Competition
DCT Abu Dhabi Launches Abu Dhabi Specialist Programmeedit
Travel Trends Today – Online
The Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced the launch of the Abu Dhabi Specialist Programme, an elearning platform which will educate travel trade industry professionals with all destination related information about the emirate through a series of online courses.
When We Travel Again: 5 Things To Do In Dubai UAEedit
Femina – Online
Dubai is a destination like no other. Where else will you find manmade islands shaped to look like a map of the world, or a building so tall its spire shoots through the clouds Once you step outside the airport, you might feel like youve been transported into another world one that opens its arms to the possibilities of the future, while celebrating the past.
Singapore to temporarily shut Terminal 4 of Changi airport due to reduced flights caused by COVID-19 pandemicedit
Yahoo News – Online
‘Meanwhile, Changi continues to play its part, bringing essential supplies to Singapore and mounting repatriation flights. And finalising detailed plans to protect crew and air passengers, when people start to fly again,’ he added.
149 flights from 31 countries in Phase 2 of Vande Bharatedit
Hindustan Times, Odisha TV – Online
The maximum number of flights during the second phase will be from the US (13), the UAE (11), Canada (10), Saudi Arabia and the UK (nine each) and Malaysia and Oman (eight each).There will also be flights from Kazakhstan and Australia (seven each), Ukraine, Qatar, Indonesia and Russia (six each), the Philippines (five), France, Singapore, Ireland and Kyrgyzstan (four each), Kuwait and Japan (three each), Georgia, Germany, Tajikistan, Bahrain and Armenia (two each), and Thailand, Italy, Nepal, Belarus, Nigeria and Bangladesh (one each).
Industry
Global tourism would get survival boost from the Eastedit
Travel and Tour World – Online
Until just a couple of months ago, a bright future was expected, with Portugal breaking previous records in terms of tourism revenue, number of visitors and room nights. This success even brought complaints about over tourism.
International tourism may fall by 70%edit
Rastriya Sahara, WIO News, Travel and Tour World – Online
The National Tourism Organization of the Nation (UNWTO) has said that international tourism may fall by 80–80 percent in 2020 due to Kovid-19 epidemic, which has resulted in loss of earnings from 910 billion dollars to 1200 billion dollars. And the livelihood of millions of people will be in danger. The global agency said that during the first quarter of 2020 there has been a decline of 22 percent in international tourist traffic due to the epidemic.
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Post Lockdown Strategy: What India Can Learn From the World as it Inches Towards Covid-19 Peakedit
News 18 – Online
India might not yet be in a position to reopen its malls, markets, restaurants and theatres and schools and colleges as, unlike most Western European countries, we have still not hit our peak and that may be a good one month away.
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This Hong Kong restaurant group created a manual about how to handle the pandemic, and it’s become a blueprint guide for restauranteurs around the worldedit
Business Insider – Online
The owners of a Hong Kong restaurant group created a manual about how to handle the pandemic, and it’s become a blueprint guide for restauranteurs around the world.