Hong Kong is diligently working to make it as simple as possible for people to test for COVID-19 as they go about their days using public transportation. In developing procedures to meet this important effort, the MTR Corporation in Hong Kong has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and fighting the virus right alongside the community. To facilitate the Government’s Enhanced Laboratory Surveillance Program for the public to access COVID-19 testing service with convenience, vending...
A spotlight is shining on concerted efforts by Hong Kong Tourism Board public and private sectors in preparation for tourism revival in the post-pandemic city. From aviation and hotels, to retail/food and beverage and attractions, and from the MICE industry to transportation, tourism-related industries in Hong Kong have adapted new safety measure and technologies to keep locals safe and visitors worry-free when international travel returns. Stronger, Together There is strength in numbers, as...
For those living in areas susceptible to hurricanes, the annual hurricane season is an anxious time. However, the ongoing 2020 COVID-19 crisis is likely to complicate things even more, with social distancing measures and shortages of medical supplies and PPE having an effect on evacuation centers and hurricane supplies. Here are three ways you can help during this year’s hurricane season. Make a hurricane relief donation Aid organizations do a fantastic job of helping communities to cope with...
How safe is Frankfurt HBF (Main Train Station), or a German train station in general? This is a hot discussion today throughout Germany after an 8-year old boy was pushed in front of an ICE train and suffered a horrible death with her mother narrowly escaping the same. An ICE is a fast passenger train connecting major cities. Frankfurt/Main main train station is a major traffic hub in the DB (German Rail) system. A 40-year-old man, a refugee from Eritrea is in custody and is...
Zimbabwe Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira today had to abandon her Prado, Cruiser, Benz, to fit into the prison truck. Just a couple of days ago the minister was in London only to get home and to be arrested for corruption. The minister was arrested for corruption on Thursday. Environment, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira, who appeared in court yesterday on corruption allegations involving $95 million, spent another night in custody last night for her bail...
United, American and Delta Airlines may not follow President Trump push for America First and may shift from Boeing to the European airline manufacturer Airbus. After American, now United is on the edge of separation from Boeing’s future mid-size aircraft. The airline currently has 76 Boeing 757 and 54 Boeing 767 aircraft in service. Delta Air Lines operates 193 Boeing 757 and 767 in total. Airbus presents the A321XLR as an alternative to the Boeing 757 and 767, which can also connect...
Japan and South Korea are people of a similar mentality and outlook on life. Both nations are conservative in one way and progressive in another way, but they are far away from being friends. A logical connection between the two similar nations should be tourism, but there is not enough coordination and not enough cooperation. Japan – South Korea Tourism, however, is a huge business. 603,000 Korean visited Japan in May 2019 alone. In return 227,000 Japanese went to South Korea...
Armed police and frequent checkpoints have not dampened the flow of holidaymakers visiting the region, which in 2018 saw a 40 percent increase in visits year-on-year – mainly from domestic tourists – outstripping the national average by 25 percent, according to official figures. The business has grown steadily over the years mainly because “Xinjiang is very stable”, explains Wu Yali, who runs a travel agency in the region. Though tourists are not used to the high level...
Global Rescue moved into action at 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) after receiving a mayday call conferenced in by friends of American researcher Dr. John All. Climbing on a remote Himalayan peak in Nepal called Himlung, All broke through a thin layer of snow and fell 70 feet through a crevasse. “I’m trapped here,” All said. He sounded desperate, recording first-person video clips from the depths of where he had fallen. Every minute was important to get help to this climber. Years later, the reason...
Scott Garrett no longer leaves the country without his Global Rescue membership card in his wallet. Garrett’s incredible story about a life-threatening illness on safari in Namibia is a testament to why his family considers themselves lucky to have Global Rescue. Garrett is the president of Garrett Trucking in Houston, Texas. A busy man, Garrett found time to take an adventurous vacation with his wife. Their trip took them from Houston to Dubai, Johannesburg and then Namibia. Two days...
Egypt Tourism has good news. Two of its earliest pyramids located 40 km south of Cairo are scheduled to re-open for the first time since 1965. Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters on Saturday that Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a collection of stone, clay and wooden sarcophagi, some of them with mummies, in the Dahshur royal necropolis. Archaeologists also found wooden funerary masks along with instruments used in cutting stones, dating to the Late Period...
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has given immediate termination notice to 38 employees, saying it is adopting a leaner, more efficient and cost-effective human resource base. The employees, from different departments and offices across the country, started receiving their termination letters on Tuesday afternoon. Zimbabwe has been in a terrible financial situation with an imploding economy. The official reason is expected to be announced this afternoon by ZTA Corporate and...
The Hong Kong Legislator building is under attack. The U.S. consulate today warns American visitors in Hong Kong to avoid major areas in Hong Kong. U.S. citizens should keep a low profile. Tension runs high as Hong Kong protesters smash windows ahead of handover rally today.Protesters were able to break the glass and are storming the legislator building. Police have been seen putting their gas masks on. The situation seems to be escalating. Media from all over the world is covering the...
The first Virgin Hotel in the UK owned by Sir Richard Branson has a major selling point before it’s even constructed. The opening of Virgin Hotel in Edinburgh has been delayed by a year after archaeologists at the site unearthed artifacts dating back 1,000 years. The excavation in Edinburgh has lasted more than a year, three times longer than expected, due to the range of objects and material discovered from the 10th century. Experts say the remains of buildings found predate...
Boeing has been outsourcing software development to newly graduated programmers employed by third-party software developers – including Indian HCL Technologies Ltd and Cyient Ltd – that were making as little as $9 an hour, roughly four times less than their own experienced engineers who Boeing was actively laying off, Bloomberg has learned, suggesting that inadequate quality control practices may have contributed to fatal 737 MAX crashes The company reportedly outsourced flight...
