The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has met for the first time in 2021. Organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the cross-sector body met in Madrid during the 113th session of the UNWTO Executive Council to advance solid plans to restart tourism. The meeting focused on the integration of vaccines into a harmonized approach to safe travel and launching a coordinated effort to boost confidence in the sector. With countries around the world now rolling out vaccines against the COVID-19 virus, the Committee noted that this opens a critical window in the fight against the pandemic and to promote the safe resumption of international travel. Members highlighted the importance of stepping up coordination, within the framework of the International Health Regulations, of vaccination...
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Tourism industry is among the worst impacted industries due to the COVID-19 pandemic and all sectors including airlines and hospitality have been severely impacted. A helping hand, largely from government, is definitely required for the survival of tourism industry in India. Now what is debated in tourism industry is whether it should be in form of a direct financial grant or not! Government itself has not offered any views on that. Following the news that the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) has urged the government to provide relief to the tourism sector that is in dire straits due to COVID-19; Animesh Kumar, Director of Travel and Tourism Consulting at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, said, that, “India, with over 4.2 million confirmed cases, is only ...
Read MoreThe United States Travel and Tourism industry is in deep trouble. Brand USA has updated the US travel and tourism industry about the latest trends due to the COVID-19 outbreak. And although this data is about US travel industry, but by and large this pattern applies to all other countries as well. Travel industry is one of those sectors worldwide, which has been affected the most by the pandemic. And, nowhere the forecast seems brighter, nowhere. Statue of Liberty. Photo: Marley White Particularly for US, lot of things are happening also because of its handling of the crisis. More than 30 countries have banned US travelers from their visiting their lands. Brand USA says that international visits to the United States are expected to drop by 50 million and spending is forecast to fall...
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