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Maldives welcomes 500,000th Touristedit
Travel Trends Today – Online Web
On 17th December 2020, Thursday Maldives welcomed the 500,000th tourist for the year 2020. During a momentous ceremony held at Velana International Airport today, the tourist was identified by the Ministry of Tourism, together with Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Maldives Immigration and Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL). The 500,000th tourist, Kirstin Madeleine Nittke, arrived from Germany via Emirates.
Thai Travel Industry Faces Nail in Coffin After New Outbreakedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online Web
Bangkok weekend warriors have been propping up all supporting businesses, Lark said, noting that some hotel occupancy rates have hit 80% at times But new restrictions would be the nail in the coffin for so many businesses who were already booked and waiting for tourists from Bangkok But new restrictions would be the nail in the coffin for so many businesses who were already booked and waiting for tourists from Bangkok.
Southeast Asia travel app Traveloka weighs public listing optionsedit
Reuters – Online Web
Traveloka, Southeast Asias largest online travel app, said on Monday it was looking to go public soon and was evaluating a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as a possible stockmarket listing option. FILE PHOTO: An employee of Traveloka works at the companys headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2, 2017.
Singapores realty love affair to resume, no New Year gatherings in Egypt & other Covid newsedit
The Print – Online Web
Even though Singapore is undergoing its worst recession, residents in the city state are still obsessed with buying expensive homes. Australian businesses are finding ways to keep up with the times amid a lockdown. In order to avoid mass gatherings, Egypts Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has cancelled New Years celebrations.
Singapore Hotel Used for Quarantine May Have Spread Virusedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online Web
After containing a rampant outbreak among its army of migrant workers, Singapore has been able to keep new cases close to zero for weeks, and is set to ease curbs on movement and gatherings on Dec 28 The government has also moved ambitiously to restart international travel, allowing quarantinefree visits from places with contained outbreaks, while planning a bubble to house business travelers near the airport.
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The Taj Mahal is set to allow 10,000 tourists every day Travel And Tour Worldedit
Travel and Tour World – Online Web
For Agra tourism, the year 2021 could be extremely profitable, as the limits placed on the tourist entry in the magnificent Taj Mahal and other centrally conserved monuments in India and the restriction on counter tickets have been lifted up, ultimately.
Solomon Airlines to operate late December and early January Fiji repatriation flights Travel And Tour Worldedit
Travel and Tour World – Online Web
Solomon Airlines to operate late December and early January Fiji repatriation flights Published on : Monday, December 21, 2020 Following Solomon Islands Government approval and subject to foreign regulatory approval, Solomon Airlines will operate three repatriation flights between Nadi and Honiara over the next three weeks to enable Solomon Islands citizens to return home.
For hospitality and tourism sector, 2021 is all about survival, recoveryedit
Live Mint – Online Web
As the uninvited guest coronavirus pandemic checked in, Indias hospitality and tourism sector suffered three quarters of economic wipeout estimated to be up to 15 lakh crore, and the industry is desperately looking forward to government support to survive and recover in 2021.
2020 worst year for global tourism, data from World Tourism Organisation suggestsedit
The Indian Express – Online Web
And now new data from the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has suggested that all these developments have set the global travel industry back 30 years. According to a report in The National, global international arrivals fell by 72 per cent over the first 10 months of 2020 because of the travel restrictions, depressed consumer confidence and global efforts to contain the spread of the COVID19 virus.
Google launches new site to help travel industry gauge demandedit
India Tv News – Online Web
During the same period, the tool shows that the top demand for outbound travel from India by air came for Male, Bangkok and Dubai, while the top growing cities by search interest were Male, Genoa and Boston. In addition, the website also hosts the Travel Analytics Center.
89% travellers keen to resume travel: Thomas Cook Indiaedit
Travel Trends Today – Online Web
Given easing of travel restrictions, international destinations are seeing an upward demand trajectory with 48 per cent of respondents likely to take an international holiday. Europe tops the leaderboard at 58 per cent; favoured destinations include Switzerland, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc. This is followed by strong interest for short haul destinations (50 per cent) such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Maldives, Indonesia.
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World isolates UK; Australia, Italy discover patients with new strainedit
Business Standard – Delhi Business Standard – Mumbai
India, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Jordan and Hong Kong suspended travel for Britons after Boris Johnson warned that a mutated variant of the virus, up to 70 per cent more transmis- sible, had been identified in the country. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman closed their borders completely.
Google is using big data to help the travel industry recover from Covid19 lossesedit
India Today Bolly Inside – Online Web
Rapid changes in demand, often a byproduct of travel restrictions, have caught many travel operators off guard and highlights the need for accessible, real-time data. An example is the highly anticipated Hong Kong Singapore travel bubble, for which both cities experienced a surge in interest, according to Googles Destination Insights tool, and is now postponed to 2021.
Australia detects new Covid19 strain, Hong Kong cancels Britain flightsedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Australia said on Monday it had detected cases of the new virulent coronavirus strain identified in the United Kingdom, while Hong Kong said it would suspend Britain flights. Two travellers from the United Kingdom to Australias New South Wales state were found carrying the mutated variant of the virus that Britain has said could be up to 70% more infectious. Both are in quarantine, and the recent spike in infections in Sydney are not linked to this, authorities said.
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Santa Goes Virtual: Hong Kong Turns to Technology to Dazzle Online and Offline This Christmasedit
India News – Online Web
Covid19 may have altered your travel plans, but that doesn’t mean Christmas has to be canceled! In Hong Kong, the festive season will be more innovative than ever, thanks to a magical mix of online and offline experiences.
Leaving Hong Kong A family makes a wrenching decisionedit
Money Control – Online Web
In the tiny kitchen of a Hong Kong highrise apartment, the air was heavy with the aromas of a mother making her daughters favorite childhood dishes. It was the midautumn festival, a harvest celebration that brings families together for a cherished meal, and the last one they would share before the daughter took her family away to a land far from home.
Air transport in turmoil as flights from UK bannededit
Live Mint – Online Web
Hong Kong said it would ban all flights arriving from the United Kingdom from midnight, in the first such move in Asia. Canada said on Sunday it would halt passenger flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours. This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.