Competition
Singapores street food has a Unesco tag. Can Indias hawkers get one tooedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Singapore has every reason to be proud of its street food. Hawkers have been around since the 1800s, they currently feed 8 of 10 locals at least once a week. In clusters spread across streets, markets and neighbourhoods are 110 licenced hawker centres, where more than 14,000 cooks operate about 6,000 food stalls.
No application for RGL travel to Singapore amid Japans state of emergency: MFAedit
India News – Online Web
The Japanese government has suspended all its Business Track and Residence Track travel arrangements with other countries, including the SingaporeJapan Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL), from Thursday (14 January) until the state of emergency in the country is lifted.
Indonesia May Let Vaccinated People Fly Without Covid19 Testedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online Web
The government will issue digital certificates stored on mobile phone apps that people can use as a waiver for the test requirement when they travel by plane, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in parliamentary hearing on Thursday The plan is meant to encourage people to get vaccinated The plan is meant to encourage people to get vaccinated(Indonesia).
Dubai Shopping Festival 2021 gets bigger, betteredit
Newsd – Online Web
While Dubai has already made it to our 2021 travel bucket lists, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) is yet another reason to plan an early trip to the City of Endless Possibilities! Prep yourself for the very best mix of incomparable deals, delectable menus, retail therapy and topnotch entertainment.
Etihad Offers Children Free schemeedit
Travel Trends Today – Online Web
Adults who book their next flight to Abu Dhabi or Dubai with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, can take their children for free. With every adult ticket booked before 28 January 2021, for travel until 30 September 2021, up to two children will travel free so two adults can bring four children, free.
Chinas COVID19 hospitalisations, cases rise; travel discouragededit
The Indian Express – Online Web
China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID19 as numbers of cases continue to surge in the countrys north. The National Health Commission on Friday said 1,001 patients were under care for the disease, 26 of them in serious condition, and that 144 total new cases had been recorded over the past 24 hours.
24th BIMSTEC party in Bangkokedit
ORF Online – Online Web
2021 is a very important year for Thailand, which will succeed Sri Lanka as chairman of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) for 2021. Thailands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has planned in advance to make the event high profile as it is to mark the 24th anniversary of BIMSTEC, which indeed was conceived in Bangkok on 6 June 1997.
#TravelAgain:Next Time You Visit Machu Picchu, You Will Not Harm The Planetedit
Femina – Online Web
The iconic site of Machu Picchu in Peru is leading the way towards responsible tourism with its plan to be carbon neutral Machu Picchu, the Peruvian Wonder of the World, was discovered in 1911 and has been a popular destination for travellers from all around the world till today! This tourist destination belongs to the 15th century Inca civilisation.
Industry
Travel News Sweden extends ban on travel from UK & Denmark till Jan 31 with exemptionsedit
Travel Biz Monitor – Online Web
Sweden has extended an entry ban on travel from Denmark and the United Kingdom, reports Swedish media The Local. The ban, which has been in effect since late December will now continue until January 31, the Swedish government said in a statement. The rules had been scheduled to expire on January 21.
FHRAI submits prebudget memorandumedit
Travel Trends Today – Online Web
Indian tourism sector is losing a fair bit of global tourist and MICE traffic in these segments. It is also standing to lose domestic traffic in this segment which is going to the much cheaper South East Asian destinations.
Budget 2021 expectations: Boost tourism, encourage domestic travel! Stimulus package, GST reduction on wishlistedit
The Financial Express – Online Web
Zubin Saxena, Managing Director and VP Operations, South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group, told Financial Express Online, It is imperative that travel and tourism is provided adequate support to drive it out of the demand shock created in the past 1012 months. We are hopeful that the Union Budget will allocate sufficient resources to help the sector stronger out of these times.
Mention
The twelve most beautiful and vibrant streets in the worldedit
Travelgram – Online Web
Temple Street, Hong Kong An original Chinese market, which dated back to the 1920s, has evolved into a thrilling, immersive experience soaked in urban chaos, where the old meets new. A popular night market, ambient sounds of shoppers haggling over their latest purchase, the clunk of a ladle against the wok at Dai Pai dong, delicacies from across the globe being devoured, and opera singers serenading the visitors can be heard across its expanse.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board Announced 3.57 Million Total Visitor Arrivals in 2020edit
PR Newswire – Online Web
As COVID19 started to spread around the world in February, Hong Kong limited entry to overseas visitors and introduced stringent quarantine measures from midMarch onwards. Most people arriving in Hong Kong thereafter were visiting family members or traveling for other essential reasons, reducing the number of tourists to almost zero.