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Updates and comments on activities by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) and other global association close to Travel & Tourism.
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In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet the playwright places into the mouth of hisleading character, Juliet, the declarative or r hetorical question: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s point is that the name matters less than the action described; what something is called is less important than what it does.
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Over the past 12 months, COVID-19 has deepened those inequalities, a view highlighted in February, by the UN’s labour-focused agency, ILO, which declared that the two billion people working in the informal sector were particularly exposed.
In March, the agency followed up with projections which suggested that millions could be pushed into unemployment, underemployment, or the grinding condition of working poverty.
“This is no longer only a global health crisis, it is also a major labour market and economic crisis that is having a huge impact on people”, said ILO Director-General&nb ..read more
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Setting the agenda for domestic and regional tourism in East Africa, Christmas and New Year trips in Northern Tanzania and parts of Kenya have been planned with good experience for future development. Tens of thousands of people from different parts of East Africa, Africa, and rest of the world are celebrating Christmas and New Year […]
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Sandals Resorts International (SRI), the world’s leading all-inclusive company, announced today the signing of an agreement that will bring Sandals® Resorts to a brand-new destination, at the Santa Barbara Resort on the island of Curaçao. This will mark the ninth island destination for the brand in the Caribbean region. The new Sandals Curaçao will initially include 350-luxurious rooms and […]
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Tourism lies at the heart of many economies in the world today. According to the World Trade Organization (UNWTO), this sector is a powerful driving force for the growth and development of an economy. From creating part-time and full-time jobs to developing a country’s infrastructure, travel and tourism is inarguably the largest sector of most economies. Apart from providing revenue to the government, highlighted below are other ways that travel and tourism benefits an economy.
Positively Impacts other Sectors of an Economy
Tourism creates demand for other sectors of an economy. Sectors like l ..read more
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Japanese authorities announced today that the country’s borders will be closed to all foreign visitors from December 28 until the end of January, after a new strain of COVID-19 virus was found in foreign nationals who had traveled from the UK. The announced measures are the harshest restrictions yet instituted in response to the new virus threat.
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The Montenegro Minister of Capital Investment in the newly elected Government announced yesterday, on Christmas Eve, that the Government will not grant any more state aid to the national airline Montenegro Airlines.
The decision equals a death verdict for the airline, as it’s the only chance of survival was the 2019 Law on Investment into Consolidation and Development of the Company for Air Transport of Passengers and Goods “Montenegro Airlines”
According to a report in Serbia based BDK media, on 3 September 2020, the Montenegrin Agency for Protection of Competition issued a decision to ..read more
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The tiny South Asian nation only has diplomatic relations with a small number of countries and measures its success based on a national happiness index
Israel on Saturday announced that it had established diplomatic relations with Bhutan, the fifth country to do so in recent months alongside United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
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Ryanair is already looking to the post-conflict between Russia and Ukraine and is betting on a market of 40 million potential passengers.
With his usual farsightedness and ahead of the whole sector, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary went to Kyiv to meet the Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine and Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, as well as the representatives of the main Ukrainian airports (Kiev, Lviv, and Odesa).
The target? Making concrete the announcement made a few months ago on low-cost investments in the country.
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Compared to a hot summer day in Hawaii, where the waters are 26.5°C / 79.7°F today, Global Warming is catching up with the Sunshine State.
As “unprecedented heat waves and escalating water temperatures” cause “a massive coral bleaching event,”, University of South Florida (USF) researchers moved 1,500 coral specimens to tanks on land Monday.
It’s important: Coral reefs shelter 25% of ocean species and support half a billion humans.
South Florida and the Florida Keys have record-high ocean temperatures. Tampa Bay meteorologist Jeff Berardelli reported a probable record 101°F sea surface tempera ..read more