Tourism

Kenya and Tanzania pave a way for regional tourism drive in Africa

Kenya and Tanzania have paved a way for a regional and intra-African tourism drive, taking advantage of their shared wildlife and tourism resources across each one’s territorial borders. Tourism is among key economic areas which African countries are looking to develop, market, and promotefor the continent’s prosperity. The 2 heads of state have jointly agreed […]

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Africa wildlife in grave danger

Africa Wildlife conservation and tourism experts have discussed pertinent efforts that would help to protect and then conserve wildlife on the continent, stressing the need for more strategies to end crime against wildlife and prosecution of poaching barons. The survival of wildlife in Africa is a matter of grave concern especially for tourism. COVID-19 impacts […]

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EU to ban Belarusian airlines after Belarus hijacks Ryanair plane

EU to bar Belarusian carriers after a state-sponsored hijacking of the Ryanair flight over Belarus that was forced to land in Minsk. Belarusian airlines to be barred from carrying out flights to EU airports Belarussian carriers to be banned from flying in EU airspace European airlines advised to suspend all flights in Belarusian airspace European […]

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Russia’s S7 Airlines announces flights to two new destinations in Croatia

Russian S7 Airlines to launch new flights to Croatian cities of Split and Zadar. The flight from Moscow to Split will be operated on Fridays starting from June 2 The flight from Moscow to Zadar will be operated on Saturdays starting from June 26 In April 2021, S7 also resumed weekly flights to Pula, Croatia […]

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Uzbekistan Airways resumes Moscow flights

Uzbekistan Airways’ partnership with Moscow Domodedovo Airport will make possible to create comfortable conditions for dynamic development of tourism in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan airline relaunches Russia service Flights between Tashkent and Moscow resume in June Uzbekistan Airways restarts flights from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport The press service of Uzbekistan’s flag carrier airline announced today that Uzbekistan Airways […]

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Emirates President welcomes virtual Arabian Travel Market

Following last week’s in-person Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East’s largest travel and tourism showcase continued this week with the opening today (Monday, May 24, 2021) of ATM Virtual. Three-day event opens under the theme “A news dawn for travel and tourism.” President of Emirates believes demand for air travel could come back at […]

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Herd immunity reached in Malta!

Malta, an archipelago in the Mediterranean, was the first country in the European Union to start vaccinating people over 16 years of age. 70 percent of the adult population is now vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, 42 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated having received both […]

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Two subway trains collide in Kuala Lumpur tunnel, 213 passengers injured

At around 8:33pm local time, an empty light rail train and another carrying 232 people collided underground near the KLCC station. Malaysia’s Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said he was saddened by the cras Special investigation committee led by the Ministry of Transportation had been set up First such incident in the LRT Kelana Jaya […]

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Singapore approves non-invasive COVID-19 breath test

In partnership with the Singapore Ministry of Health, Breathonix will first deploy its testing at the Tuas Checkpoint, which connects Singapore and Malaysia. New test can detect Volatile Organic Compounds in a person’s breath The test will likely be the fastest in the world upon its rollout Non-invasive breath test will be used to test […]

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Court Ruling Affected the Booking.com Business Model

In the future, in Germany, contract hotels will be allowed to offer overnight stays at lower prices than those listed on Booking.com. Heavy blow for Booking.com: The world’s largest portal for hotel accommodation may no longer prohibit its contract partners from offering rooms at a lower price than stated on the platform. This was […]