Much of the world experiences all sorts of thunderstorms or weather-related travel delays. These result in angry visitors and the need to rework all sorts of travel schedules. - eTurboNews | Travel News
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COVID Exploding in Africa: US$7.7 Billion the World cannot afford to deny
The Delta variant puts the world on live support. The World is at risk, but no region more than Africa. WHO need $7.7 billion for Africa now, and the world cannot afford to ignore. As US President Biden said: "We're all in this together. no one is safe until everyone is safe." - eTurboNews | Travel News
Korean Visitors Love Guam and GVB welcomes T’way passengers with a song
The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) and A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority (GIAA) welcomed the first flight from Seoul, South Korea in 2021 late Saturday night. The B737-800 aircraft arrived from Seoul, Korea, and brought 52 passengers to the island. The flight was operated by T’way, the first airline carrier to resume regular air service […] - eTurboNews | Travel News
Tourist attacked, killed, eaten by a hungry bear while hiking in a National Park
Ergaki National Par is the perfect place for visitors wanting to enjoy beautiful nature, scenery, and observe social distancing when traveling during the COVID pandemic. Being the dinner for a hungry bear turned this trip deadly and into living hell for 3 surviving hikers. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Going to Vegas? Pack Your Masks
Most of the state of Nevada counties are back under mask mandates in an attempt to protect against the surging new cases of COVID-19 across the United States. Of the 16 state counties, 12 are back to requiring the wearing of masks. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Indonesia Travel and Tourism: COVID Impact Report
The state of the Travel and Tourism industry contributed 46.6 percent less to the GDP of Indonesia between 2019 and 2020 due to COVID-19. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Canada Braces for Delta-Driven 4th Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic
Canada is in a slightly precarious period at the moment, in between people trying to get the vaccines in and reopening. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Union Sues Qantas Airways Over Massive Pandemic Layoffs and Wins
Australia’s federal court ruled in favor of the Transport Workers Union’s case against Qantas. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Events Industry Council Partners with The Code to Support End of Child Trafficking
Today, July 30, 2021, World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2021, the Events Industry Council (EIC), a global voice of the business events industry on advocacy, research, professional recognition, and standards, has announced it has joined The Code, a multi-stakeholder initiative to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. - eTurboNews | Travel News
India Aviation: New Airlines on the Horizon
The India aviation sector, like almost every travel and tourism endeavor, never has a dull moment, regardless of whether or not the moment at hand is positive or negative. This moment in time, however, has all the appearances of being positive. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Caribbean Tourism Launches Community Network
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has launched the Caribbean Community Tourism Network (CCTN) to provide a platform to support the continued development of CBT in the Caribbean. Tourism product development authorities in the Caribbean region now have a resource from which to draw when developing their community-based tourism (CBT) programs. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Kenya extends curfew, bans all public gatherings as COVID spikes
The number of infections has been rising daily as politicians, one year away from a general election, host huge rallies across the country. - eTurboNews | Travel News
New Attraction at Frankfurt Airport: Fraport Visitor Center Opens August 2
A new attraction is opening on August 2 at Frankfurt Airport: the multimedia Fraport Visitor Center in Terminal 1, Hall C, will welcome its first guests just in time for the summer travel season. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Cyprus Makes Weekly COVID-19 Tests Mandatory For All Unvaccinated Tourists
Visitors who have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or a certificate confirming a successful recovery from previous COVID-19 infection are exempt from the PCR test. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Atkins Kroll Joins Håfa Adai Pledge Program
The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) has announced that Atkins Kroll Inc. has taken the Håfa Adai Pledge (HAP) this afternoon at the AK Showroom in Tamuning. - eTurboNews | Travel News
2021 Caribbean Tourism: Gut Punched
The most tourism-dependent nations in the world include Aruba, Antigua, Barbuda, the Bahamas, St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Belize, the Cayman Islands, and the Dominican Republic (iadb.org). For these islands, nations tourism is their economic lifeblood and it dissolved overnight. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Zanzibar International Film Festival to Boost Island Tourism
Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi supported organizers of the annual Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) and said the event would expose and develop the island’s tourism and heritage. - eTurboNews | Travel News
13 Projects for 13 Districts to Save Himalayan Tourism
The hill state of Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, plans to develop 13 tourism projects in its 13 districts. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Russia Resumes Flights to France and Czech Republic
The decision to resume flights with these countries appears to be just a formality, since no airline has announced plans to resume scheduled direct flights between the Russian Federation, France and Czech Republic. - eTurboNews | Travel News
East African States Adopt Regional COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Plan
The East African regional ministers had met virtually under the chairmanship Kenyan Minister for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala and all agreed to take recovery measures. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Dazzling Seychelles Footage to Lure Visitors from Romania
Travelers from Romania will get to enjoy the Seychelles’ warmth and unrivaled beauty from afar when dazzling footage of the destination graces their television screens in October. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Hawaii Sunsets Are Beautiful But Not The Best?
The study looked at the number of travel articles and blogs which recommend the destination, the number of Instagram posts and the level of pollution caused by artificial light. - eTurboNews | Travel News
50,000 Jamaica Tourism Workers Back on the Job in Last 6 Months
Jamaica’s tourism industry has brought back more than 50,000 workers in the last 6 months, showing its capacity for resilience and its ability to bounce back from crises. - eTurboNews | Travel News
IATA: European Commission Out of Touch With Reality
European Commission had ignored the advice and evidence presented by EU member states and the airline industry. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Americans Want Less Booze on Flights
Over half of Americans (59%) actually do think limits should be put in place on the amount of alcohol people can drink on flights. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Clinical trial of pill version of COVID-19 vaccine starts in Israel
All currently existing COVID-19 vaccines are administrated via one or two injections. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Will Ryanair’s Bullish Summer 2022 Plans Pay Dividends?
Europe’s largest low-cost airline foresees summer 2022 as its time to shine, and preparations are underway. - eTurboNews | Travel News
2021 Top 10 Global Foodie Hotspots Revealed
The food we enjoy on holiday is one of the many reasons we love to travel. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Caribbean Tourism Guardedly Optimistic About Summer Travel
Data from Caribbean Tourism Organization member countries suggest reversal of slide which began at the end of March 2020. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Favorites include Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, Sahara, Mount Everest, The Dead Sea, Ha Long Bay
With some countries begin to lift restrictions for vaccinated travelers, Instagram Hashtags for famous natural wonders indicate the desire for tourists to travel. A company in the UK dealing with energy savings released a report. - eTurboNews | Travel News