Singapore removed India from its travel restriction list along with Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. However, travellers would still be required to serve a quarantine period at a dedicated facility on entering the country. All travellers with a 14-day travel history to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka prior to departure to Singapore will be allowed to enter and transit through Singapore from October 26. These travellers will be subject to Category IV border measures. Singapore had previously announced that all travellers with a 14-day travel history to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri…
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South African Tourism (SAT) held their maiden virtual roadshow in India to capitalize on the strong consumer and corporate traveller demand in the country. The ‘VirtuallyYoursSouthAfrica’ roadshow is expected to boost tourism economies in both nations, especially as the South African national tourism board focuses on bullishly driving strategic recovery measures in India. According to the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan put together by the tourism board earlier this year, key focus areas remain re-igniting demand, protecting & rejuvenating supply and strengthening capacity. The recently concluded roadshow in India is the first of many efforts to reignite international travel demand, in…
According to a report by The Hindustan Times, the Canadian government has removed its global travel advisory on all non-essential travel outside the country. The caution had been in place since the spring of 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic first spread internationally and into Canada. That advisory was updated on October 21 even as the Canadian government also announced the launch of a vaccine passport, a standardised certification of being fully vaccinated, to facilitate domestic and international travel. However, it has retained the stringent requirement for direct flights to India, keeping in place the need to get a negative RT-PCR…
The Events Industry Council (EIC) has conferred Rajeev Kohli, Joint Managing Director, Creative Travels, with the ‘Hall of Leaders’ award. This is the highest global honour in the MICE industry. Giving his reaction to TravelBiz Monitor on the achievement, Kohli said, “I am completely stunned at being inducted into the EIC Hall of Leaders. I never could imagine how much my friends and peers think of me, so much more than I do of myself. I’m just one small cog in our larger universe. The love my SITE family and the industry at large have given me is immeasurable. I…
Qantas, the Australian carrier, will start non-stop services to India after a decade. From December 6, Qantas will have three-weekly flights between Delhi-Sydney. The airline will use its Airbus A330, which will become a daily flight by the end of the year. “This is subject to discussions with Indian authorities to finalise necessary approvals. The flights would initially operate until at least late March 2022, with a view to continuing if there is sufficient demand.Flights from Sydney to Delhi would operate via Darwin, while flights from Delhi to Sydney would operate non stop,” the release said. The planned reopening of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the much-awaited INR 260-crore Kushinagar International airport, the third such airport in Uttar Pradesh. The new airport is part of the Centre’s effort to boost tourism by connecting Buddhist pilgrimage sites and facilitate the travel of pilgrims, especially from Sri Lanka, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, China, South Korea and Vietnam to the final resting place of Lord Buddha. Unveiling the new airport, Modi said that the new airport will benefit all — from pilgrims, farmers, workers, local shopkeepers as well as local industries. “It will create an ecosystem for business and tourism will get the maximum…
The government is unlikely to lift the restrictions on international flights immediately, a senior civil aviation ministry official has indicated, saying current frequencies under air bubble arrangements are adequate to meet the demand. Scheduled international passenger flights to and from India remain suspended since March last year amid the coronavirus pandemic. India has air bubble arrangements with more than 25 countries for operating international flights. Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal told PTI that the current frequencies available under the air bubble arrangements are adequate to meet the demand and there is not much demand for international routes as the visa…
Sikkim registered a record tourist footfall during the Durga Puja vacation.Over 22,000 domestic tourists and 651 foreign travellers visited the state over the last week, Tourism Department officials said. An average of 5,000 tourists are entering Sikkim daily at present, they said, adding that it would soon double. The surge was recorded after the state government withdrew all Covid-related restrictions and reopened its borders. The government took several measures to encourage tourism this festive season to make up for the financial hit it took last year. The two-month lockdown during the peak season last year caused an estimated loss of…
By RENUKA NATU, Founder – Director, Renuka Natu Travel Relations We moved the bees and the geese, didn’t we? And thus vanished our cheese. Well, that’s the rule of this game! Who is to blame? As tender shoots of hope begin to sprout. Our arduous walk on the green mile finally appears to wane. Work and life resurrect one gasp at a time. The future depends upon how we withstand the forthcoming seasons together. It won’t be easy, but aren’t we good with challenges? It’s time, to sharpen our tools, not our claws, blunt fingernails are most effective, as they…
Travellers fully vaccinated and coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines shall be allowed to leave the airport and need not undergo home quarantine and testing from October 25, according to the revised guidelines for international arrivals released on October 20. They will, however, have to produce a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report. if partially or not vaccinated, the travellers need to undertake measures which include submission of sample for post-arrival COVID-19 test at the point of arrival after which they will be allowed to leave the airport, home quarantine…
