More than 65% of the local adult population is vaccinated, making the Turks and Caicos Islands one of the most inoculated countries in the world. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Category - Government and Public Sector Tourism News
Barbados issues statement on Celebrity Millennium passengers testing positive for COVID-19
Since leaving Barbados, the ship made calls at three other destinations, and is currently returning to St. Maarten where the cruise will end on schedule. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
UN to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit
Despite the extraordinarily speedy production of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, swift action has not followed to aid equal access across all countries and regions - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Pakistan’s Punjab: No COVID-19 vaccination, no mobile phone!
According to Punjab's Health Minister, new policy would disable mobile SIM cards belonging to those who fail to get jabbed “beyond a certain time.” - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
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
Brits make mad dash home from Portugal to beat new quarantine rules deadline
British tourists called the scenes at the airport “absolute carnage” – claiming it took over two hours to check in – and blamed UK government ministers for creating the situation. - 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
FlyNAS launches direct flights between Saudi and Seychelles from July 2021
Starting July 1, 2021, the Seychelles islands will be more accessible for travelers from the Saudi Arabia as the Saudi Arabian based airline, FlyNAS announced direct flights from Jeddah to Mahé. - 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
Brits make mad dash home from Portugal to beat new quarantine rules deadline
British tourists called the scenes at the airport “absolute carnage” – claiming it took over two hours to check in – and blamed UK government ministers for creating the situation. - 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
Bangkok officials desperate to contain COVID-19
Health officials in Bangkok are urgently offering COVID-19 vaccines to residents at hotspots to help contain the outbreak. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Kazakhstan makes two-week quarantine mandatory for all arrivals from India
Travelers arrived from or having visited India in the last 14 days are to home quarantined for 14 days upon return to Kazakhstan. - 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
Seychelles leaving ecological print this Environment Day with Global Impact Network
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) launched its partnership with the Global Impact Network today, Friday, June 4, 2021, coinciding with the destination’s activities for the World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5. - 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
Google: We’re sorry, Kannada language is NOT the ‘ugliest in India’
Typing “ugliest language in India” into Google search engine returned “Kannada,” a language spoken by more than 40 million people, predominantly in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
UNWTO and Greece to establish first maritime tourism research center
Coastal and Maritime tourism is one of the most important economic drivers within the Mediterranean basin. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Second India COVID-19 wave more catastrophic than the first
Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, a public policy think tank of the government, today said that the second India COVID-19 wave has been more catastrophic than the first one. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Iron Curtain 2.0: Belarus bars citizens from leaving country
Belarusian citizens do not have grounds for leaving the country, state officials say. - 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
Kazakhstan launches new COVID app for travel within Eurasian Economic Union
Kazakhstan's new travel app was designed to be operational within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). - 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
Governments should make data-driven decisions when reopening borders to international travel
Data can and should drive policies on restarting global travel that manage COVID-19 risks to protect populations, revive livelihoods and boost economies. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Foreigners allowed to enter Brazil by plane only
Even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Brazil. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Switzerland may close Geneva airspace during US-Russia presidential summit
No final decision on airspace closure has been made yet, Swiss official said, adding that 'preparations are continuing.' - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Former tourism minister Dr. Walter Mzembi not guilty in a UNWTO General Assembly related crime hunt in Zimbabwe
Dr. Walter Mzembi was one of the longest-serving Tourism ministers in the world. He also served as the foreign minister in Zimbabwe. He was accused of corruption on false charges related to a UNWTO General Assembly in Zimbabwe/ Zambia, was now cleared of any wrongdoing. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Tourism sector invites Europeans to open up to travel again
‘Open up to Europe’ is a major promotional campaign that will play a significant role in the reopening of European tourism and revival of travel confidence this summer. - 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
Tourism beautification: Not just about flowers and landscaping
With the rebirth of travel using site beautification to enhance your marketing and your security protocols is more important than ever. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online