Tag: TourismRevival
PATA Provides Revival Strategy for SriLanka Tourism Post COVID-19
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) one of the apex bodies in Global Tourism, teamed up with GIZ has organized a virtual training program via Zoom for Sri Lanka Tourism on four days including 12, 13, 24, and 25 November 2020. Sri Lanka’s long-standing proud membership induced PATA’s collaboration with GIZ to sponsor two global experts Tourism Crisis Management Expert John Bailey and Global Tourism Marketing Guru Damian Cook, in training Sri Lanka’s Tourism’s key personnel from Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Sri Lank Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, entirely ... Read more
MOT explores possibilities of Travel Insurance for International Visitors
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is believed to have started preliminary discussions with the major players of the insurance sector as well as the Ministry of Finance exploring the possibilities of introducing travel Insurance to boost the confidence of international visitors. Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General – Tourism while speaking at a webinar organized by the Federation of Associations of Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) said that the government is considering different international models like that of the Singapore government in this regard so that at least a structure can be put in place. Brar said that reassuring ... Read more
Research from UNWTO says International Travel will revive only by last quarter of 2021
Not so good news for the international tourism scenario. The recent survey research conducted by UNWTO points out that the revival of International Tourism will not be possible until the last quarter of 2021 and could even get stretched to 2022. Mr. Suman Billa, Director, Technical Cooperation and Silk Route, UNWTO while revealing the summary of the study said “One exercise we have done is that we have experts from all geographies in the world to look at what the forecast is like, now 80% of these experts think that international travel will only recover in the third quarter of ... Read more