Tag: Guidelines

The second wave of covid is sweeping the country. It is important to avoid travel as much as possible and to minimize contact with people to avoid getting sick. However, some essential trips cannot be ignored. Travel is allowed in the country while maintaining travel restrictions. Although a small lockdown is now in place in the country, Indian Railways is still operating. Railways have also tightened travel restrictions in the wake of the covid expansion. You can read about the latest regulations and guidelines issued by the Railways in association with the states. Train passengers must wear a mask. Passengers ... Read more

The Ministry of Tourism have formulated the guidelines for approval and re-approval of Online Travel Aggregators (OTA) to ensure adequate safeguards against deficiency of service, alternate arrangements and punitive deterrence. An OTA is an intermediary or an agent, selling travel products and services such as the airlines, car rental, cruise lines, Hotels or Accommodation, railways and vacation packages on behalf of suppliers using the internet as a medium. The ministry said in a statement yesterday that the voluntary scheme is open to genuine online travel aggregators to bring them on a common platform in the organized sector. The guidelines will ... Read more

Those who are longing to go to Boracay Island, after six long months’ closure for rehabilitation due to environmental reasons last April 26, 2018; should take note of some things they can and cannot do in the island. Boracay Island has reopened on October 26 after spending millions of pesos to rehabilitate the island. In order to conserve the island’s environment and natural habitat, Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) composed of agencies to include the DENR, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Department of Tourism (DOT), has set the guidelines to be followed by visitors ... Read more