taking the Trans-Siberian to Moscow this October still […]

Saudi Arabia to reopen for tourism as of August 1st according to a report from Reuters. In a statement released by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism they stated; “Vaccinated tourists will be allowed to enter without having to be institutionally quarantined upon providing a negative Covid-19 PCR test and a vaccination certificate,” This has […]

We have just received some exciting news from our partners in Ukraine that it is now once again possible to embark on overnight tours of the Chernobyl exclusion zone. This new development, coupled with recently relaxed entry requirements into Ukraine and the removal of the hordes of tourists that stormed the zone in 2019 after […]

As of the 11th of May, 2021 we have received confirmation from our local partners in Lhasa that Tibet has reopened to tourism for travellers of all nationalities. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Tibet has been closed to tourism even as China has dealt with the pandemic and its cities have seen life back to […]