Thailand to waive visas for Taiwan & India to promote tourism. Thailand had already removed visa requirements for Chinese tourists. Thailand has already welcomed 22 million visitors. Thailand is set to eliminate visa requirements for travelers from India and Taiwan from the coming month until May 2024 in a move aimed at boosting tourism as … Read more
Skardu Airport has become highly popular among tourists. Efficiently handles numerous flights, creating economic benefits. Positive feedback expected to attract more visitors. Skardu Airport has become highly popular among tourists, attracting a considerable influx of visitors. Positioned amidst the awe-inspiring Karakoram range, the airport itself has become an alluring attraction for travelers seeking a memorable … Read more
Dubai has eliminated its 30% alcohol tax. The change is not yet known to be permanent. Drinking without permit can result in penalties or even arrest. Dubai has eliminated its 30% alcohol tax in what appears to be an effort to increase tourism. Additionally, it will discontinue charging for personal alcohol licences, which are required … Read more
Kaghan Highway has been repaired. Tourism in the Kaghan Valley has resumed. Naran Hotels Association has also implemented discounts. After the Kaghan Highway was repaired, which had been damaged by the recent floods, tourism in the Kaghan Valley has resumed. Both domestic and foreign tourists are drawn to the beautiful valley by its waterfalls and … Read more
Kyrgyzstan is advertising its traditional kumis, or fermented mare’s milk, to draw more visitors. The decision was made at a time when probiotic and fermented beverages are popular. In the yurts, visitors can also sip on fresh local milk known as saamal. BISHKEK, July 20 – By advertising its traditional kumis, or fermented mare’s milk, … Read more
Tourism accounts for about 20% of Greece’s gross domestic product. A higher number of visitors than before the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was 2.8 million. TUI expects to become profitable again in 2022 as countries lift restrictions on movement. TUI, a holiday group expects the most elevated level of interest for Greece on record this … Read more
Bali’s tourism minister has set a target of 1.5 million foreign visitors overall in 2022. The island’s streets, which were filled with tourists are still unsettlingly quiet. Villa rental prices have now nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to Vijay. 237,710 foreign visitors arrived in Bali in May, up from 114,684 the previous month but … Read more
Thailand’s colour-coded system of restrictions is no longer in use. A Covid-19 immunisation certificate/professionally performed antigen test are required to enter. Phuket, Koh Samui and northern Thailand saw the biggest increases in tourism arrivals this year. Travelers curious in what it’s like to visit Thailand right now might find it interesting to hear that the … Read more
Greece and Cyprus eased Covid restrictions on Wednesday, just in time for their busy summer tourism seasons. Both modified their mask requirements for public transportation in cities, senior homes, and hospitals, but kept them in place for public transportation in cities, retirement homes, and hospitals. The government of Cyprus agreed last week to eliminate all … Read more
Greece’s health minister announced Wednesday that most mask restrictions will be lifted from June 1 to mid-September, coinciding with the peak of the country’s vital tourism season. Masks, according to Thanos Plevris, will no longer be required in most areas, including planes and intercity travel, but will remain required in hospitals, nursing homes, and city … Read more
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka resigned on Monday following a day of violence that saw three people murdered, including an MP, and over 150 people injured as government supporters wielding sticks and clubs attacked protestors. After being mobbed by a throng of anti-government protestors outside the city, ruling party lawmaker Amarakeerthi Athukorala shot … Read more
Japan is considered one of several high-tech markets which might be making giant ground toward the improvement of flying motors. A tech corporation from Japan called SkyDrive has partnered with Suzuki to develop the USA’s first electric vertical take-off and touchdown (eVTOL) shipping. SkyDrive has obtained popularity in the commercial production of automobiles from the … Read more
The tourist industry in Greece is hopeful that the situation in Ukraine will not derail its recovery, with hundreds of thousands of people cancelling trips as the country eliminates Covid restrictions in an effort to resurrect the important sector. The conflict in Ukraine erupted just as Greece’s tourism industry was reviving, with officials predicting a … Read more
Taiwan, Taipei – Before the epidemic, Yongkang Street in Taipei was a popular tourist destination, with people eating spring onion pancakes, drinking bubble tea, and eating mango ice while shopping gift shops and posh boutiques. To keep up with demand for its dumplings, the famed Taiwanese restaurant brand Din Tai Fung established a second facility … Read more
