August 19, 2021 – आवारा मुसाफिर

Advanced technology can save leisure and tourism

August 19, 2021834 Views

Of the many sectors in the global economy, leisure, sport and tourism are three ‘patients’ that have struggled longest to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism’s suffering earns almost daily bedside bulletins, the latest being France moving to the UK’s amber list – enabling fully vaccinated people to avoid quarantine - only for this breakthrough to be marred by President Macron’s new ‘COVID Passport’ scheme, causing a new chaos in the French tourist industry. It highlights an all too familiar pattern during the COVID crisis: just as businesses glimpse a chance to bounce back, they then face new obstacles - tourism is still stricken by many curfews and travel restrictions to stop the spread of the virus across the globe. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) touri...

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SpiceJet to trial IATA Travel Pass

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August 19, 20211006 Views

To start trial on Mumbai-Male flight from August 23, IATA confirms SpiceHealth as the lab partner In a step towards building passenger confidence as international travel picks up, SpiceJet will begin trial of IATA (International Air Transport Association) Travel Pass mobile app for digital health verification. The trial will be conducted on flights out of Mumbai to Male effective August 23, 2021. The IATA Travel Pass is a mobile application that helps travellers to store and manage their verified certifications for Covid-19 tests or vaccinations. The Travel Pass will manage and verify the traveller’s COVID-19 status in line with governments’ health and border requirements. In another significant development, SpiceHealth has been on-boarded by IATA as a lab partner for the Tra...

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Singapore to start gradual easing of border restrictions

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August 19, 20211563 Views

Singapore will gradually allow quarantine-free entry from next month. To start with, travelers from Germany and Brunei who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to enter without requiring any quarantine, its aviation regulator said on Thursday, as part of a plan to gradually reopen its borders. Visitors from those countries can from Sept. 8 bypass the isolation requirement if they test negative in four polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. FILE PHOTO: People look at a Singapore Airlines plane, amid the spread of the COVID-19, at a viewing gallery of the Changi Airport in Singapore October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su Border restrictions will also be progressively eased for all travel from Hong Kong and Macau from this Saturday, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore s...

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Kerala to promote river and adventure tourism in a big way

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August 19, 20211197 Views

Sending out a loud message to the world that Kerala’s tourism has come out of the trough caused by the COVID pandemic, state Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas, along with his wife, went for an hour-long rafting and kayaking on the placid waters of Anjarakandi river in Kannur district. By doing so on a pleasant evening on Wednesday, the minister not only sought to showcase the immense potential of river-based tourism in north Kerala ahead of Onam, but also underlined the state’s preparedness towards embracing visitors from India and abroad in strict compliance with the pandemic protocols. The Minister, accompanied by wife Veena, rafted through the 3-km stretch of the river from Pinarayi to Parapram, enjoying the spectacular view of the lush coconut-palm fringed setting, punctuat...