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No exemption for tourists visiting Northern Ireland via Ireland, says minister

There will be no exemption from electronic travel authorisations for tourists visiting Northern Ireland via Ireland, a minister has confirmed. Tory former minister Tim Loughton raised concerns about the potential ramifications of granting an ...

21 Jun 2023 at 14:45

Heathrow blames Government scheme for ‘lost 90,000 transfer passengers’

Heathrow Airport said it has suffered a 90,000 decline in passenger numbers on routes included in a £10 per person Government scheme. It described the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) system as “devastating for our hub competitiveness”....

12 Aug 2024 at 18:03

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Town hall meeting on Common Travel Area

A Town hall meeting, co-organised by the North West Migrants Forum (NWMF), on the Common Travel Area, is being held in Derry. The event will take place on Monday, June 27, in the Museum of Free Derry, from 7pm to 9pm and is in-person. ...

22 Jun 2022 at 15:33

Northern Ireland

NI tourism sector braced for hit as full rollout of visa waiver scheme looms

The Northern Ireland tourism sector faces a significant hit if visitors arriving across the Irish border are not exempted from the UK’s new visa waiver scheme, industry chiefs have warned. From January 8, all non-European visitors to ...

26 Dec 2024 at 11:00

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NI tourism sector braced for hit as full rollout of visa waiver scheme looms

26 Dec 2024 at 15:33

Home Office official admits enforcing new travel scheme will be ‘a challenge’

It will be “a challenge” to catch people illegally entering the UK from the Republic of Ireland who have not signed up to a new travel scheme, a Home Office official has admitted. An electronic travel authorisation (ETA) is a ...

26 Mar 2024 at 13:24

Northern Ireland

Visa waiver scheme ‘could dissuade US travellers from visiting Northern Ireland’

A tourism chief has expressed concern that a new visa waiver scheme for international travellers could damage Northern Ireland’s ability to attract US visitors. John McGrillen, chief executive of Tourism NI, said tourists ...

30 Dec 2022 at 17:05

Northern Ireland

Home Office says Northern Ireland exemption to ETA would hit security efforts

The Home Office has rejected a call to introduce a temporary exemption to its new travel scheme for tourists visiting Northern Ireland. An electronic travel authorisation (ETA) will soon be a requirement for people who ...

24 Oct 2023 at 12:58

Northern Ireland

Government urged to consider seven-day waiver for ETA requirement

The UK Government has been urged to consider a seven-day waiver for a travel requirement to visit Northern Ireland. Tourism Ireland have said they are lobbying for a potential alternative to the UK’s new visa waiver ...

16 Jan 2025 at 12:02

Northern Ireland tourism at risk from electronic travel scheme – civil servant

There is a “real risk” to tourism in Northern Ireland from the UK’s electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme, a senior civil servant has said. An ETA is set to become a requirement for people who do not need a ...

11 Jan 2024 at 17:34

Ireland

Varadkar voices concern over tourism implications of new UK visa waiver scheme

A new UK visa waiver scheme will create problems for tourism on the island of Ireland, the Taoiseach has warned. Irish premier Leo Varadkar raised concerns about the implications of the new Electronic Travel ...

21 Mar 2023 at 17:33

Heathrow accuses Government of ‘curtailing UK’s global connectivity’

Heathrow Airport has accused the Government of “curtailing the UK’s global connectivity”. The west London airport criticised measures such as introducing a £10 fee for some transiting passengers and the ...

13 May 2024 at 07:49

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