South Africa’s southeastern city of Durban became this week battered via the heaviest rains on report, flattening a few neighborhoods and killing more than 300 people. Durban is South Africa’s third-largest city via populace with three.5 million humans. It became founded in 1835 on what was then known as the Port Natal after which renamed … Read more
As the world’s second largest economy battles an outbreak of diseases, tourism spending in China plummeted over this week’s Qingming festival. Official numbers reveal that tourists spent more than 30% less during the major three-day holiday than they did at the same period last year. It comes as China’s travel restrictions remain in place, with … Read more
DUBAI: Republic of Botswana President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has said that the country has an established base for multilateral investments into several industries, especially, mining, tourism and food. Botswana is currently recovering and emerging from the adverse economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it emerged as a resilient country, he added. The country has … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday while citing the immense potential of tourism in Swat, urged the youths of the area to invest in tourism as well as the hospitality sectors. The president, in a meeting with a delegation of Swat Chamber of Commerce and Industry headed by Adnan Ali, said that jobs could … Read more
COLOMBO – The Sri Lankan government has decided to grant the on-arrival Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) facility to tourists from India to boost tourist arrivals this year, an official said on Monday. The official from the Sri Lanka tourism sector told Xinhua that this facility is already available for arrivals from some European countries including … Read more
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – which has a government in the centre as well as in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces – has continually been pledging to help develop tourism as an industry in the country. Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeatedly said that tourism alone can help repay Pakistan’s debts and that Switzerland … Read more
COLOMBO – The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said plans were underway to promote Sri Lanka as a safe wedding destination amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported on Thursday. The move will not only help uplift the nation’s hardest-hit tourism industry but will also strengthen event management, fashion design and other supporting sectors … Read more
CANBERRA – Australia on Wednesday reported more than 30,000 new coronavirus cases before international borders set to reopen to fully vaccinated tourists within weeks after almost two years. Nationally there were 70 deaths reported on Wednesday, including 24 in Queensland, 21 in Victoria, 20 in New South Wales, two in both Tasmania and South Australia, … Read more
Pakistan has several beautiful places to visit that will make you fall in love with the country all over again. It’s rich in both natural and historical sites. Without further ado, here are the five most exquisite sites in Pakistan. 1. Moola Chotok Moola Chotok, located near Khuzdar in Balochistan, has been written … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka received 82,327 tourists in January 2022 compared to 1,682 arrivals in the same month last year, data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) showed Wednesday. Provisional data from the SLTDA showed that Sri Lanka started the new year with 82,327 arrivals in January, despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s central bank hiked interest rates on Thursday in a bid to tame rampant inflation and discourage consumer spending as the country suffers a foreign currency shortage and teeters on the brink of default. The island nation of around 22 million has seen shortages of food and fuel as well as electricity rationing, … Read more
LHASA: Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region received 40.43 million domestic and overseas tourists in the first 11 months of this year, up 15.9 per cent year-on-year, local authorities said on Wednesday. The region’s tourism revenue surged 22.4 per cent from a year earlier to 43.85 billion yuan (about $6.9 billion) during the period, according to … Read more
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched the plan and main features of the Jeddah Central Project, previously known as New Jeddah Downtown, with total investments of 75 billion riyal ($19.99 billion), SPA reported on Friday. “The ambitious 75 billion Saudi riyal project will develop 5.7 million square metres of land overlooking the Red … Read more
RIYADH: One in 10 Saudi jobs will be in the tourism industry by the end of the next year, Arab News quoted the kingdom’s minister for the sector, as saying. Speaking at a forum in Riyadh to mark the unveiling of the 2022 budget, Ahmed Al-Khatib said SR500 million ($133 million) will be spent training … Read more
