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Mauritius placed in temporary lockdown amid new COVID19 casesedit
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Nilen Vencadasmy, Chairman, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, said in a statement that the number one priority of the authorities is to keep the country safe and secure for all. He mentioned that although just 15 cases of COVID19 have been detected across the whole island, the country has decided to implement the nationwide lockdown to make sure that there is no risk of it spreading further.
Embracing The New Norm: Everything Travellers Need To Know About The Vaccine Passportedit
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International vacations are not just about getting a travel visa anymore and jetting off. Soon it will require you to get an international vaccine health certificate bearing details of your coronavirus history. If you keep yourself updated with all the latest COVID19 related news, you know that China has already rolled out vaccine passports.
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You wont need a vaccination certificate to visit Turkey this summer heres why it will still be safeedit
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Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the minister of culture and tourism in Turkey, said: We are looking forward to welcoming British tourists with open arms, as we did safely last summer. We have worldclass border processes in place for ensuring travel will be lowrisk throughout Turkey.
U.K. tourists can travel to Turkey without Covid vaccine passport Travel And Tour Worldedit
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The Brits will be able to jet to Turkey for their summer holidays without a COVID vaccine passport. The Tourism Minister Mehmet Ersoy said UK travellers would be welcomed with open arms. He said Turkey also expects to ditch the need for a negative Covid test before the UKs planned resumption of international travel on May 17.
Thomas Cook India conducts The Art of Travel with Marriott International & New Zealand Tourismedit
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Thomas Cook India conducts first physical MICE Travel Mart in Delhi in partnership with Marriott International & New Zealand Tourism Thomas Cook (India) Limited recently conducted a physical corporate outreach aimed at building corporate confidence in MICE at JW Marriott Aerocity.
South Korea islands soaked in lavender to attract visitors Travel And Tour Worldedit
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These tiny and serene islands have a little over a hundred populations and were picked by the government for a tourism project. Shinan County since 2015 has invested 4.8 billion won ($4.25 million) to turn the islands purple, including painting more than 28,000 square metres of roofs lilac.
Peru suspends mandatory 14 days quarantine for touristsedit
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The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism MINCETUR and the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism PROMPER has issued an official statement for tour operators, tourism industry agents and tourists that mandatory 14 days quarantine for tourists is suspended and they can enter the country showing their negative PCR test reports
Onethird of destinations around the world still remain closed for tourism Travel And Tour Worldedit
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Onethird of destinations around the world still remain closed for tourism Published on : Monday, March 15, 2021 As vaccination campaigns finally start getting momentum in some countries, a substantial part of the world still remains off limits to international tourists. As per a new report from the UNWTO, onethird of destinations around the world remain closed with just over half of them off limits for 40 weeks.
Morocco hopes for Israeli tourism boost when flights resumeedit
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Though the numbers of Israeli visitors are likely to be small compared to the total preCOVID19 tourist flow to Morocco, it could help a sector battered by the pandemic. Tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui has said she expects 200,000 Israeli visitors in the first year following the resumption of direct flights. That compares to about 13 million yearly foreign tourists before the pandemic. Tourism revenue fell by 53.8% to 36.3 billion dirhams ($3.8 billion) in 2020.
ITB Berlin remains a leading travel event for global tourism and MICE industry Travel And Tour Worldedit
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ITB Berlin remains a leading travel event for global tourism and MICE industry Published on : Monday, March 15, 2021 ITB Berlin remains the leading platform for the global travel industry in a virtual format and in the year of the pandemic 2021. From 8 to 12 March 2021, the Worlds Leading Travel Trade Show gathered the industry on its new and entirely virtual platform at ITB Berlin NOW.
For tourism, UNWTO requests for sustainable future Travel And Tour Worldedit
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For tourism, UNWTO requests for sustainable future Published on Monday, March 15, 2021, The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has emphasized that sustainability was high on the agenda, directing all initiations to make sure that the sector lives up to its responsibilities towards the environment as well as people, at ITB Berlin, a global tourism fair.
EU tourism halved in 2020 under pandemicedit
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While EU countries are experiencing second or third waves of the pandemic, several dependents on tourism hope t… Read More BRUSSELS: Tourism in the European Union measured in nights spent in tourist accommodation plunged by half last year under virus travel restrictions and lockdowns, the blocs statistics agency said on Monday.
Mission MICEedit
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In terms of the positioning, over the last decade, the market share of all regions has remained nearly same. Regionally, Europe hosted more than half of all meetings in ICCAs last assessment followed by Asia (at 23per cent).
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DRAGONPASS partners with Thriwe Indiaedit
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DragonPass is the first and till date the only company able to fully digitize the entire customer journey through the Airport Ecosystem worldwide. DragonPass ensures service enablement through its offices in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Manchester to drive engagement and offer worldclass travel experience to their customers.
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Over 200 Celebrated Restaurants Across Hong Kong Come Together for Hong Kong Restaurant Week Spring 2021edit
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President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the longterm economic program designed as a followup to his pandemicrelief bill, according to people familiar with the matter Unlike the $1 Unlike the $1(Hong Kong).