Travel news/2010

December 2010

• Estonia First Ex-Soviet State to Adopt Euro (31 December 2010)

• Seoul-Incheon Airport Link Opens (29 December 2010)

• Snow and Ice Causes Traffic Chaos in Europe (20 December 2010)

• Ukraine Announces Chernobyl Power Plant Site Will Be Open for Tours in 2011 (14 December 2010)

• Egypt Reopens Sharm el-Sheikh Beaches After Shark Attack Closings (14 December 2010)

• Fast Trains From Helsinki to St. Petersburg (12 December 2010)

• Tohoku Shinkansen extension opens in Japan (4 December 2010)

• Edinburgh and Gatwick Airport Closed Due to Freezing Conditions (2 December 2010)

November 2010

• Tokyo's Haneda Airport Goes International (1 November 2010)

October 2010

• Ferrari World Opens in Abu Dhabi (27 October 2010)

• [[Travel news#Mentawai earthquake and tsunami|Mentawai earthquake and tsunami]] (25 October 2010)

• Roman Colosseum Opens Gladiator 'Dungeons' For the First Time (18 October 2010)

• Toxic spill in Hungary threatens Danube and Black Sea (4 October 2010)

• Bloggers invited to compete for prizes in Thailand’s Medical Tourism Blog Contest (1 October 2010)

• Bacolod invites everyone to Masskara! (1-19 October 2010)

September 2010

• Ecuadorean Police Attack President, Chaos in the Streets (30 September 2010)

• World's largest airline cleared for takeoff (18 September 2010)

• [[Travel news#A massive earthquake strikes Christchurch|A massive earthquake strikes Christchurch]] (4 September 2010)

August 2010

• Mount Sinabung Erupts After 400 Years of Dormancy (30 August 2010)

• Traveler's Checks Now Available in Chinese Yuan (24 August 2010)

• Henley On Todd Regatta Takes Off (21 August 2010)

• New Air Travel Information Website "Airlikes" Launches (17 August 2010)

• Japan Bus Pass Offers Affordable Distance Travel (13 August 2010)

• WHO Declares Swine Flu Alert Over (10 August 2010)

• Major Mexican Airline Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Cancels Flights (10 August 2010)

• Flooding in Pakistan causes humanitarian crisis (04 August 2010)

• 21 Sites Added to UNESCO World Heritage List (3 August 2010)

July 2010

• China is Facing its Worst Flooding in More Than a Decade (30 July 2010)

• Smog and heat over Moscow (28 July 2010)

• No survivors as Pakistan plane crash kills 152 (28 July 2010)

• 2010 Medellin Flower Festival will be best yet (25 July 2010)

• Total Solar Eclipse Today (11 July 2010)

• Luxury cruise ship to sail Colombia's Pacific coast (10 July 2010)

• World's Largest Tent Opens, Complete With a Beach For Those -40C Winter Days! (6 July 2010)

June 2010

• Oil Spreads to Florida's Pensacola Beach (23 June 2010)

• Quake Shakes Canada, No Major Damage (23 June 2010)

• Muggles Enter Wizarding World (18 June 2010)

• Scores Killed, Thousands Flee as Ethnic Violence Spreads in Kyrgyzstan (13 June 2010)

• UPDATE: Curfew lifted in Bangkok and 23 provinces, FCO cancels travel warnings put in effect due to unrest (29 May 2010 - 1 June 2010)

• 2010 FIFA World Cup Kicks Off in South Africa (11 June 2010 - 11 July 2010)

May 2010

• May 26, 2010 - US Travel Warning issued for Sri Lanka cancelled (May 26, 2010)

• UPDATE: Thailand curfew extended to 31st May. FCO eases travel warning for Bangkok (26 May 2010 - 31 May 2010)

• UPDATE: Thailand curfew extended to 24 provinces for another two nights. FCO still advises against all travel to Bangkok (23 May 2010 - 25 May 2010)

• UPDATE: Curfew in Bangkok and 23 other Thai provinces due to violent political unrest. FCO Advises against all travel to Bangkok (19 May 2010 - Ongoing)

• Sterling falls in wake of inconclusive general election (7 May 2010)

• Riots in Athens (4 May 2010)

• Continental-United merger OK'd (2 May 2010)

• General Strike in Nepal (1 May 2010)

• World Expo Begins in Shanghai (1 May 2010 - 30 October 2010)

April 2010

• Shroud of Turin on Display (10 April - 23 May 2010)

• Eyjafjallajökull eruption closes airspace in Northern Europe (15 April 2010)

• Violent Coup Ousts Kyrgyzstan President (7 April 2010)

• Hands Off Our Tuna! Tokyo's Tsukiji Market Bans Tourists Again (7 April 2010)

• Something special in the air over the Dakotas (6 April 2010)

• Sudan Begins First General Elections Since 1986 (5 April 2010)

• American abandoning St. Louis hub (5 April 2010)

• Senegal Inaugurates Massive, Controversial Statue (3 April 2010)

March 2010

• Philippine Airlines restarts flights to Riyadh (28 March 2010)

• Volcano erupts in Iceland (21 March 2010)

• Medellin's touristic calendar for the South American Games (16 March 2010)

• Fire Destroys Part of Jeddah's Old City (3 March 2010)

• Topeka, KS renamed "Google, KS" (1 March 2010)

February 2010

• Powerful earthquake hits Chile; causes Pacific tsunami alerts (27 February 2010)

• Thailand Braces for Protests With Thaksin Verdict This Week (21 February 2010)

• Flooding Wreaks Havoc on Portugal's Madeira Island, Kills 32 (20 February 2010)

• UNESCO World Heritage-Listed Minaret Collapses, Kills 41 (19 February 2010)

• Military Coup in Niger (18 February 2010)

• Libya Stops Issuing Visas to Most Europeans (16 February 2010)

• Casino and Universal Studios in Singapore (14 February 2010)

• 2010 Winter Olympics Commence in Vancouver (12 February 2010)

• Somali Islamists Prepare to Storm Mogadishu (11 February 2010)

• Greek Public Sector Strikes, Leaves Travellers Stranded (10 February 2010)

• Final Night Launch For Space Shuttle (7 February 2010)

• "Snowpocalypse" Hits Washington (5 February 2010)

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January 2010

• US Funds Construction of High-Speed Rail (28 January 2010)

• About 2000 Tourists Stranded in Machu Picchu (26 January 2009)

• 10% more foreigners visited Colombia in 2009 (23 January 2009)

• Yemen Stops Issuing Visas at Airport (21 January 2009)

• Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti (12 January 2010)

• Africa Cup of Nations Kicks Off With Excitement and Tragedy (10 January 2010)

• 'Festival in the Desert' Moved Over Security Concerns (8 January 2010)

• Record Cold, Heavy Snow Hits US Southeast (6 January 2010)

• World's Tallest Skyscraper Open in Dubai (4 January 2010)

• Nara Celebrates the 1300th Anniversary of Heijo Palace (1 January - 31 December 2010)