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Passport test: Your travel document is an indication of where your country is in the international pecking orderedit
The Times of India – Online Web
According to the latest Henley Index, a Japanese passport is the best in the world as it enables its holder to enter 191 nations without a visa. Tiny Singapore comes a close second, with its citizens having free access to 190 countries. The third place is jointly held by South Korea and Germany, residents of both of which are welcomed sans visa to 189 nations.
Dream Cruises welcomes 100,000th passengeredit
Travel Trends Today – Online Web
Dream Cruises and Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS) have welcomed Singapores 100,000th cruise passenger since the commencement of safe pilot cruises in the city. Starting with World Dreams first sailing from November 6, 2020 has been a worryfree journey for guests aboard, with their health and safety being the number one priority for Dream Cruises.
China says it will issue visas in India, makes it impossible to getedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
The Chinese embassy statement suggested the Chinese vaccine rule the embassy called it facilitating measures was applicable for people intending to travel to China for business, work or to meet relatives.
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Tourism in European Union halved in 2020 due to Covid19: Eurostatedit
Business Standard -Online Web
The European tourism industry was hit dramatically due to the Covid19 pandemic in 2020 as accommodation in tourist establishments decreased by half compared to the previous year Topics European Union | tourism
Spanish Islands Warn Tourists To Abide By Virus Restrictionsedit
News 18 – Online Web
Negueruela, who is also the islands tourism minister, said that authorities will be on high alert monitoring for possible rulebreakers, private news agency Europa Press reported. Budget airline Eurowings is providing hundreds of extra flights to Mallorca, the biggest of the archipelagos five main islands, before the Easter period, and travel operator TUI said its opening hotels on the island.
South Korea doused 2 tiny islands in a vibrant purple. It brought in a new wave of tourism and even weathered the pandemic.edit
Business Insider – Online Web
The color scheme was part of a 2015 government tourism initiative and its working. On two small South Korean islands, life has taken on a distinctly lavender hue. You can see it on the rooftops, the phone booths, and the bridge that connects the two islands, Banwol Island and Bakji Island, to each other.
North Carolina tourism is still hopeful to get well post pandemic Travel And Tour Worldedit
Travel and Tour World – Online Web
North Carolina tourism is still hopeful to get well post pandemic Published on : Tuesday, March 16, 2021 This horrendous downfall is the first to happen for the tourism industry. The deadly pandemic hit the sector in a hard way, and lost billions of dollars. Nevertheless, the decline of the industry impacted businesses and local communities nationwide.
Ministry of Tourism has introduced the Incredible India Tourist Facilitator (IITF) and Incredible India Tourist Guide (IITG) Certification Programme to traintourist facilitators andguides across the cedit
India Education Diary – Online Web
Government of India, Ministry of Tourism has introduced the Incredible India Tourist Facilitator (IITF) and Incredible India Tourist Guide (IITG) Certification Programme, which is a digital initiative that aims at creating an online learning platform with the objective of creating a pool of well trained and professional Tourist Facilitators and Tourist Guides across the country, including in remote areas with tourism potential
Maldivian appoints Bird Travels as GSA in Mumbaiedit
Travel Biz Monitor – Online Web
Maldivian, the national carrier of the Republic of Maldives, owned and operated by Island Aviation Services Limited (IAS), has appointed Bird Travels Pvt. Ltd, the airline management service arm of Bird Group as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Mumbai. The appointment of Bird Travels is a move by the airline to build upon its presence in the international arena. (tourism)