Andrew Brown of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) explained the approach and activities by WTTC to restart the tourism economy.World Tourism Network invited WTTC to its one-year anniversary for its rebuilding travel discussion.WTTC message is to move from national to individual risk assessments and consider solutions to remove quarantine requirements. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to say that wearing masks and social distancing help reduce the chance of being exposed to COVID-19 or spreading it to others, but these measures are not enough. Vaccines are needed to protect the body against exposure to the coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) not […]
In 2020, Berlin recorded only a third of the previous year’s visitor numbers in the city due to the Corona pandemic. According to the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office, 4.9 million guests spent around 12.3 million nights (-64%) in Berlin’s tourist establishments during the year. Compared to the record year 2019, in which an incredible 14 […]
British home secretary Priti Patel said that going on holiday overseas was now illegal until the pandemic was under control and anyone caught trying to go on holiday will be fined. The foreign holiday ban was announced in London a month ago but policing of the policy has not been clear until now. In addition […]
Djibouti is the second country in the Middle East and North Africa region to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility. First shipment of vaccines will support vaccination of health care workers, people over 50 years of age, and people with comorbidities – the presence of two or more diseases. The country has 6,102 persons […]
The newly-elected Rajiv Mehra has been an active long-time IATO member holding key posts and overseeing convention registrations for many years Polling attracted a record number of voters with the verdict being seen as a fractured, as some of those who won today belong to the other group who lost and had sought change. One […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to say that wearing masks and social distancing help reduce the chance of being exposed to COVID-19 or spreading it to others, but these measures are not enough. Vaccines are needed to protect the body against exposure to the coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) not […]
Passenger’s aggressive behavior forced the plane’s captain to request an emergency landing in Bulgarian capital’s airport Air France flight from Paris to New Delhi makes emergency landing in Bulgarian capital’s airport Rowdy passenger is being charged with endangering flight safety The passenger assaulted flight attendant and pummeled on the cockpit door According to Bulgarian officials, […]
Another powerful earthquake rocked Kermadec Islands region today. Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time 6 Mar 2021 12:05:23 UTC 7 Mar 2021 01:05:23 near epicenter Location 28.336S 177.907W Depth 10 km Distances 831.2 km (515.3 mi) SSW of �Ohonua, Tonga 842.8 km (522.5 mi) SSW of Nuku�alofa, Tonga 1099.6 km (681.8 mi) NE of Whangarei, […]
A presentation by the Executive Chairman of the CAPA Centre for Aviation, Peter Harbison, called “Midnight’s Approaching: Who’s Going to Turn into a Pumpkin?” is a story of hope and delusion and some more hope. Despite a massive slump due to COVID, airlines have had some positive strong tailwinds, but will the sector actually see […]