Competition
Dubai safety initiative receives huge response despite Covidedit
Travel and Tour World – Online
Dubai has ensured that utmost precautions have been taken to ensure the health and safety of visitors and residents amidst the COVID19 pandemicafter the Emirate reopened its borders to tourists on July 7.
Imported cases from India: Singapore mandates predeparture Covid test for some travellersedit
The Times of India – Online
Certain categories of travellers from India will have to undergo Covid test before leaving for Singapore as a negative report will be needed to enter the citystate from September 17.Singapores health ministry on Wednesday took this decision due to the resurgence of infections in India and the city state seeing a significant number of imported cases with recent travel history to India.
UAE, India should have open sky policy instead of service agreement: Envoyedit
Live Mint – Online
We have 1,068 flights between the UAE and India. More than 50 or 55% of Indians who travel outside India, they use Dubai and Abu Dhabi as their transit points, he said.We need to look into having what we call an open sky policy, instead of having an air service agreement, which is limited in terms of capacity, in the number of seats, Al Banna said.
Industry
Virtual Travel Revitalising Tourism Industryedit
News Gram – Online
The study, published in the journal Cell Patterns, suggest using data science to improve on existing television and internet based tourism experiences. Their technique involves measuring and then digitising the curvatures and angles of objects and the distances between them using drone footage, photos and videos, to make virtual travel experiences more realistic for viewers and help revitalise the tourism industry.
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Hong Kong secures multiple firstever MICE eventsedit
Travel Biz Monitor, India Infoline, Travel Trends Today, Business Wire– Online
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has said that Hong Kong has been recently chosen as the host city for 4 international MICE events, including the citys first ever events of high strategic values, and 2 repeated events amidst the COVID19 challenges