I love these Caribbean Islands, said St. Vincent PM Ralph Everard Gonsalves after the volcano was attacking his island last week. The Caribbean Islands are coming together and Jamaica’s minister of tourism is in the driver seat. The Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, is calling on tourism leaders in the region to meet […]
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Taiwan’s new Commuter Train has a little touch of Germany with TUV Rheinland
Pregnant women in Taiwan can use the Pink Light Transmitter to trigger the light and remind a non-priority occupant to give up the seat. This is what the service provider said is the most beautiful train in Taiwan. The inaugural train departed on April 1 and each train will increase the capacity by about 40%. The Taiwan […]
Canada: Tourism Revenue Went Down by 50%
Tourism revenue in Canada decreased by nearly half in 2020, a dismal year that ended with a 3.3% drop in the industry’s gross domestic product in the fourth quarter, Statistics Canada reported last week. The federal agency reported that the tourism industry lagged behind the overall economy, which grew 2.3% in the fourth quarter […]
How Global Tourism will Recover: A Lesson from Hawaii
Hawaii is an excellent example on how tourism can come back and may look like in the future. Frank Haas, a member of the World Tourism Network, and head of the Marketing Management Inc in Honolulu shares his research and approach for a global view on the future of the travel and tourism industry. What […]
Tourism in Chile: 75% Fewer Foreigners Welcomed in 2020
Although the consensus is that lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the Chilean government to slow down infections continue to impact tourism activity in the short term, both the economic authorities and experts estimate that this year tourism in Chile will see a recovery. Last week, the Central Bank of Chile revised its growth […]
Safe Travel: Vaccinations Is Not Enough to Save the Industry
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has again stated that rapid testing for COVID-19 at airport departure is the key to unlocking international travel, in a presentation to the UK government’s Global Travel Taskforce. The global tourism body says that, while the vaccination is to be applauded, the travel and tourism sector cannot […]
Expo 2020 in Dubai – Everything Goes According to the Plan
In the heat of the desert, the signs “Expo 2020” can be seen everywhere, as if Dubai was waiting for a future that is already in the past. However, everything is ahead. The name of the world exhibition, which has been postponed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has remained the same […]
Gunman at Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu
Despite COVID-19 the Aloha State of Hawaii has been experiencing record arrivals from US Visitors. Today not only visitors, but terror came back to Honolulu. Shots were fired at the Kahala Resort and Hotel close to Waikiki on the Island of Oahu in the US State of Hawaii A heavy police presence is trying to […]
Korean Airlines expects profit this quarter
It’s not all passenger traffic for an airline. This is very true for the South Korean flag carrier Korean Airlines.The carrier is expected to fly a profit in the first quarter of 2021 Korean Air Lines Co. is will be flying in the black in the first quarter of this year. This surprising, data was […]
Gunman at Kahala Resort and Hotel in Honolulu
Despite COVID-19 the Aloha State of Hawaii has been experiencing record arrivals from US Visitors. Today not only visitors, but terror came back to Honolulu. Shots were fired at the Kahala Resort and Hotel close to Waikiki on the Island of Oahu in the US State of Hawaii A heavy police presence is trying to […]