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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - June 2019

Jun 2019

May 31, 2021

Thailand Proposes $1 per Night Deal to Entice Tourists

Having kept its borders tightly sealed to leisure travelers for over a year amid COVID-19, Thailand now faces a pressing need to attract foreign tourism, which accounted for one-fifth of its economy in pre-pandemic times.
The popular resort island of Phuket is set to welcome fully vaccinated international visitors quarantine-free starting July 1, three months earlier than the rest of the country.
To entice tourists back, the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has proposed a new 'One Night, One Dollar' campaign, which would see participating hoteliers offering room rates of US$1 per night to foreign guests for accommodations that would typically run somewhere between 1,000 baht (US$32) and 3,000 baht (US$96) per night.

May 27, 2021

OceanSky to Launch North Pole Trips

OceanSky has launched tickets for a unique journey, a chance to land on the North Pole in the first hybrid airship in history.
The Swedish company will offer the highest level of comfort for these flights, in what will be the largest flying vehicle in the world.
Expeditions will start in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, flying passengers to the North Pole and landing.
Initial flights are anticipated to start from 2024.
Modern large-scale lighter-than-air vehicles have good payload capacity and can stay airborne for days.
OceanSky was founded in 2014 after many years of research and investigation into the lighter-than-air sector and are building business development for more sustainable alternatives in aviation.

May 25, 2021

Air Connectivity in North East Expands Further

To further expand air connectivity in the northeastern region under the Regional Connectivity Scheme-Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (RCS-UDAN) scheme of the central government, a new private airliner on Monday (May 24) started flight operations between Assam's Guwahati and Arunachal Pradesh's Pasighat.
As per Airport Authority of India (AAI), a flight of the private airliner Flybig started the direct flight services from Guwahati to Pasighat.

May 24, 2021

Guevara Joins Saudi Ministry of Tourism

The Saudi Arabia ministry of tourism appointed Gloria Guevara to the position of chief special advisor to Ahmed Al Khateeb, the Minister of Tourism.
Guevara was most recently chief executive of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
As a special advisor to the minister, she will draw on more than 25 years of public and private tourism sector experience to help facilitate international collaborations, develop human capital and contribute to the delivery of the ambitious, large-scale tourism investments under Vision 2030.

Spain to Reopen to Holidaymakers from UK

Spanish tourism officials have confirmed visitors from the United Kingdom will be able to travel to the country for a holiday from Monday.
Travellers from the UK will not need to present a negative Covid-19 test, as long as they have remained in the country for the past 14 days.
Similar conditions apply to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, South Korea, Thailand, Rwanda, China and Japan, as the country seeks to restart its tourism sector.

May 17, 2021

London Launches New £7m Campaign to Revive Hospitality

Newly re-elected London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has announced plans for the biggest domestic tourism campaign the capital has ever seen.
The plans are designed to help the economy get back on its feet as Covid-19 restrictions are eased.
Khan confirmed an immediate priority will be the new 'Let's Do London' campaign, which is being created in partnership with the city's hospitality, culture and retail industries.
The flagship campaign to encourage Londoners and visitors back into central London will include a programme of one-off special events created in partnership with London's best-known cultural institutions and tourism attractions.

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