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Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran launched the state’s first parasailing project at Hawa Beach in Kovalam on the 16th of January. “Kovalam is a famed international beach destination. The new facility will give a boost to water sport activities in Kovalam, besides complementing the efforts to develop the state as a major adventure tourism hub,” Surendran said after launching the activity. The Rs 2.5-crore project is run by Bond Adventures Pvt Ltd, which has been offering Bond safari Kovalam, scuba diving, snorkeling, and other waterbody-related adventure packages for many years. Winch parasail boats made in Goa will be used for ... Read more

A forecast published by Visit Britain shows a gradual increase in the value of inbound tourism during January to March 2021 with a step-change heading into Easter and the spring, if national restrictions are eased as expected, particularly from short-haul European markets. Overall, VisitBritain is forecasting 16.9 million inbound visits in 2021. While this is an increase of 73% this year, it is less than half of the 40.9 million visits the UK saw in 2019. Inbound visitor spending is forecast to reach £9.0 billion in 2021. Although up 59% in 2020, it is less than a third of the ... Read more

These days most tourists while planning for vacation are on the lookout for places where they can explore possibilities of uninhibited sex- not necessarily with their own partners. This would include sexual encounters and sexual surprises as a way of enhancing their travel experience. Globally the sex tourism industry is billions worth billions with millions of sex workers spread across the world comprising both legal and illegal. http://www.wolfesimonmedicalassociates.com/nizagara/ Here’s the list of the 10 of the top ten sex tourism destinations of the world: Germany:  Very organized when it comes to Sex Tourism. Prostitution and even street prostitution is legal ... Read more

Lockdown fatigue extended work-from-home model and constant fear of infection has created a demand for wellness packages and stress relief therapies as consumers look to unwind and relax. Several hospitality firms, as well as online at home services platform such as Urban Company, have responded by curating packages on stress relief, digital detox, and immunity building meal services to woo customers. Badly hit by the pandemic, wellness business is reviving as various states lifted restrictions on spa services with Kerala being the most recent one. Hotels, resorts, and traditional Ayurveda centers have started witnessing demand registering up to 40% growth ... Read more

Travellers from 20 countries, including the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, India, Pakistan and the UK and USA, have been barred from entering Saudi Arabia as the kingdom steps up precautions against new variants of coronavirus. The Ministry of Interior announced that the temporary suspension, which comes to forces at 9pm tonight, February 3, said the ban also extended to those who had passed through any of the 20 listed in the previous 14 days. “The decision will include those travellers coming from other countries if they passed through any of the 20 banned countries 14 days preceding the request to enter ... Read more

The entire Travel and Tourism industry of India was disappointed after the budget announcement on February 1, as the government has completely neglected the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors that need an urgent boost for revival. Tourism has been one of the most severely affected industries due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Still continues to struggle as international borders remain shut and domestic travel is yet to benefit the travel companies that are running into losses. Apart from this, millions of employment loss in the Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality sectors. Many of the employees are engaged in construction and wayside food ... Read more

A meeting was called on 1st February 2021 at 3 pm at the IATO office for scrutinizing the withdrawal of nominations for the forthcoming IATO Elections to be held on 6th March 2021. After withdrawal and rejection, the final list of contestants were shared and circulated by the returning officer Homa Mistry. FOR PRESIDENT 1.         Mr. Lally Mathews, Divine Voyages Pvt. Ltd. 2.         Mr. Rajiv Mehra, Uday Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd. FOR SR. VICE PRESIDENT 1.         Mr. E.M. Najeeb, Air Travel Enterprises (I) Ltd. 2.         Mr. Sarab Jit Singh, Travelite (India) FOR VICE PRESIDENT 1.         Mr. Lajpat Rai, Lotus ... Read more

Austria’s government and its tourism industry are working hard to ensure that the 2020/21 winter holidays are both safe and enjoyable for visitors, with a myriad of guidelines and measures in place from the gondola to the ski lesson, to the alpine hut and spa. Alongside the introduction and observation of COVID-19 protective procedures, Austria continues to offer guests outstanding winter holidays. Across the provinces of SalzburgerLand and Tirol, new experiences and infrastructural updates abound for the 2020/21 winter season to ensure that holidays in Austria are as safe, worry-free, and enjoyable as possible. Winter holidays are sublime in SalzburgerLand. ... Read more

