Author: Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY

India is set to begin granting new tourist visas to foreigners traveling by chartered flights beginning Oct. 15 and non-chartered flights Nov. 15.

The average wait time for nonexpedited passports has dropped from 18 weeks to as low as eight weeks.

Starting Nov. 1, New Zealand will require non-citizens to be fully vaccinated to enter. Most international travel is still banned until at least 2022.

Travelers may face higher average daily room rates and more competition when booking in key markets this holiday season.

Travelers may face higher average daily room rates and more competition when booking in key markets this holiday season.

Days earlier, Norway opened its borders to citizens and residents of numerous countries, but not the U.S.

The hotel company says its eco-friendly changes, in demand by travelers, could include renewable energy usage, design changes and other upgrades.

Border restrictions on nonessential travel have been extended again, this time through Oct. 21.

Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said the island nation is set to gradually lift travel restrictions based on vaccination rates.

Oceania Cruises reported a single-day booking record that beat the previous record from March 2021 by nearly 60%.