PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) is organizing its flagship event – 10th International Heritage Tourism Conclave with the theme ‘Harnessing Power of Heritage Tourism with Focus on Sustainability’. Even will be held on Friday, 12 March 2021 from 3:00 PM onwards at WelcomHeritage Ramgarh, Panchkula. Cultural heritage – both tangible and intangible are resources that need to be protected and carefully managed. Therefore, it is fundamental that tourism authorities study how best to develop these cultural heritage sites while protecting and preserving them for the long-term. Building on the previous nine editions, this Conclave will deliberate on how the tourism and culture sectors can work together more collaboratively and increase public-private partnerships to ensu...
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Ambience Island comes up as a new wedding destination With the existing travel restrictions and pent-up demand for weddings, wedding professionals are starting to witness growing demand for celebrations and events. Diverted destination weddings are now flowing through metro cities, disrupting the supply and demand of venues. In the past couple of months, weddings and other related services have remained the constant business stream and continue to create a positive scenario for hotels. Adding to the brand-new dimension to weddings, It’s Possible at Ambience Island was unveiled by The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel & Residences, ADot by GNH Hotels, Ferns N Petals and Touchwood Group. A collaborative concept where multiple synergies convene to make celebrations splendid. Str...
Read Moreअमेरिका के सबसे पुराने शहरों में से एक है फिलाडेल्फिया। हर पुराने शहर में कुछ डरावनी, भुतहा जगहें मिल ही जाती हैं। जाहिर है कि फिलाडेल्फिया में भी इस तरह की जगहें भरपूर हैं। दरअसल फिलाडेल्फिया में ऐसी तमाम बातें रही हैं जो किसी भुतहा कहानी से जुड़ने के लिए बिलकुल माकूल मानी जाती हैं- जैसे कि भीषण जंगों के मैदान, जानलेवा महामारियां, अबूझ हत्याएं, पुराने और जर्जर होते कब्रिस्तान और खंडहर के तौर पर संरक्षित जेल। लिहाजा एक हॉन्टेड टूर के लिए हमेशा फिलाडेल्फिया एक पसंदीदा जगह रही है। आइए जरा इन रोंगटे खड़े कर देने वाली जगहों में से कुछ की सैर पर हम चलते हैं- बिशप व्हाइट हाउस बिशप व्हाइट हाउस। फोटोः टॉड लैसी बिशप व्हाइट हाउस को इंडिपेंडेंस नेशनल हिस्टोरिक पार्क की सबसे डरावनी इमारत माना जाता है, जहां पार्क के रेंजर्स तक की हवा थोड़ी खराब होने लगती है। अब यह अमेरिकी व्हाइट हाउस की तर...
Read MoreThailand’s tourism minister said on Thursday he will propose a plan for foreigners to undertake COVID-19 quarantine in popular tourist areas, including beach resorts, in a bid to help revive the country’s struggling tourism sector. The economy suffered its biggest contraction in over two decades last year as tourism slumped due to the coronavirus pandemic. A man walks on an almost empty beach which usually crowed with tourists following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Pattaya, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo The hotel quarantine plan is expected to start in April or May in the provinces of Phuket, Krabi, Surat Thani, Chonburi and Chiang Mai, Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told reporters after meeting with tourism operators and health officials. “Why...
Read MoreThe Indian Ocean island destination has announced that it will be welcoming visitors from across the globe, irrespective of their vaccination status, as from March 25, 2021. Visitors from South Africa will still not be permitted to enter Seychelles for the time being until further review. The announcement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde in a press briefing this morning, Thursday, March 4, 2021, at the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) conference room at Botanical House following the Tourism Task Force Committee meeting. Visitors will now only be required to present a negative PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure. There will be no quarantine requirement nor restriction on movement upon entry into Seychelles. Additionally, the minim...
Read MoreThe majestic sight of elephants roaming beneath Mount Kilimanjaro has long lured throngs of wildlife-lovers to Amboseli National Park on Kenya’s border with Tanzania. Yet the free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Kenyan agricultural company KiliAvo Fresh Ltd, which has farms near Amboseli on nearly 175 acres of land, is building nurseries and preparing to grow the fruit, whose popularity is growing worldwide due to its high nutritional value. Elephants are seen within the Kimana Sanctuary, part of a crucial wildlife corridor that links the Amboseli National Park to the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas, within the Amboseli ecosystem in Kimana, Ke...
Read MoreResearchers from India and the US have discovered five new species of shrub frogs from the Western Ghats, one of the globally recognised biodiversity hotspots. The frogs, belonging to the the Old World tree frog family Rhacophoridae, were discovered by researchers from University of Delhi and Kerala Forest Research Institute and University of Minnesota as part of a long comprehensive study on the Shrub frogs (genus Raorchestes) of the Western Ghats, carried out over a period of nearly 10 years. Study was carried out in Western Ghats including Siruvani in Palakkad district of Kerala Researchers said the new species were identified and found to be distinct based on multiple criteria, such as their external morphology, DNA, calling pattern, behaviour, and other natural history obser...
Read MoreNiyama Private Islands welcomes professional surf photographer Erick Proost to capture guests riding the waves Renowned professional surf photographer, Erick Proost is to start a three-month residency at Niyama Private Islands in the Maldives, the only luxury resort in the Maldives with its own wave breaking onto the shore. Returning to the resort for the third time, Erick will be available from 8 March to capture action images of guests riding the waves during their stay at the resort. Riding Vodi wave at Niyama Private Islands Maldives Niyama Private Islands has two islands – Play and Chill, which are connected by a bridge. Vodi wave is just off the shore of Play Island and is a powerful and sometimes hollow left hander. Off to the west and five minutes away by speedboat,...
Read MoreThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in January 2021, both compared to pre-COVID levels (January 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (December 2020). Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to January 2019 which followed a normal demand pattern. FILE PHOTO: A plane prepares to land at the Nantes Atlantique airport in Bouguenais near Nantes. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Total demand in January 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 72.0% compared to January 2019. That was worse than the 69.7% year-over-year decline recorded in December 2020.Total domestic demand was down 47.4% versus p...
Read MoreTravel and Tourism sector requests EU governments to outline restart plan in time for summer
A European Travel Commission-led task force has been formed with aim to recover the freedom of movement and look into recommendations for the reopening of tourism in Europe. European Tourism Manifesto- an alliance of more than 60 travel and tourism organizations has disclosed this. Central idea for this is to how to bring back to life travel and tourism in Europe in time for summer 2021 by a sequence of mutual recommendations, one of the main being establishing an EU roadmap to recover travelling safely. Task Force would provide help in creating and implementing a roadmap and provide evaluations upon the risk based on scientific data. In such a case, the aim would be to consider the scenarios and conditions within which international travel restrictions could be loosened and eventually...
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