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Recognize needs of travellers with disabilities

August 4, 20201813 Views

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has called on destinations to recognize the needs of travellers with disabilities or specific access requirements as they open up to visitors again. In partnership with the ONCE Foundation of Spain and the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT), the United Nations specialized agency has released new guideline to ensure accessibility and inclusivity as the responsible restart of tourism gets underway. According to the newest data from UNWTO, 40% of global destinations have now eased restrictions on travel introduced in response to COVID-19. Now, with tourism steadily returning, UNWTO has joined disabled people’s organizations and organizations from across civil society to design a basic set of recommendations aimed at maintaining ...

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Jalesh cruise announces resuming journeys from November

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 3, 20201077 Views

After four months of the country experiencing lockdown, home confinement, restricted movements and no summer vacations, it is now time for some unbelievably good news. As part of its Mission Begin Again, the Indian Government has announced that it will permit cruise ships to commence sailing from 1st October. In the light of this major development, Jalesh Cruises announces the commencement of its cruise MV Karnika from Friday 6th November 2020. A suite on board MV Karnika In line with its commitment to its valued passengers to offer an enjoyable, safe and secure holiday in your home (away from home) on the sea, Jalesh Cruises will offer all passengers FREE rapid COVID-19 and all other flu related testing at the time of embarkation. Passengers will receive their test results in 15 mi...

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Travel bubble with Kuwait hits a flight ban roadblock

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 2, 20201135 Views

Kuwait has suspended commercial flights from 31 countries including India on the advice of health authorities, just as the Gulf state re-opened its airport to such operations. While other flights will resume, countries on the barred list include Iran, China, Brazil, Lebanon, Spain, Singapore, Egypt and Sri Lanka, besides India, Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement. Kuwait suspended commercial flights from 31 countries on the advice of health authorities, just as the Gulf state re-opened its airport to such operations. The airport resumed commercial flights on Saturday as part of a phased re-opening after a five-month suspension when the country imposed measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. It plans to reach full capacity by mid-2...

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United announces flights to Delhi and Mumbai from September

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 1, 2020926 Views

Although DGCA has announced the suspension of all regular international flights to and from India until August 31 due to COVID-19 situation, it seems more and more likely that by September we can have our international flight schedule back on track—may be not fully, but—on major routes. Many international carriers are reportedly giving September dates to passengers to fly out from India, against the already issued tickets for which the journey was not completed due to worldwide suspension of flights. And, now America’s United Airlines has announced that it will be resuming service on close to 30 international routes this September, including to Asia, Australia, India, Israel and Latin America, while also broadening access to popular vacation spots in the Caribbean, Hawaii and Mexico. ...

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World On a Plate goes digital this year

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 1, 20201351 Views

The sixth-edition of gourmet food festival 'World On a Plate' (WOAP) will go digital this year and support the cause of hunger by bringing food on the plate of those hit worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, said the organisers. The five-day campaign for charity, starting August 5, has partnered with 35 restaurants across the country for the event. These restaurants, beside putting out their signature dishes through food platform Swiggy as part of the WOAP special collection, will also provide a minimum of 50 pre-packed nutritious meals every day for the hungry. The WOAP has set-up soup kitchens on wheels and would donate meals that are excess from the partner restaurants -- all led by the foot soldiers of World Hunger Warriors, an initiative started during the lockdown by entrep...

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आंध्र में फिर शुरू होंगी पर्यटन गतिविधियां

UPENDRA SWAMI

August 1, 20201291 Views2

आंध्र प्रदेश सरकार ने राज्य में पर्यटन गतिविधियों को इस महीने से फिर से शुरू करने का फैसला किया है। कोविड-19 के कारण पर्यटन गतिविधियों के ठप होने से सरकार को खासा राजस्व नुकसान उठाना पड़ रहा है। इसीलिए राज्य सरकार नई पर्यटन नीति भी जारी कर रही है। इसी दिशा में पहला कदम बढ़ाते हुए राज्य सरकार ने केंद्र सरकार द्वारा जारी किए गए अनलॉक 3.0 दिशानिर्देशों के अनुरूप अंतर-राज्यीय आवागमन को और उदार बना दिया है। हालांकि उसने अपनी सीमाएं पूरी तरह से तो नहीं खोली हैं, लेकिन आंध्र प्रदेश में आने वाले लोगों को अब कल यानी 2 अगस्त से एंट्री पास के लिए केवल अपना विवरण राज्य सरकार के स्पंदना पोर्टल (spandana.ap.gov.in) पर दर्ज कराना होगा। राज्य के प्रमुख सचिव (परिवहन) एम.टी. कृष्णा बाबू के अनुसार ई-पास ऑटो जेनरेटेड होगा और इसे लोगों के मोबाइल व ई-मेल पर भेज दिया जाएगा, जिसे किसी वैध पहचान पत्र के साथ सी...

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No regular international flights till August 31

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

July 31, 20201034 Views

Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday said the suspension of scheduled international flights to and from the country has been extended till August 31 amid the coronavirus pandemic. But DGCA approved repatriation flights and flights within designated ‘travel-bubbles’ will continue. The suspension of scheduled international commercial services was till July 31. In the wake of the pandemic, overseas flights were suspended in late March, while cargo flights and those approved by the DGCA have been permitted to operate. In a statement, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the government has decided to "extend the suspension on the Scheduled International Commercial Passenger Services to/from India up to 2359 hours IST of 31st August". However, this restriction would not ...

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Alladi presents new take on the life of Gandhi

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July 31, 20201317 Views

Ram Alladi, Director of the award winning film ‘Chiseled’, is set to release his ambitious and mesmerising ‘'Ra's Metanoia'’; a re-imaging of the life of the legendary Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Shot entirely in New York and New Jersey, 'Ra's Metanoia' combines vintage film styling with state of the art computer generated sets to create this spellbinding non-linear telling of Gandhi’s life based on Gandhi’s writings - most significantly, his memoir, ‘Magic Spell Of A Book’. A periodic drama with historically accurate fictional elements, 'Ra's Metanoia' takes the audience through the key moments in Gandhi’s life; from childhood to his untimely death in 1948 in New Delhi. Although Ram Alladi has taken care to avoid religious and cultural references, the more spiritual e...

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Worldwide 40% destinations have eased travel restrictions, says UNWTO

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

July 31, 2020465 Views

The responsible restart of tourism is underway around the world as growing numbers of destinations ease COVID-19 related travel restrictions and adapt to the new reality. According to the latest analysis from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), 40% of all destinations worldwide have now eased the restrictions they placed on international tourism in response to COVID-19. The United Nations specialized agency for tourism has been monitoring global responses to the pandemic from the start of the crisis. This latest outlook, recorded on 19 July, is up from 22% of destinations that had eased restrictions on travel by 15 June and the 3% previously observed by 15 May. It confirms the trend of a slow but continuous adaptation and responsible restart of international tourism. At the ...

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Kerala to work in sync with other states to revitalize domestic tourism

UPENDRA SWAMI

July 31, 2020722 Views

Kerala will work in tandem with Tourism Boards of other states to revitalize domestic tourism that has suffered a huge beating from the COVID-19 pandemic and would promote Ayurveda, eco-tourism and adventure tourism in a major way to get the tourism sector back on its feet. “Kerala Tourism will work together with other state tourism departments so that a tourist travelling from one state to another has a hassle-free experience. We expect to welcome guests in the next one or two months,” Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said. Kerala expect to welcome tourists in next couple of months The minister was speaking at the valedictory session of the two-day Tourism E-Conclave, ‘Travel & Hospitality: What’s Next?’, which concluded on Thursday. “We are starting off by revivi...