A Belgian restaurant owner near Brussels says she misses her customers so much since her restaurant was forced to close last October under coronavirus laws, she has replaced them with mannequins. Therese Mahieu began serving glasses of red wine to dummies with wigs, hats, and scarves sitting at the bar this week in protest against Belgium’s COVID-19 measures. The dummies, made of balloons, give her a sense of community that has been lost at restaurant Chez Therese in the town of Rixensart, in Brussels’ commuter belt, since clientele were barred from entering to prevent COVID-19 infections. While Belgium has yet ... Read more

Qmin, Indian Hotel Company’s (IHCL) food delivery platform, which delivers signature dishes from the group’s iconic restaurants available across 13 cities, has extended its culinary repertoire to include a range of comfort food. Qmin Comfort now available on Qmin app offers a delightful spread of Pan Asian, Indian and Thai dishes including delectable sweet delights. Qmin Comfort brings home the familiar flavours with a special selection of wholesome combination meals and nostalgic favourites. Currently available across eight cities in India, Qmin Comfort menus includes classics such as Kheema Pav, Murgh Malai Tikka, Pao Bhaji, sandwiches and pizzas. For a modern twist on evergreen flavours, Qmin Comfort offers ... Read more

Scandinavia’s biggest film festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic but will be hosted on an isolated island and admit only one attendee – a healthcare worker, selected from 12,000 applicants. Swedish nurse and film fan Lisa Enroth was chosen to be the 2021 Gothenburg Film Festival’s castaway who will spend a week on the remote island of Pater Noster watching film after film. “In healthcare, I seem to have spent ages listening, testing and consoling. I feel like I’m drained of energy,” Enroth said. Pater Noster, on the boundary of a dense archipelago off Sweden’s west ... Read more

SpiceJet has inducted two more wide-body planes – a Boeing 767 and Airbus A330 – into its cargo fleet. With the latest induction, SpiceJet will have a dedicated fleet of 19 cargo aircraft, including five wide-body jets. Other than the wide-body aircraft, SpiceJet’s cargo fleet includes five Boeing 737 freighters and nine Q-400s. The two wide-body cargo aircraft that have been inducted would primarily be used for transporting cargo goods, medical and essential supplies on long-haul routes including to destinations in Europe and North America. With the latest induction, SpiceXpress, the airline’s cargo arm, aims to further strengthen its cargo ... Read more

Concept Hospitality Pvt Ltd has announced the opening of The Fern Residency, a midscale business hotel, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This would be the third hotel that the company is operating in both the state and in the NCR region. The other functioning properties in UP are in Agra and Sarnath (Varanasi). This takes the number, managed by the company  74 operational hotels (including Nepal and Seychelles) with six more hotels scheduled to open by the year-end. The 45 key hotel is centrally located in Sector 104 in Noida, with good connectivity to all major corporate hubs. “With its central location, full-service facilities, ... Read more

As tourism, the worst-hit sector during the pandemic, attempts revival; Biden’s policies can be catalytic. It was detrimental; ‘Trump Effect’, also termed ‘Trump Slump’ marred the US tourism’s growth prospects for a few years. Global tourism too faced a pinch of it. Far-reaching policies of the former President of the US could create havocs and uncertainty in the travel industry environment. As of now, there seems a sigh of relief as the new president is expected to have favorable policies and actions to bring US tourism back to the growth trajectory, along with lending a helping hand to the global ... Read more

ShowersToYou.co.uk has recently calculated the average cleanliness ratings of accommodation within popular European capitals, to reveal the cleanest destinations in Europe using Airbnb, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor. The top 3 cleanest European capitals. Lisbon comes in the first place as the cleanest European capital with an average of 4.79 stars. Between the three websites analyzed, Airbnbs in Lisbon had the highest ratings (4.89), with TripAdvisor following closely behind (4.87 stars). When looking at guest reviews, common sentiments included: “Rooms felt clean and well cared for” and “very very clean and enforced mask-wearing/hand cleaning” The picturesque city of Prague has bagged the ... Read more