Russia has launched its first train service from St Petersburg through remote Arctic regions to Norway. The service made its debut journey last week with 91 passengers on board. German tour operator Lernidee Trains & Cruises are the company behind the venture, which they launched as no other operator were offering journeys through the Russian Arctic. The train is called “Zarengold” (“The Tsars gold” in German) and has two restaurant cars as well as sleeping cabins in...
IATA is taking a stand in the Boeing MAX controversy and issued this statement today: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged state aviation safety regulators to continue to align on technical validation requirements and timelines for the safe re-entry into service of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The announcement came at the conclusion of the second Boeing 737 MAX Summit organized by IATA. “The Boeing 737 MAX tragedies weigh heavily on an industry that holds safety as its...
Two airline crashes, hundreds of passengers dead, but the concerns about Boeing and their B737 MAX is not getting resolved. Even more safety dangers were revealed by pilot testimony during Wednesday’s House Aviation Subcommittee, according to Paul Hudson of Flyersrights. They include: The MAX requires a higher take-off speed of 23 mph higher than previous versions, making it difficult to clear obstacles at the end of shorter runways at some airports like Chicago Midway, especially in wet...
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the Dominican Republic is removing liquor dispensers from guest room minibars at its resort in Punta Cana the general manager said after media including this publication asked if the hotel was slowly poisoning their guests. The hotel wanted to make sure their decision to remove the dispensers was made independently and not as a result of the deaths that happened at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at Punta Cana The decision follows a series of American tourist...
The Northshore of Oahu has been home of this publication and our entire community here is in a state of shock and disbelieve. This is after eleven people died last night in Hawaii’s deadliest commercial air disaster for more than 20 years. Dillingham Airfield in Mokulea remains closed until further notice. Among the victims are at least three tourists that were looking to experience a usually safe adventure of tandem parachuting. Also dead are 6 or more employees of Oahu Parachute...
The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) Research Department confirmed that visitor arrivals for May 2019 have broken a 22-year-old record to become the top May in Guam’s tourism history. The island welcomed 120,082 visitors (+5.3%) to its shores during Tourism Month. Taking the weighted average of $595.51 from second quarter on-island expenditures, the amount of visitors in May translates to an estimated $71.5 million infused into the local economy. The month of May was off to a strong start with...
When asked what the Dominican Republic will do after 9 healthy American tourists died recently while on vacation in beach hotels like Hardrock or RIU, officials told eTurboNews. “We hired an expensive U.S. PR agency to turn the records on American travelers perception when it comes to visiting the Dominican Republic and their safety.” The reports of a ninth healthy American was found dead in the Dominican Republic in the last 12 months, some American visitors may be questioning if...
There will be a farewell cocktail tonight at UNWTO Madrid to say farewell to the UNWTO Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Jaime Alberto Cabal Sanclemente of Colombia. He was appointed Deputy Secretary–General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in June 2018 and decided to leave the organization after just one year. The official version is, Mr. Sancelmente will go into the private tourism industry. It’s not clear who will be his successor willing to work with UNWTO...
Buying Turkish Citizenship is the latest trend in citizen tourism specifically for Chinese. Citizenship tourism has become big business in countries around the world. Several Caribbean nations, even EU member Malta and Portugal are competing in this lucrative business to make Chinese one of their own. The price tag to be issued a Turkish Passport is $250,000, and specifically Chinese Tourists and Investors love it. Those interested in a Turkish Half Moon Passport can just buy a home or land for...
A Hawaii vacation turned into an unexpected adventure of an active shooter experience for passengers checking in for their flight at Honolulu Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Passengers in line at TSA checkpoint 3 ran in every direction after a noise that sounded like an explosion was heard and someone yelled “shooter.” Linda posted to her Facebook: “There was a shooter at the Honolulu Airport One of the biggest scares of my life.” Passengers broke the barriers...
Jamaica Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett says that for tourism to be truly sustainable there must be greater equality among all stakeholders and a more equitable distribution of tourism earnings. He was speaking at the 110th Executive Council meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Monday (June 17) at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. The three-day Executive Council meeting is taking place from June 16 – 18, 2019. With revenues...
Uganda Tourism has been bracing after three Ugandans fell ill after obtaining the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lily Ajarova, CEO of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) told eTurboNews that a week after this, Uganda has no more confirmed cases of Ebola. One of two suspect cases in the isolation unit has tested negative and has been discharged and results for the other are pending. This all is good news not only for tourism but for the people of Uganda. The World Health...
Baku, Azerbaijan; June 17, 2019: Minister of Tourism of Jamaica, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett yesterday (June 16) met with some of the leading partners in the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCM) to discuss projects and deliverables the Centre will commence following the opening of its new physical facility on Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in October this year. In attendance were Ms. Jennifer Griffith, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of...
Last week on Friday, many Ugandans especially those in the tourism and conservation circles were shocked when an advert appeared in the national newspaper by the Electricity Regulatory Authority(ERA) in which they announced a notice of intended application for a license from two companies intending to construct a hydropower dam along the Murchison Falls, wherein we write to condemn this evil plot against the tourism sector. The advert which appeared in the government newspaper read in part...
Visiting Hawaii and wanted to take your clothes off? Nude surfing and naked boogie boarding in Hawaii are popular on Little Beach. Little Beach on Maui has been voted the best nude beach in Hawaii and is among the 10 most popular clothing optional beaches in the world according to nudist experts and Instagram star Svetlana Reus. Freezing Iceland is the best place for naked photos. Little Beach is where tourists visiting Hawaii go to get naked with a bunch of other visitors and on a...
