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Seychelles Tourism appoints BRANDit as India Representative

January 19, 20211320 Views

Island nation now open to all vaccinated global travellers The vibrant outbound tourism industry of India is optimistic about some green shoots of recovery by the latter half of 2021. Travelling is innate to humans and having spent a considerable amount of time indoors, people are yearning to explore more than ever before. In light of this sentiment, Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) is all set to rule the travel rosters yet again with the appointment of BRANDit as its official representative in India. BRANDit will handle marketing, sales and Public Relations for the island nation in the Indian subcontinent. The East African Island destination is now open to all global travellers. As part of its big tourism push, Seychelles has opened up to travellers from around the world – provid...

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British Airways most mentioned airline among influencer conversations

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 18, 20211781 Views

The global aviation industry has been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. After relaxation on air travel, several airline operators are taking various measures to mitigate the losses and meet the travel demand ahead of the holiday season. This has led to a staggering 100% year-on-year rise in influencer conversations on Airlines Influencer dashboard during Q4 2020. Against this backdrop, British Airways emerged as the most mentioned airline operator in the UK among influencer conversations on Twitter during the period, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The UK registered highest number of influencer conversations on Twitter related to aviation industry, followed by the US, Australia, India and Canada. American Airlines was the top operator in the US among infl...

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Wider test acceptance welcomed as major step towards return of international travel

UPENDRA SWAMI

January 15, 2021959 Views

While it is still going to take months, if not years before COVID vaccination effect is noticed in larger part of the world, travel industry by large has been advocating pre-departure tests as a safer means to resumption of international travel. Now recent announcements in UK and US have been largely welcomed as a positive step in this direction. Travel without quarantine is deemed to be a major push towards recovery of brutally bruised travel industry and recent announcements pave the way for it. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the announcement by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it will require all travelers to the US to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test undertaken within three days prior to their departure to th...

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Mental Health Guidelines to aid the recovery of Travel & Tourism

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 15, 2021781 Views

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched its new mental health guidelines for the Travel & Tourism sector, which have been compiled to support businesses of all sizes to support the mental health of their employees. The Mental Health Guidelines build on the Diversity & Inclusion Guidelines released by WTTC in 2020, going one step deeper to focus on mental wellbeing. It will help businesses better prepare for the recovery period following the COVID-19 crisis, and will ensure that as the sector rebuilds, it comes back stronger and better than before. The guidelines come at a time when mental health could not be more important. With lockdowns, quarantines, job losses and uncertainty looming larger than ever all against the backdrop of winter, it is crucial...

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Making vaccination compulsory for travel will be discriminatory, says WTTC

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 12, 20211261 Views

The head of a global travel organisation have opposed making COVID-19 vaccinations a requirement for travellers in the fight against the pandemic, despite scepticism about reaching herd immunity this year. Several health experts said during the Reuters Next conference that the mass roll-out of coronavirus vaccines would not result in enough people having immunity to be able to effectively stop COVID-19 from spreading. FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" are placed on dry ice in this illustration taken, December 4, 2020. Picture taken December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Some policymakers have proposed immunisation should be compulsory for air travel as the world steps up the battle to curb the spread of COVID-19, and Australia’s Qanta...

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New travel restrictions threaten economic recovery

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 12, 20211041 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), have jointly expressed their deep concerns about the new measures and restrictions imposed on air travel across Latin America and the Caribbean. In a call to governments they have asked for the implementation and adherence to internationally agreed measures which permit safe air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rolling back the progress made on restoring air connectivity in 2020 will have an adverse effect on the socio-economic recovery in the region, placing millions of jobs at risk. 2021 began as a promising and hopeful year ...

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COVID-19 pandemic costs the tourism industry $935 billion in revenue worldwide

UPENDRA SWAMI

January 9, 20211224 Views

-As the country with the most reported COVID-19 cases, the United States has suffered the biggest drop in tourism revenue with a total loss of $147,245 million-With the country seeing less than 20 million foreign visitors in 2020, Spain has the second largest revenue loss of $46,707m-France is the world’s most visited country with over 89 million tourists each year, but the impact of COVID-19 has resulted in a total revenue loss of $42,036m-The Caribbean islands make up 50% of those who have suffered the highest percentage loss in GDP, with Aruba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia and Grenada all ranking in the list of the top 10 worst affected FILE PHOTO: A man carries a surfboard at Kuta beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on August 15, 2020, which ha...

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Many cruise lines further delay their operations

UPENDRA SWAMI

January 7, 20211862 Views

One of the most cost-intensive as well as most affected sectors of travel and tourism industry- cruise industry, sees no signs of recovery. Even after vaccinations for COVID-19 have begun across America and Europe, there is no hope of resuming operations anytime soon. New strain of coronavirus originating from UK has only complicated the matters further. That is the reason, all cruise lines are extending pause of operations. In the latest announcements, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises have extended pause of operations until 31st March, 30th April and 14th May 2021 respectively. Carnival Cruise Line is notifying guests of additional cruise cancellations, including extending its pause in all operations in the U.S. through March 31, 2021, as well as ...

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Passenger air traffic recovery comes to a grinding halt

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 7, 2021949 Views

Recovery in passenger demand worldwide, which had been slowing since the Northern hemisphere’s summer travel season, came to a halt in November 2020. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) data clearly reflect this thing. Thus, there is a clear signal that aviation industry is far from any signs of hope coming its way in the near future. FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy. REUTERS/Remo Casilli According to IATA data: Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 70.3% compared to November 2019, virtually unchanged from the 70.6% year-to-year decline recorded in October. November capacity was 58.6% below previous year levels and load factor fell 23.0 percentage points to 58.0%, which was a record low for the mon...

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Canada gets strict on air travel but industry is frustrated

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 4, 20211201 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed deep frustration with Canada’s new COVID-19 testing requirement for all arriving air travelers due to come into effect as of 7 January 2021. While the industry for months has been calling for systematic testing to re-open borders without quarantine measures, these pleas have fallen on deaf ears, especially in Canada. Now, in a decision that can only be described as the ‘worst of both worlds’, the government is mandating that passengers provide proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test taken within 72 hours before planned departure to Canada, while at the same time declining to lift existing travel restrictions and quarantine requirements. Under the new order, passengers who, despite their bes...