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Added on the 19/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Madrid, May 19 (EFE).- (Camera: Jesus Bartolome) Fitur, the tourism fair in Madrid, begins an edition called to mark the turning point after an almost blank year, in which Spain has lost 70 million international tourists and 92 million national trips, with losses that exceed 100 billion euros compared to 2019.FOOTAGE OF THE SPANISH KING AND QUEEN AT FITUR.
Images of sweltering passersby in Madrid, as thermometers hover around 38 degrees Celsisus in the city. Looking for shade, using fans, walking bottle in hand, Spain attempts to handle the heat as it suffers through its latest summer heatwave, the fourth of the season, with the mercury soaring notably above 40 degrees Celsius in the northeast and the south of the country. IMAGES
An Air France plane takes off for New York takes off from Roissy airport, near Paris. The United States has lifted access restrictions for people vaccinated against Covid. IMAGES
The first batch of travellers arrive at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs. The coronavirus pandemic hammered the kingdom's tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis with arrivals down more than 80 percent. Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from more than 60 "low-risk" countries to skip hotel quarantine -- providing the sector a much-needed lifeline. IMAGES
La Paz, Oct 7 (EFE).- La Paz is seeking to reactivate tourism and economic activity, hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the reopening of the mystic Mercado de Las Brujas (Witches Market), where people's hearts and souls can be cured of their malaises. Love potions, powders to forget not being loved in return, amulets to bring good luck and dried llama fetuses as offerings to Mother Earth are some of the goods to be found in the market.The strange market is a must-see for tourists, who walk around astonished at the amount and uniqueness of the collections of objects to do with faith and mysticism. (Camera: GINA BALDIVIESO).SHOT LIST: THE WITCHES' MARKET, ALSO KNOWN AS EL MERCADO DE LAS BRUJAS AND LA HECHICERIA, LOCATED IN CERRO CUMBRE, A MOUNTAIN CLEARING IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
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