Tag: Vaccination

Those who work directly or indirectly in connection with tourist destinations will be vaccinated and opened as safe-havens. As a first step, Vaccination in Vaithiri and Meppadi in Wayanad district will be completed and opened to tourists within seven days. Mohammad Riyaz and Veena George said in a press conference. According to the list prepared by the Department of Tourism, the distribution of the vaccine is on a priority basis. Complete vaccination first at two centers in a district. In the next phase, the vaccine will be given in Munnar, Thekkady, Fort Kochi, Kumarakom, Kovalam, and Varkala. Through this, the ... Read more

Qatar Airways has been named the world’s first fully-fledged aircraft to fly the covid vaccine. The QR6421 Qatar Airways flight take off from Hamad International Airport at 11.00 am yesterday, carrying only pilots, cabin crew, and passengers who have completed the covid vaccination. The staff at the check-in counter also completed the covid vaccination. The plane, which flew over the Gulf region for three hours on the Doha-Doha service, landed at Hamad International Airport at 2.00 pm local time. Qatar Airways operates on state-of-the-art seamless systems, including the world’s first Zero-Touch Flight Entertainment technology. Qatar Airways is distributing 1,000 doses ... Read more

With tourism a leading employer and economic pillar for many of the SIDS, the United Nations specialized agency has stressed that pledges to ensure ‘nobody is left behind’ in the recovery phase of the crisis must be backed up with firm actions. Given the relatively small size of the populations of the SIDS, the cost of mass vaccinations will be minimal compared to the potential benefits of restarting tourism. Moreover, given tourism’s wide value chain and proven ability to create opportunity for all, the impact of rolling out mass vaccinations and allowing tourism to restart, will go beyond economic benefits. ... Read more

“The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its Members say the proposal from the European Commission, which would see all EU member states adopt the Digital Green Certificate, is a major step towards the recovery of Travel & Tourism in the region” said Gloria Guevara, President & CEO, WTTC “The introduction of the new certificate to travel could see member states welcoming travellers with proof of vaccination, a negative test or a positive antibody test, in time for the busy summer period. This would provide a significant and much needed boost to economies and save millions of jobs and ... Read more

Countries could relax border controls and allow more travel if there’s a set of standards for vaccine certification that immigration authorities can use to help determine entry policies, Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said. “That is really the light at the end of the long tunnel,” Ong said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Monday. “With vaccination and vaccination certification, we can start to relax some border measures to allow some travel to start happening within the course of this year.” Ong said he “wasn’t holding his breath” for a V-shaped recovery in aviation, but was hopeful that ... Read more