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How Beneficial is Travel and Tourism to an Economy?
Tourism lies at the heart of many economies in the world today. According to the World Trade Organization (UNWTO), this sector is a powerful driving force for the growth and development of an […]
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Japan closes borders, bans all foreigners from entering the country
Japanese authorities announced today that the country’s borders will be closed to all foreign visitors from December 28 until the end of January, after a new strain of COVID-19 virus was found […]
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Star Air flies nonstop to Surat from Belagavi and Ajmer
Star Air, after running successful operations in Ahmedabad, has now expanded its wings further, by launching its services to one more city of Gujarat. This airline vertical of prominent Indian […]
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Montenegro kills its National Airline to Start a New one
The Montenegro Minister of Capital Investment in the newly elected Government announced yesterday, on Christmas Eve, that the Government will not grant any more state aid to the national airline […]
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The new Bhutan – Israel relationship
The tiny South Asian nation only has diplomatic relations with a small number of countries and measures its success based on a national happiness index Israel on Saturday announced that it had […]
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Can a multi-cultural industry such as tourism be inclusive?
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet the playwright places into the mouth of hisleading character, Juliet, the declarative or r hetorical question: “What’s in a name? That […]
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The virus that shut down the world
Over the past 12 months, COVID-19 has deepened those inequalities, a view highlighted in February, by the UN’s labour-focused agency, ILO, which declared that the two billion people working in […]
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Domestic tourism in Kilimanjaro takes shape this Christmas
Setting the agenda for domestic and regional tourism in East Africa, Christmas and New Year trips in Northern Tanzania and parts of Kenya have been planned with good experience for future […]
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Sandals Resorts Announces Expansion to Curaçao
Sandals Resorts International (SRI), the world’s leading all-inclusive company, announced today the signing of an agreement that will bring Sandals® Resorts to a brand-new […]
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Seychelles authorities take steps to address new COVID-19 variant
Following this week’s Safe Tourism Task Force meeting led by the Seychelles Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Mr. Sylvestre Radegonde, the Public Health Authority has proposed new […]