Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) in its communication to Aditya Thackeray, Minister of Tourism, Govt. of Maharashtra has appealed to synchronise the new covid protocols, for Domestic and International Travellers, coming to Maharashtra, in line with the directive of the Central Government. Domestic Travel As per the new guidelines and directions issued for Maharashtra by the Chief Secretary on 30th November’21, it has been made mandatory for all travellers to carry a RT-PCR test report 48 hours prior to departure, before entering Maharashtra, irrespective of being dually vaccinated. “Due to this we shall be facing a huge challenge since…
Author: Prasenjit Chakraborty
The 11th edition of Kerala Travel Mart (KTM), one of the largest congregations of the tourism industry in the country, will be held in Kochi in March 2022, giving an impetus to the efforts to revive the pandemic-hit tourism sector by attracting visitors from across the world. The event would be inaugurated at Grand Hyatt at Bolgatty, Kochi, on March 24, 2022, while the proceedings on the following three days would be held at Sagara and Samudrika Convention Centre in Willingdon Island, Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas said. KTM would have caravan tourism and adventure tourism as the main themes,…
The much-delayed national policy on tourism will soon be finalised and it will have specific norms and provisions to suit the post Covid-19 travellers, a senior official in the ministry said. The draft National Policy on Tourism was prepared by the ministry and was under review after the pandemic eased, officials said. “Just when we were ramping up the tourism policy, Covid-19 crisis came, bringing many challenges but it has brought opportunities also. The pandemic is an evolving subject which has changed tourist trends. We are now again deliberating on how the policy is shaped in keeping with the global…
Yucatan Tourism, Mexico along with Travstarz Global Group, India’s leading B2B company hosted Indian agents at the recently concluded Tianguis Turistico 2021, Merida, Mexico, a networking exhibition showcasing the Yucatan Region and Mexico as a destination. It started with a Pre-Fam for the agents from 12 to 15 November with the main event from 16 to 19 November, 2021. “It was great to take our partners once again with us for this trip and see things get back to normal post covid. We have been working very closely with various tourism boards as their promotion partner in India and Yucatan…
Travel Industry Designatory Service (TIDS) is an identity management program designed from IATA, Montreal, Canada for all Non IATA travel companies made available free of cost globally. On procuring ETAA recommendation letter the TIDS procedure will be complete. Travel agents and tour operators availing the designatory service will get updated in IATA agency list. This additional agency listing in turn will benefit airlines and the hotel industry globally. In this direction, ETAA South chapter, held a knowledge session for the travel agents and tour operators with hospitality partners The Paul Hotel Bangalore , on 26 November. And the discussion was centred around TIDS and the…
TAAI’s Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) held virtually on November 29, where the members took call on the functioning of the association as the Managing Committee recommended to extend the term of the current team. The Managing Committee of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) on behalf of the members has proposed to extend the term of the existing office officers for another year as a tenure of the team neared completion. The same required statutory approval by the General Body of the Association. Jyoti Mayal, Director, New Airways Travels (Delhi), who got elected as the President of the association…
The Union Ministry of Tourism is organising 9th edition of International Tourism Mart for the North East Region in Kohima, Nagaland from November 27-29. The aim of the event is to highlight the tourism potential of the northeast region in domestic and international markets. The 3-day event was jointly inaugurated today by Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister of Nagaland, Ajay Bhatt, Minister of State for Tourism & Defence, H khehovi Yeputhomi, MLA & Advisor Tourism, Government of Nagaland. Arvind Singh, Secretary Tourism, GoI , Rupinder Brar ADG Tourism, GoI, and other dignitaries of the Central government and North Eastern States were…
South Africa said on November 26 a British ban on flights from South Africa because of the detection of a new Covid-19 variant “seems to have been rushed” as even the World Health Organization (WHO) was yet to advise on the next steps. Scientists have so far only detected the B.1.1.529 variant in relatively small numbers in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong, but they are concerned by its high number of mutations which could help it evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible. Britain on November 25 temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini,…
Visit.Brussels together with the Embassy of Belgium in India organized a networking lunch for 35 trade partners at the residence of H.E. François Delhaye, Ambassador of Belgium to India. The event witnessed warm interactions between the trade partners and representatives from the cultural, economic and visa sections of the Belgian Embassy. In fact, representing Visit.Brussels HQ was its Business Development Leisure – Pieter Callebaut, who was seen enthusiastically interacting with the travel fraternity, while reassuring them about the importance of the Indian market for Brussels’ tourism industry. A key highlight of the event was “Belgian gastronomy”, wherein participants were offered a spread of…
India has decided to resume scheduled commercial international flights from 15 December, 2021, an official statement from Civil Aviation Ministry said today. In an order, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated, “The matter of resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services to and from India has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and it has been decided that scheduled commercial international passenger services to and from India may be resumed from December 15, 2021.” The order further stated that based on the countries recognised…
