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In our journey roundup this week: the posh dying entice that was the world’s first passenger airplane, a forgotten however lovely Bauhaus airport, and the rising value of journey entry charges.
The must-have journey accent du jour is a giant fats pockets.
You seemingly have heard in regards to the United States introducing a brand new $250 “visa integrity fee” for worldwide guests.
The European Union has additionally been busy on the journey fee entrance, lately elevating its upcoming European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) fee from 7 to twenty euros (about $23).
The fee will apply to non-EU nationals from visa-free nations — so which means the US, the UK, Canada, Japan and extra — and the plan is for it to be up and working by late 2026.
The European Commission attributes this hefty enhance to rising inflation, extra operational prices — and likewise to bringing it according to different journey authorization applications, reminiscent of ESTAs within the US (with a price ticket of $21) and ETAs within the UK.
The UK hiked up the price of its Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) in April, going from £10 to £16 (additionally round $21).
Making a everlasting transfer to a different nation proved simply the change these Americans wanted.
Retired US veteran Christopher Boris was struggling to deal with the rising value of residing, so in 2024 he and his spouse Maria Jesus moved from Maryland to Brazil.
“I could not afford the American Dream,” Boris tells NCS. “But here, it’s not about making money. It’s establishing other factors, like friendships.”
Janet Blaser, initially from New York, relocated from California to Mexico nearly 20 years in the past. As a single mom of three “living paycheck to paycheck,” she says she at all times felt like she “didn’t have enough.”
She began {a magazine} enterprise and acquired herself a everlasting resident visa. “I feel like I succeeded here,” she tells NCS. “I’ve given myself a wonderful life.”
Nashville lady Linda Leaming was blown away by the fantastic thing about the Kingdom of Bhutan when she visited in 1994. “I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life here,” she tells NCS. Three years later, she made the transfer, and has since discovered love and happiness within the Himalayas. “Moving to Bhutan taught me to live mindfully,” she says.
See what it was wish to fly aboard the world’s first passenger jet
The de Havilland DH106 1A Comet was the world’s first passenger jet. It was the peak of Nineteen Fifties luxurious — however it was additionally a dying entice with a deadly design flaw. Now it’s been introduced again to life. Read its incredible story right here.
Not lengthy before the Comet took to the skies, a 20-minute flight between Hong Kong and Macao turned a record-breaker differently. The world’s first airplane hijacking occurred on the Miss Macao seaplane in 1948. The goal? Rob the passengers after which maintain them for ransom.
Finally, aviation followers passing by Budapest would do nicely to squeeze in a go to to Budaörs, a lovely however forgotten Bauhaus airport that’s an aviation time capsule. It’s been working constantly since 1937, with its grassy airfield now utilized by interest pilots, personal planes and helicopters.
China takes a ‘stand’ on escalator etiquette
China is telling its 1.4 billion folks to desert the nearly common apply of “stand right, walk left” on escalators. Instead, authorities are providing what they are saying is a safer and higher various. Might the experiment catch on elsewhere? Watch the video and see what you suppose.
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It’s not simply nations imposing new charges for entry.
Fed-up Italian farmers have arrange mountain turnstiles to cost entry to Instagram scorching spots.
This former Soviet state is likely one of the world’s most remoted nations.
Now it’s displaying indicators it’s ready for extra vacationers.
The new nudity.
Read our Twenty first-century information to taking off your clothes.
Swim to work?
See how Swiss residents switch up their commute.