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Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia discuss easier visas and more flights

Plus Australia’s updated Saudi Arabia travel advice and the rest of the week’s stories.

Kuwait Airport Terminal 1 to reopen in November

Plus Anantara’s first African safari camp, stablecoins for medical tourism and the Riyadh airport suspension.

Syria signs Eagle Hills deal for Damascus and Latakia tourism projects

Plus Montenegro’s visa changes, WTTC’s Europe forecast from Malta and Chinese arrivals in Iceland.

Eurowings adds Baghdad and expands Middle East flying for winter

Plus Etihad’s Red Sea flights, Lufthansa’s Frankfurt–Kuala Lumpur route and Emirates to Helsinki.

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