Tag: Novel Coronavirus Impact
Sri Lanka imposes travel restrictions amid Covid spike
Sri Lanka has imposed islandwide travel restrictions, similar to a curfew, for a 77-hour period, which started from 23.00 on Thursday (May 13), in...
Slow travel way forward for post-pandemic recovery
Regional tourism players are shaking up their marketing strategies post-Covid, predicting multi-country holidays will be traded in for slow travel in a single destination...
Vaccinations key to reviving international travel
Destinations which are opening to vaccinated travellers have seen a significant lift in bookings, showing that vaccinations may hold the key to reviving international...
Travel trade backs Sri Lankan’s ban on Indian arrivals
Sri Lanka's recent move to ban travellers from India due to the exponential growth in Covid-19 cases there was inevitable as the safety of...
High Covid-19 testing costs could stall aviation’s recovery: IATA
The IATA has called on governments to ensure that Covid-19 testing be kept affordable as well as timely, widely available and effective, in order...
UNWTO, IATA roll out destination tracker for travel restart
The UNWTO and the IATA have joined hands to launch a destination tracker, designed to boost travel confidence and accelerate recovery of the tourism...
Travel restrictions against travellers from India on the rise
More countries are imposing travel restrictions on Indian arrivals as India continues to grapple with her worst Covid-19 wave of infections.
Some 349,691 new infections...
JTB’s new venture lets users travel virtually around Japan
Japan’s largest travel agency has launched a virtual reality tourism resource that aims to introduce remotely the country’s top destinations, experiences and products amid...
India’s tedious recovery
A fresh explosion of Covid-19 cases in India has extended the destination's road to recovery, upsetting travel and tourism players' efforts to rebuild both...
Mumbai’s rapid hotel recovery faces headwinds
Hotels in India's commercial capital of Mumbai, which has witnessed a rapid rebound post-Covid on the back of domestic demand, is projected to return...
