The European countries are expected to lose approximately three million Russian tourists in the upcoming months, based on the number of seats scheduled on inbound flights between February and August 2022. According to data published by Statista, the country that will lose the most Russian tourists is Turkey – provided that almost two million flight seats were scheduled for this specific time frame. Ukraine is listed second in the list, with a loss of 1.6 million seats anticipated, with Uzbekistan following, as over 800,000 Russian tourists won’t be showing up this year, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. The list of countries to lose…
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The East African country of Madagascar is a biodiversity hot spot, and has flora and fauna which are not found elsewhere in the world. Hence, to explore the unexplored, Ambassador Abhay Kumar met Madagascar’s Minister of Transport and Meteorology M Rolland Ranjatoelina on May 5 and discussed the possibility of starting a direct flight between Mumbai and Antananarivo. “Ambassador Abhay Kumar met M Rolland Ranjatoelina, Hon’ble Minister of Transport and #Meteorology of Madagascar today. They discussed the possibility of starting a direct flight between #Mumbai and #Antananarivo,” Ambassador Abhay Kumar said in a tweet. Madagascar remains unexplored by Indian tourists,…
G Kamala Vardhana Rao, Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India & Managing Director, ITDC Ltd has said that the government is working on the National Tourism Policy and will be announcing it policy soon. He was speaking at the 4th Digital Travel, Hospitality & Innovation Summit organised by FICCI. Rao said, “We would like to come up with a National Tourism Policy which we will announce soon.” Citing that the final discussions are happening, Rao shared that digitization and digital experiences will also be included in the National Tourism Policy. Highlighting the initiatives by the government to further…
The Union Home Ministry has granted security clearance to Jet Airways as the airline plans to relaunch commercial flight operations in upcoming months, stated an official document, as reported by PTI. The Jalan-Kalrock Consortium is currently the promoters of Jet Airways. The airline in its old avatar was owned by Naresh Goyal and had operated its last flight on April 17, 2019. Last Thursday, the airline conducted its test flight to and from the Hyderabad airport in a step towards obtaining the air operator certificate. A letter sent by the Civil Aviation Ministry to the airline on May 6 informed…
The Philippines had once again put itself on the global map as a safe and ideal tourist destination in the new normal after successfully hosting the 21st World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit from April 20-22, 2022, at the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City. With the country’s first-ever hosting of what is touted as the most influential annual travel and tourism event, the Philippines has shown that it is capable of holding an event of such prestige, attended not only by international government delegations in the tourism sector, but also by…
Japan is set to experiment with opening its borders to small groups of vaccinated foreign tourists as soon as this month, Fuji News Network reported, in a potential lifeline for the country’s ailing travel industry. Those wishing to visit must have undergone three Covid-19 vaccination shots and be part of a package tour with a fixed itinerary, FNN said, citing multiple government officials. The limited resumption of inbound tourism will be treated as an experiment and, if infections do not spread, the programme would be expanded, it said. The report came a day after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said…
Malindo Air, a Malaysian-based regional airline, has been officially rebranded as Batik Air. The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has granted a new Air Operators Certificate (AOC) to Malindo Airways Sdn Bhd to do business as Batik Air (dba Batik Air). The rebranding exercise is in line with the Lion Group’s goal to establish a common identity for the full service airlines within the group. With this approval in place, Batik Air now will be able to conduct improved business for seamless transfers, leveraging Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) as a transit hub for the Lion Group of Airlines.…
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its knowledge partner ForwardKeys, forecast a major increase in global international flights bookings as international travel takes off. The booking bounce back was revealed at WTTC’s prestigious 21st Global Summit, which concluded recently in Manila, as the world continues to reopen from the pandemic. News of the strong recovery highlights a promising prospect ahead for summer holiday travel, with sun and sea destinations, such as the Caribbean and Latin America, leading the international inbound bookings. According to ForwardKeys, the country’s leading the ranking of top 20 best performing destinations for the summer…
The Philippines Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has said the Southeast Asian country, comprising 7,641 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, is now a safe and ideal global tourist destination amid the pandemic, reports PTI. In the nearly two years when international travel was put on hold, the Philippines was busy preparing for the day when it would be open to the world, she said. “We have put in place measures that will ensure the safety of our guests, our tourism workforce, and our community, she said. The Philippines hosted the 21st World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit, touted…
Kerala is eminently qualified to become the premium experiential tourism hub of India and for that there needs to be a meaningful engagement with other states of India during the post-COVID recovery period, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Thursday. The Governor was speaking at the inauguration of the 11th edition of the Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) which is the country’s biggest tourism event, according to a release by the KTM Society. Inaugurating the four-day event which will conclude on May 8, Khan, according to the release, said, “A meaningful engagement among the Indian states is very important for sustainable…
