Sri Lanka, which this week declared itself malaria-free after meeting the criterion of going three years without an infection. By the end of the decade, another 21 countries, including China, Malaysia and Iran, could be free of the disease, which kills 400,000 people, mostly babies and pregnant women, every year. The countries on the list of 21 that could eliminate malaria within the next four years, published by the WHO in April, are: Algeria, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Cape Verde, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Iran, South Korea, Ecuador, El Salvador, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, South Africa Suriname, Swaziland and Timor-Leste,
Travel to Europe is down 0.9pc in the summer season, new data from ForwardKeys has revealed. Ireland has bucked this trend with travel up 18pc for the same period.
Dubai Parks and Resorts have announced ticket prices for their upcoming theme park destination (Bollywood Parks Dubai, Motiongate Dubai, and Legoland Dubai).
A report commissioned by the French Government has proposed that the country set up an institute to monitor tourism following the recent terror attacks in Paris and Nice.
110 passengers trapped in cable cars at an altitude of 3,800 metres near Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix were brought back to an altitude station in the early morning after repairs to tangled cables were completed successfully.
