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UNWTO and Google host tourism acceleration program

September 23, 20201259 Views

Advancing digitalization will be key to adapting to the new tourism environment The Covid-19 crisis has disproportionately affected tourism, a sector that accounts for millions of jobs around the globe. While no one can say with certainty when tourism will recover, people are starting to dream again of getaways whether closer to home or to remote destinations. As more and more people go online to search where and when they can travel, accelerating the digitalization of the tourism sector will be key to adapting to the new tourism reality. That is why the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Google have partnered for an online Acceleration Program for UNWTO Member States' tourism ministers, top travel associations and tourism boards to further develop innovation and ...

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South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from Oct. 1

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

September 19, 2020887 Views

South Africa will allow travel from Oct. 1 to and from all countries in Africa as well as other countries where levels of COVID-19 infections are not too high, a government minister said on Friday. For countries outside Africa, the government will determine whether entry is allowed depending on that country’s COVID-19 infection and transmission rate, cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said. Johannesburg skyline The government will prepare a list of countries from where travel will be restricted, Dlamini-Zuma said, but did not specify when the list will be published. “International travel in the continent is allowed to all countries and from all countries,” she said. Travellers should have a negative COVID-19 test obtained not more than 72 hours before the d...

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With borders closed, South Africa pins hopes on cash-strapped local tourists

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 31, 2020485 Views

Lisa Krohn’s Ashanti Lodge in Cape Town - normally abuzz with backpackers from around the world - today sits largely empty, a sign of how the pandemic has crushed South Africa’s tourist industry. “This place is like a morgue,” she said, contemplating the Victorian-era building’s deserted foyer. Following a five-month lockdown, South Africa is easing domestic travel restrictions, allowing hotels to reopen. With international borders still closed, the government is pinning its hopes on domestic tourism, echoing a strategy being tried from Vietnam to New Zealand with mixed results. A shopkeeper awaits visitors at the Table Mountain cableway station, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Cape Town, South Africa, , August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings South Afric...

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ब्लू ट्रेन का शाही जलवा

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August 3, 20201086 Views

कोविड अपडेटः कोविड-19 के कारण ब्लू ट्रेन ने मार्च 2020 से अपना परिचालन स्थगित कर दिया था। पहले 31 जुलाई तक और फिर 30 सितंबर 2020 तक इस निलंबन को बढ़ा दिया। सब कुछ ठीक रहा तो 1 अक्टूबर से यह शाही रेलगाड़ी फिर से पटरियों पर दौड़ने लगेगी। फिलहाल यात्रियों के सफर को सुरक्षित व सेहतमंद बनाने की तैयारियां चल रही हैं। तब तक आपको दे रहे हैं हम इस शानदार ट्रेन की झलक! दक्षिण अफ्रीका में सफारी करने के लिए तो आप जाते ही हैं, लेकिन यह सफारी आप बेहद आरामदेह ट्रेन में बैठकर भी तय कर सकते हैं। जी हां, हम बात कर रहे हैं, दुनिया की सबसे ऐश की सवारी माने जाने वाली, ‘ब्लू ट्रेन’ की। अब यह हमारी देशी पैलेस ऑन व्हील्स से ज्यादा आरामदायक है या नहीं, यह तुलना करनी थोड़ा मुश्किल है। लेकिन इतना तय है कि ब्लू ट्रेन को पटरियों पर शाही सवारी की मिसाल के रूप में दुनियाभर में जाना जाता है। दुनियाभर के कई शासकों, रा...