Tue, 21-Oct-2025

World council sees global spending on travel rising in 2022

World council

RIYADH: Spending on international travel is set to rise by 9.3 per cent in 2021 and by a massive 93.8 per cent in 2022, Arab News quoted a new report forecast. The positive projections follow the slump the sector experienced last year – a 69.4 per cent decline in 2020, according to the World Travel and Tourism … Read more

UK government must scrap its existing travel policy says WTTC

UK government must scrap its existing travel policy says WTTC

According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, the UK government should abandon its current travel strategy in order to aid economic recovery (WTTC). The organization claims that a lack of international cooperation, significant travel restrictions, and lower vaccination rates in some parts of the world have impeded the sector’s recovery, which is still in … Read more

WTTC reiterates its call for the traffic light system to be abolished

WTTC reiterates its call for the traffic light system to be abolished

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has again urged the UK government to scrap the “widely discredited” travel traffic light system. The call follows the most recent update, which saw only seven nations added to the green list, while Thailand, a popular winter sun destination for vacation-hungry Brits, and Montenegro were moved to the … Read more

WTTC urges the United States to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine

WTTC urges the United States to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has urged the US government to expedite the clearance of the AstraZeneca vaccine in order to assist restore essential transatlantic travel. The Pfizer vaccine was approved this week by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the primary health authority in the United States. However, AstraZeneca is still not … Read more