One of India’s busiest transit routes is getting a serious upgrade with the announcement of a $10bn Hyperloop project, expected to be the world’s first, which will ferry passengers 117.5km from Mumbai to Pune in just 23 minutes. The Maharashtra provincial cabinet approved the Rs 70,000 crore (~US$10bn) project in a meeting Tuesday. At present,…
The Chairman of the SER (Social Economic Council) of St.Maarten, Ir. Damien Richardson is taking the private initiative to request that CESALC (The Economic and Social Councils Network for Latin America and the Caribbean) evaluates the nature of airlift in the Caribbean and propose relevant scenarios, policies, and regulations that can help with the fluidity of movement of…
Current president of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, proposed compiling a list of states with which visa-free regime should be established. Vladimir Zelensky said that the abolition of visa requirements for a number of countries will help develop medical tourism in Ukraine. New Ukrainian president explained that many foreigners come to Ukraine “for treatment”, but they feel…
All six cities of China‘s Hangzhou Metropolitan Circle – Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Quzhou and Huangshan – jointly released the Quality Rural TourismDeclaration at the 2019 Hangzhou Metropolitan Circle (Huangshan) Rural Culture and Tourism Development Conference held in Huangshan on July 31, 2019. The event was co-hosted by the people’s governments of Huangshan and Hangzhou, with Huangshan…
The African Tourism Board declares St. Helena as part of Africa and welcomes Destination Management Company Island Images as their first member on that remote British Island Territory in the Atlantic Ocean. St. Helena is an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa for centuries, and adds a unique unexplored component to the African…
The president of the Italian Federation of Travel Agents and Tourism (FIAVET), Ivana Jelinic, rose to the forefront of success in Italy for her diligent management of the Federation to which over 10,000 Travel agents in Italy are associated. The merits attributed to the FIAVET president consist of having brought the brand to the international level. One year…
His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, has assented to Uganda Wildlife Bill, 2017, sponsored by Minister of Tourism Wildlife And Antiquities, Professor Ephrahim Kamuntu, before it was enacted by Parliament of Uganda, effectively enacting UGANDA WILDLIFE ACT, 2019 into law. The objective of the bill is to provide for the conservation and…
Two months after inaugurating the Dar es Salaam-Lusaka-and-Harare schedules, Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) has announced the launch of direct flights to Johannesburg. The Johannesburg route will be the fifth to be launched by the expanding airline within three years, since the company’s recovery plan started to be implemented by the government. Other international routes…
Ahead of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of the First Budget, India travel services companies, issued the following statements with regard to pre-budget expectations: Mahesh Iyer, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. “The travel and tourism industry is a crucial contributor to the growth of the Indian economy with a…
US Department of Justice is expanding its Boeing inquiry, probing the charges that the 787 Dreamliner’s production was plagued with the same incompetence that dogged the doomed 737 MAX and resulted in hundreds of deaths. The federal prosecutors have requested records related to 787 Dreamliner production at Boeing’s South Carolina plant, where two sources who…