Tourism

Pandemic Fought trough the Innovation in Tourism

One of the few industries that is always changing and evolving is tourism. The experience of traveling today is completely different from 10 or even 5 years ago and of course, due to the pandemic, more changes are certainly on the horizon. Innovation in tourism is thus essential for all professionals in the sector. […]

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Alaska Airlines announces path to net zero by 2040

Alaska Airlines commits to carbon, waste and water goals for 2025 With this commitment, Alaska joins The Climate Pledge Today’s announcement included the release of Alaska’s 2020 LIFT Sustainability Report Alaska’s roadmap to 2040 includes five focus areas to reach net-zero emissions Alaska Airlines today announced its commitment and roadmap to reduce the company’s carbon emissions […]

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Seychelles changed travel restrictions for India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

The Seychelles Public Health Authority announces new travel measures Seychelles has announced new travel measures on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, following an increase in outbreaks in several countries.   With immediate effect, visitors from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh traveling to Seychelles have to be vaccinated. Travelers will only be permitted entry after taking their two doses, […]

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Hotels in Bali wants to be exempt from the Indonesian Eid Festival travel ban

The Bali Tourism Industry is working on the reopening of international tourism. Observing the closure mandated by the Eid festival lockdown is opposed by the Bali Hotel Association. The Bali Hotel Association asked the Government to be exempt from the upcoming Eid festival restrictions banning sea, land, and rail travel. According to BHA the ban […]

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Hong Kong Travel Bubble delayed again

One more week is the latest for the long expected Hong Kong Singapore Travel Bubble first announced first last year in November and again in March. Hong Kong and Singapore have delayed a planned Thursday announcement of the launch of a long-awaited travel bubble to next week, according to two Bloomberg News An unidentified source said there was no reason […]

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United passengers can schedule COVID tests and be cleared for travel through Travel-Ready Center

Airline customers can schedule tests and have results directly verified through United’s Travel-Ready Center on web and mobile United’s industry-leading digital platform gets even more useful Customers can now choose from more than 200 COVID-19 testing providers across the country Once the test is validated, customers will see a status indicator informing them that they […]

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Wellness Tourism: What Is the Current Situation in the World

The tourism sector worldwide is going through a very tough period during the Covid-19 pandemic. Travel and social restrictions have complicated things greatly and no country or sector is an exception. Not even wellness tourism managed to escape the effects of this unprecedented crisis. Health tourism around the world has been severely affected by […]

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Bangkok Airways delays new routes until fall due to third COVID wave

Bangkok Airways announced today that it will delay its anticipated new route of Bangkok – Mae Sot as well as temporarily suspend routes between Phuket – Hat Yai, Bangkok – Sukhothai, and Bangkok – Trat route. The country saw a record high of 1,767 new COVID-19 cases in one day this past Sunday. Because of […]

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How is China Southern Airlines weathering the COVID-19 storm?

The Senior Air Transport Editor for Aviation Week, Adrian Scofield, had the distinct privilege of speaking with China Southern Airlines Senior Vice President for International and Corporate Relations, Guoxiang Wu. Airline Sr. VP said domestic travel in China is very safe, and the demand has increased very quickly. For the international network, because of the […]

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Uganda anti-poaching funded projects help preserve tourism

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) Executive Director Sam Mwandha hosted the United States Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Natalie Brown, at the Karuma Wildlife Reserve yesterday, Tuesday, April 20, 2020. Community tourism is an important sector for Uganda and wildlife protection projects help to save tourism. Visitors to community tourism projects experience a unique and authentic […]