Travel news/2010

December 2010 Estonia First Ex-Soviet State to Adopt Euro (31 December 2010) Seoul-Incheon Airport Link Opens (29 December 2010) Snow and Ice Causes Traffic Chaos in Europe (20 December 2010) Ukraine Announces Chernobyl Power Plant Site Will Be Open for Tours in 2011 (14 December 2010) Egypt Reopens Sharm el-Sheikh Beaches After Shark Attack Closings (14 December 2010) Fast Trains From Helsinki to St. Petersburg (12 December 2010) Tohoku Shinkansen extension opens in Japan (4 December 2010) Edinburgh and Gatwick Airport Closed Due to Freezing Conditions (2 December 2010) November 2010 Tokyo's Haneda Airport Goes International (1 November 2010) October 2010 Ferrari World Opens in Abu Dhabi (27 October 2010) [[Travel news#Mentawai earthquake and tsunami|Mentawai earthquake and tsunami]] (25 October 2010)[1] Roman Colosseum Opens Gladiator 'Dungeons' For the First Time (18 October 2010) Toxic spill in Hungary threatens Danube and Black Sea (4 October 2010) Bloggers invited to compete for prizes in Thailand’s Medical Tourism Blog Contest (1 October 2010) Bacolod invites everyone to Masskara! (1-19 October 2010) September 2010 Ecuadorean Police Attack President, Chaos in the Streets (30 September 2010) World's largest airline cleared for takeoff (18 September 2010) [[Travel news#A massive earthquake strikes Christchurch|A massive earthquake strikes Christchurch]] (4 September 2010) [2] August 2010 Mount Sinabung Erupts After 400 Years of Dormancy (30 August 2010) Traveler's Checks Now Available in Chinese Yuan (24 August 2010) Henley On Todd Regatta Takes Off (21 August 2010) New Air Travel Information Website "Airlikes" Launches (17 August 2010) Japan Bus Pass Offers Affordable Distance Travel (13 August 2010) WHO Declares Swine Flu Alert Over (10 August 2010) Major Mexican Airline Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Cancels Flights (10 August 2010) Flooding in Pakistan causes humanitarian crisis (04 August 2010) 21 Sites Added to UNESCO World Heritage List (3 August 2010) July 2010 China is Facing its Worst Flooding in More Than a Decade (30 July 2010) Smog and heat over Moscow (28 July 2010) No survivors as Pakistan plane crash kills 152 (28 July 2010) 2010 Medellin Flower Festival will be best yet (25 July 2010) Total Solar Eclipse Today (11 July 2010) Luxury cruise ship to sail Colombia's Pacific coast (10 July 2010) World's Largest Tent Opens, Complete With a Beach For Those -40C Winter Days! (6 July 2010) June 2010 Oil Spreads to Florida's Pensacola Beach (23 June 2010) Quake Shakes Canada, No Major Damage (23 June 2010) Muggles Enter Wizarding World (18 June 2010) Scores Killed, Thousands Flee as Ethnic Violence Spreads in Kyrgyzstan (13 June 2010) UPDATE: Curfew lifted in Bangkok and 23 provinces, FCO cancels travel warnings put in effect due to unrest (29 May 2010 - 1 June 2010) 2010 FIFA World Cup Kicks Off in South Africa (11 June 2010 - 11 July 2010) May 2010 May 26, 2010 - US Travel Warning issued for Sri Lanka cancelled (May 26, 2010) UPDATE: Thailand curfew extended to 31st May. FCO eases travel warning for Bangkok (26 May 2010 - 31 May 2010) UPDATE: Thailand curfew extended to 24 provinces for another two nights. FCO still advises against all travel to Bangkok (23 May 2010 - 25 May 2010) UPDATE: Curfew in Bangkok and 23 other Thai provinces due to violent political unrest. FCO Advises against all travel to Bangkok (19 May 2010 - Ongoing) Sterling falls in wake of inconclusive general election (7 May 2010) Riots in Athens (4 May 2010) Continental-United merger OK'd (2 May 2010) General Strike in Nepal (1 May 2010) World Expo Begins in Shanghai (1 May 2010 - 30 October 2010) April 2010 Shroud of Turin on Display (10 April - 23 May 2010) Eyjafjallajökull eruption closes airspace in Northern Europe (15 April 2010) Violent Coup Ousts Kyrgyzstan President (7 April 2010) Hands Off Our Tuna! Tokyo's Tsukiji Market Bans Tourists Again (7 April 2010) Something special in the air over the Dakotas (6 April 2010) Sudan Begins First General Elections Since 1986 (5 April 2010) American abandoning St. Louis hub (5 April 2010) Senegal Inaugurates Massive, Controversial Statue (3 April 2010) March 2010 Philippine Airlines restarts flights to Riyadh (28 March 2010) Volcano erupts in Iceland (21 March 2010) Medellin's touristic calendar for the South American Games (16 March 2010) Fire Destroys Part of Jeddah's Old City (3 March 2010) Topeka, KS renamed "Google, KS" (1 March 2010) February 2010 Powerful earthquake hits Chile; causes Pacific tsunami alerts (27 February 2010) Thailand Braces for Protests With Thaksin Verdict This Week (21 February 2010) Flooding Wreaks Havoc on Portugal's Madeira Island, Kills 32 (20 February 2010) UNESCO World Heritage-Listed Minaret Collapses, Kills 41 (19 February 2010) Military Coup in Niger (18 February 2010) Libya Stops Issuing Visas to Most Europeans (16 February 2010) Casino and Universal Studios in Singapore (14 February 2010) 2010 Winter Olympics Commence in Vancouver (12 February 2010) Somali Islamists Prepare to Storm Mogadishu (11 February 2010) Greek Public Sector Strikes, Leaves Travellers Stranded (10 February 2010) Final Night Launch For Space Shuttle (7 February 2010) "Snowpocalypse" Hits Washington (5 February 2010) January 2010 US Funds Construction of High-Speed Rail (28 January 2010) About 2000 Tourists Stranded in Machu Picchu (26 January 2009) 10% more foreigners visited Colombia in 2009 (23 January 2009) Yemen Stops Issuing Visas at Airport (21 January 2009) Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti (12 January 2010) Africa Cup of Nations Kicks Off With Excitement and Tragedy (10 January 2010) 'Festival in the Desert' Moved Over Security Concerns (8 January 2010) Record Cold, Heavy Snow Hits US Southeast (6 January 2010) World's Tallest Skyscraper Open in Dubai (4 January 2010) Nara Celebrates the 1300th Anniversary of Heijo Palace (1 January - 31 December 2010)