Where are airlines putting all their grounded planes?
If you happen to live anywhere near a flight path in one of our major cities, the silence is unusual – and ominous.
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The ancient city first to set up a modern quarantine system
Just outside the majestic walls of Croatia's medieval citadel city of Dubrovnik lies a cluster of small stone houses, the Lazarettos of Dubrovnik, best known as an art and clubbing hub and a tourist attraction.
Great Wall of China, Beijing Zoo reopens to visitors
Beijing's city zoo and parts of the Great Wall of China have reopened to visitors who book in advance, as the Chinese capital slowly returns to normal amid a sharp fall in the number of new coronavirus cases.
When animals attack: Deserted tourist towns taken over by hungry creatures
Tours are cancelled. Restaurants are empty. And centuries-old temples are quieter than usual in the ancient capital city of Japan, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines change cancellation policies in wake of travel bans
Further travel bans to contain the spread of COVID-19 outbreak have seen airlines offer further flexibility to passengers looking to change or cancel their travel plans.
What the travel bans mean for your frequent flyer status
Qantas and Virgin have slashed flights, closed lounges and made changes to their frequent flyer programs in the past week.
Trapped in paradise: Tourists forced to ride out lockdowns in idyllic hotspots
The total number of stranded tourists is not known, but scenes of frustration are playing out in several countries.
Sirens wailing, police tore down the streets of Mallorca. What happens next was unexpected
On the Spanish island of Mallorca, police have turned to singing to cheer up residents confined to their homes by a government-imposed coronavirus lockdown.
Podcast: Travel 2020 - will it ever be the same again?
So we're grounded for the foreseeable future - is this the end of the travel as we know it?
World's largest long-haul airline to halt almost all flights
Emirates, the world's largest long-haul airline, will suspend nearly all of its passenger operations this week, in the latest concession to the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated global travel.
How to visit the Top End's best attractions in one morning
You can now visit Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks in one morning.
Cruise line offers its empty ships for use as floating hospitals
The world's largest cruise operator pitched its ships as temporary floating hospitals to authorities around the world.
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