Category - Travel Destination Update

Tanzanian President: Number one tourist campaigner in Africa

Campaigning to expose Tanzania’s tourism across the world, Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan is touring the northern tourist circuit, guiding the shooting of a documentary film on key and premier attractive sites. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

How to visit Saudi Arabia from UAE, South Africa, Argentina again?

The once closed and mysterious Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now known to be the most tourism friendly country in the world. The country is taking a front row in world tourism leadership. Today the Saudi Ministry of Interior confirmed it will reopen the Kingdom to its neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, to South Africa, and to Argentina. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

More of Thailand reopens in 3 weeks

Phuket see the stage for Thailand destination reopenings since the onset of COVID-19 using the Sandbox tourism program as its guidepost. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Back to the Bahamas in honor of CHICOS 10th anniversary

Parris Jordan, Chairman of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS), enthusiastically announces that the 10th anniversary edition of CHICOS, scheduled for November 10-12, 2021, will be hosted at the Grand Hyatt in the highly-praised Baha Mar resort complex in Nassau, Bahamas. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Bulgari Jewelry Store in Paris wiped out of €10 million

This Paris robbery occurred at around noon on Tuesday. While police have not yet officially named the store, a heavy law-enforcement presence was spotted at the Bulgari boutique, which was apparently the bandits’ target. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

WTTC responds to the latest recommendations from the EU

Ministers and international decision makers in the public center change travel restrictions on a daily basis. A lack of global cooperation and the lack of a global system makes international a challenge, even for vaccinated passengers. As WTTC did before, the organization representing the largest members of the travel and tourism industry today made another statement and wishlist. If this statement will help to bring any action waits to be seen. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

The St. Regis San Francisco announces exquisite new “Take Flight” package

The St. Regis San Francisco, the city’s premier address for luxury accommodations, gracious service and timeless elegance, has announced a new package offering for travelers and locals seeking exquisite accommodations as well as unique experiences in beautiful, serene Napa Valley. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Villages as businesses paving the way forward to Caribbean communities

Jamaica has been branded the HOME OF COMMUNITY TOURISM by the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) as this is where it was pioneered 45 years ago by Diana McIntyre-Pike owner/operator of The Astra Country Inn Mandeville then and the late Desmond Henry, a past Director of Tourism. Together they created the Countrystyle Community Tourism Network (CCTN) to develop community tourism mainly on the south coast of Jamaica. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Nepal: A street photographer’s dream

Trekking is the most popular attraction in Nepal with such famous treks as the Annapurna Circuit, Langtang and Everest Base Camp treks to name a few. Trekking these popular routes draws over 150,000 visitors per year to Nepal. As a trekker you can expect that as you enter a village the children will all come running out to demand, “one photo please.” They absolutely love it if you take their photo and then show them on the LCD screen of your camera. But it’s not only the children who are happy...