The very famous Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand is now open for tourists. The stunning site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it usually opens for tourism on June 1 every year, and was delayed this year due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Uttarakhand had imposed a curfew in June to curtail pandemic outbreak, thereby halting the opening of the Valley of Flowers. Amit Kanwar, Director Valley of Flowers, stated that, “It is compulsory for the tourists, entering the valley, to bring their covid-19 report which should not be more than 72-hour old. It can be RTPCR/TRUNET/CBNAAT/RAT Covid negative report.…
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The Netherlands has became the latest European Union (EU) country to approve the Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Covishield vaccine for travellers, days after India pushed for the approval of its COVID-19 vaccines in Europe. According to the website of the government of the Netherlands, Covishield has been included in the list of approved vaccines along with the doses from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. People who have been fully vaccinated can be exempted from the EU entry ban unless they are travelling from a country that has been designated as a very high-risk area due to the presence…
With the ebbing of the pandemic, private airlines are set to resume their normal flight operations from Rajkot airport soon. IndiGo and SpiceJet had suspended operation in April and May, a month after they had started operating from the airport for want of passengers. Only state-run Air India was operating from Rajkot airport amid the pandemic, that too, only for four days in a week to Mumbai and Delhi. The highest air traffic from Rajkot airport is for Mumbai followed by Delhi. According to airport authority sources, IndiGo has announced that it’s scheduled to start operation for Mumbai and Delhi…
Imaginative nature play is the order of the day at the Koala Conservation Reserve in Philip Island, Australia, with a brand new nature play area having opened on June 26. The play area is designed so that kids will create their own fun and be imaginative as they jump, run, sit, crawl and climb throughout the different areas that showcase some of the island’s native species – an Eastern barred bandicoot burrow, a honeyeater nest and a koala deck. Recycled timbers were sourced from the plantation at the Koala Conservation Reserve, as well as Churchill Island, to allow for a…
In a major breakthrough for the hospitality segment following the COVID-19 outbreak, Click Hotels by Suba has successfully added 35 new properties to its portfolio across 22 prime destinations in India which marks the milestone of total 2000 rooms. Marking one of the biggest acquisitions in the budget hotel segment, the latest expansion drive is a part of Click Hotels’ acquisition of 1589 Hotels, GenX, RNB, and RNB Select. Following its acquisition, Click Hotels by Suba has marked its transition to an asset-light business model. The hospitality conglomerate has further forayed into the leisure segment building on its ‘Bed, Breakfast,…
The national flag carrier of Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia has been successfully certified the highest “5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating” from Skytrax, an independent international air transport rating organisation based in London, United Kingdom. The predicate “5 – Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating” is the highest rating given to global airlines for implementing the best health protocols in all flight services amid a pandemic situation. Garuda Indonesia becomes the first airline in Southeast Asia as well as being the only airline from Indonesia that has successfully achieved this recognition, together with other 8 world airlines that currently have obtained the highest…
The Royal Thai Government has officially endorsed measures for Phuket to reopen for fully vaccinated international travellers without quarantine requirements from July 1, 2021 with the “Phuket Sandbox” model. This will be followed by “Samui Plus” which is the reopening of the luxury holiday destination Koh Samui and nearby islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Tao from July 15, 2021. If Phuket or Samui is the visitor’s first point of stay in Thailand, he or she must remain in Phuket or Koh Samui for 14 nights before travelling to other destinations in Thailand or depart to their home country or…
Uzbekistan Airways, the national flag carrier of the Republic of Uzbekistan has appointed Wingspan Group, an airline management services company and specialist in Russia and CIS countries for over two decades, as its new Passenger Sales Agent (PSA) for the Indian market. Abzal R. Akramov, General Manager – India, Uzbekistan Airways, said, “We are pleased to appoint Wingspan Group to position our brand, create awareness of our products and sell our services in an important market – the Western and Southern India.” Wingspan Group will use its vast experience and will be the immediate liaison for the airline’s sales development…
As the Covid-19 restrictions ease in various parts of the country on the back of reduction in viral caseload, people seem to be travelling across states. According to the data released by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, on June 30, as many as 2,61,753 passengers boarded flights across the country. On the same day, 2,562 flight movements took place. Interestingly, more than 1.3 lakh passengers boarded 1,283 flights, revealed a tweet by Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Stating the number of passengers, Puri highlighted that all domestic flights have been operating with strict Covid-19 protocols. It is to note…
Malaysia will extend its current restrictions until the Covid-19 pandemic is further contained, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced. In a statement on Sunday, Muhyiddin said the national recovery plan, which is divided into four phases, would see phase 1 remain in place until the targeted threshold are met, Xinhua news agency reported. A nationwide lockdown has been effective in Malaysia since June 1, which bans all economic and social activities except essential services. The country will move into Phase 2 if fresh daily infections dropped below 4,000 and at least 10 per cent of the population fully vaccinated. Phase…
