Continuing its initiative to educate the travel trade fraternity about some of the distinct and niche tourism products of Destination USA, Brand USA organised the ‘Chalo USA Part 4 – Self-drive Family Holidays’ online webinar on July 23 in association with TravelBiz Monitor. The webinar threw a spotlight on Niagara Falls USA, Virginia state, Fairfax County in Virginia and Memphis in the state of Tennessee. Tina Mt Pleasant, Director of Travel Trade Sales, Destination Niagara Falls, Kaveri Kathuria, Assistant Marketing Manager, Virginia Tourism Corporation, Linda Horowitz, International Sales Manager, Visit Fairfax and Lisa M Catron, Global Travel Trade Director, Memphis…
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The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions “at this point” due to concerns over the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant and the rising number of US coronavirus cases, the White House confirmed on Monday. The decision, which was first reported by Reuters, comes after a senior level White House meeting late on Friday. It means that the long-running travel restrictions that have barred much of the world’s population from the United States since 2020 will not be lifted in the short term. “Given where we are today … with the Delta variant, we will maintain existing travel…
The Ramappa temple at Palampet in Telangana’s Warangal has been conferred the tag of UNESCO World Heritage site, the culture ministry said. “It gives me immense pleasure to share that @UNESCO has conferred the World Heritage tag to Ramappa Temple at Palampet, Warangal, Telangana. On behalf of the nation, particularly from people of Telangana, I express my gratitude to Hon PM @narendramodi for his guidance & support,” Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said in a tweet. Ramappa temple, a 13th century engineering marvel named after its architect, Ramappa, was proposed by the government as its only nomination for the…
With as many as 28 per cent Indians planning to travel in August-September, which is also the time for some of the major festivals in the country, the risk of the third wave of the pandemic is set to rise, according to a survey. In a statement, online platform LocalCircles also said its survey on April 12 had outlined the immediate second wave risk suggesting governments to impose travel restrictions estimate the risk once again in light of a potential third COVID-19 wave and to understand people’s travel plans for the coming months, LocalCircles conducted another survey. It also sought…
In a bid to revive tourism, the Odisha government has decided to establish more eco-retreat camps in the state. It has also decided to start a motorcycling festival in the Kandhamal district this winter to attract more tourists, a senior official has revealed. AK Tripathy, Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister and Chairman of the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC), said that Kandhamal with its waterfalls, forests, and streams will soon be turned into a major tourist spot in Odisha, as reported by news agency PTI. During his visit to the district on Saturday, Tripathy said that the Kandhamal district…
Lt Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan has urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to restart flight services to the Union Territory (UT), which were suspended in the wake of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. A release from office of Lt Governor on Saturday said the Lt Governor had a telephonic conversation with Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia on July 23 making out a strong case to restart flight services to the UT. She also requested the Minister to initiate steps for runway expansion in Puducherry airport with 1.5 kms airstrip. Recalling that the Prime Minister had made a call…
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Ajay Prakash-led ‘Team Rejuvenate’ swept the TAFI national elections held today by e-voting process. Candidates from Team Rejuvenate won all the 9 posts. It is important to mention here that TravelBiz Monitor reported that the chances of Ajay Prakash-led team winning the elections is maximum. Prakash will lead the team along with Kamal Ramchand who is elected as Vice-President. The other winners are Abbas Moiz, Secretary and Hitank Shah, Treasurer. The managing Committee members are Lalith Jain, Rani Bachani, Anil Kalsi, , Rai Achal Krishna, Seeraj Sabharwal. Commenting on the election results, Prakash said,”We are grateful for the overwhelming trust…
According to Money Control, The financially-battered tourism industry needs more help than provided and the government needs to give infrastructure status to the hotel industry, Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, the executive chairman of EIH has said. Estimates suggest a loss of close to 4.2 million jobs together with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India in the travel, tourism and hospitality sector, which is around 10 percent of the global job loss data. The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) said that the hotel industry has taken a hit of over INR 1.3 lakh crore…
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a new report which reveals how destinations can grow responsibly, using the Destination Stewardship model. ‘Towards Destination Stewardship: Achieving Destination Stewardship through scenarios & a Governance Diagnostics framework’ lays out how destinations can balance the needs of visitors and residents, with the involvement of both the public and private sector. The report was launched in partnership with the Travel Foundation and the European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI) at NHL Stenden University, in the Netherlands. Destination Stewardship is based on the responsible use of shared or ‘common pool’ resources, which provide diminished…
