Category - Government and Public Sector Tourism News

London Heathrow CEO appeal to G7 Ministers: Open our Skies!

London Heathrow Airport CEO, John Holland-Kaye has a desperate appeal to G7 ministers "With the G7 starting today, ministers have a chance to kickstart the green global recovery by agreeing how to resume international travel safely and setting a mandate for sustainable aviation fuels that will decarbonise aviation. This is the time for them to show global leadership.” - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

A glimpse into the Seychelles melting pot

A tender nation of merely 250 years, the Seychelles Islands harbor a wealth of heritage, stemming from the continents of Africa, Europe and Asia. Blending into what is now known as the Seychellois Creole culture, this melting pot captivates onlookers with its diverse history, art, cuisine, dance, and language. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

African great apes are in danger of losing their natural habitats

Gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos are already listed as endangered and critically endangered wildlife, but the climate change crisis, the destruction of wild areas for minerals, timber, food, and human population growth is on track to decimate their ranges by 2050, the scientists said. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

A Bombshell Tribute by Dr. Taleb Rifai about UNWTO and Dr. Walter Mzembi

A bombshell statement on UNWTO by former Secretary-General Dr. Taleb Rifai was seen as a life time tribute, and a wonderful testimonial by the former minister of tourism and UNWTO candidate Dr. Walter Mzembi, who was just acquitted by a Zimbabwe High Court on charges of corruption. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

Travel to Hawaii without restrictions for visitors

Hawaii is known as the Aloha State. It has been an example to the world when it comes to safety throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The government is working on making the Aloha State available to all visitors once 70 percent of all residents are vaccinated. This may be just weeks away. In the meantime, other major travel restrictions will be lifted on June 15. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

European Union officially closes its airspace to Belarusian airlines

European Council today decided to strengthen the existing restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus by introducing a ban on the overflight of EU airspace and on access to EU airports by Belarusian carriers of all kinds. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

Uganda conducting massive COVID-19 vaccination drive

As the cogs of the tourism sector slowly but steadily begin to turn, stakeholders from the Uganda tourism sector desperate to return to pre-pandemic days have taken pragmatic steps in a bid to revive the sector. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

Anguilla Tourist Board names new Chief Marketing Officer

Georgios Tserdakidis is a multilingual marketing and communications specialist with extensive international experience in strategic destination marketing and communications for the travel and tourism industry. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online

Ryanair falls in love with Belfast again

Ryanair as an Ireland based airline had avoided services to UK Northern Ireland and the city of Belfast. This has now changed, and Belfast loves it, welcoming Ryanair with water cannons. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online