WTTC calls for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue
Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC supports the World Health Organization (WHO) position in calling for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue.
“Closing borders will not prevent the spread of new variants. The latest variant is increasingly being detected in countries around the world. The way to keep safe is to focus on the vaccination status of individual travellers rather than placing whole countries onto red lists.
“Rather than stigmatising countries such as South Africa, which rely heavily on a strong Travel & Tourism, we should be applauding them for identifying this new variant so quickly.
“Until we fully understand this new variant we must focus on prioritising the world distribution of vaccines while adopting sensible measures such as wearing masks’
Published on : Tuesday, October 19, 2021
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department is planning to introduce adventure activities at the AnnavariMuttal eco-tourism site for betterment of tourist amenities. The AnnavariMuttal eco-tourism site located near Attur has a waterfall and a lake and the site was improved to …
Published on : Monday, October 18, 2021
U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement on the announcement that the U.S. will officially reopen its borders to vaccinated international travelers on November 8: “U.S. Travel has long called for the safe reopening of …
Published on : Monday, October 18, 2021
In response to the US reopening its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from the UK from 8 November, an ABTA spokesperson said: “The decision to allow double vaccinated travellers to travel to the US from the UK from 8 November …
Published on : Monday, October 11, 2021
U.S. Travel Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the September jobs report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Today’s employment analysis points to an uneven recovery for the …
Published on : Monday, October 4, 2021
Right now, the meetings, events, conference and business summit industry, what we call MICE industry looks for new and more advanced ways to bring all attendees back to big conferences. For this, there is much talk about contactless processes from the parking lot to their seats in the convention centers or in the exhibition venues.
Published on : Monday, October 4, 2021
On Monday, the U.S. Travel Association will unveil a preview of its popular Daily Getaways program, which runs October 7 through November 5, the organization’s annual initiative to stimulate travel across America. Following a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, …
Published on : Saturday, October 2, 2021
The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) led a group of Active tour operator and Associate Members to Washington, D.C., in late September to advocate for a number of key issues for the industry. More than 20 attendees from around …
Published on : Thursday, September 30, 2021
The second edition of TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2021, which will be held from November 10 to 12 in Seville, will focus on the great challenge that urgently needs to be addressed in the tourism industry: sustainability. The tourism …
Published on : Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has partnered with a European Union (EU)-funded TourLink project that recently kicked-off, under the EU SWITCH-ASIA programme. TourLink is a Thai tourism supply chain initiative, linking EU buyers with Thai tour operators and suppliers, …
Published on : Monday, September 27, 2021
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) organised a webinar event exclusively for Indian travel agents recently, to share the latest updates regarding the recent announcement that the UAE capital is now open to all …
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