Global Travel News
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UNWTO: International Tourism Arrivals Could Fall by 20-30% in 2020
Madrid (Spain) – March 27, 2020 /travelindex.com/ – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released its updated assessment of the likely impact of the COVID-19 on international tourism. Taking into…
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Education City Golf Club Officially Opens in Qatar
Doha (Qatar) – March 26, 2020 /travelindex.com/ Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, attended the official opening of the Education City Golf Club as it hosted…
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Does Airplane Air Spread Corona Virus?
Montreal (Canada) – March 26, 2020 /travelindex.com/ Traveling by plane doesn’t necessarily increase the risk of contracting a communicable disease more than another kind of mass transit, according to the…
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WTTC Implores G20 Leaders to Save Travel and Tourism Sector
London (United Kingdom) – March 26, 2020 (travelindex.com) – World tourism leaders have been urged to execute crucial measures to save the travel and tourism sector, ahead of a special…
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IATA Thanks Governments for Support but More Need to Step Up
Geneva (Switzerland) – March 26, 2020 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the support of those governments around the world that have provided financial relief to airlines…
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UNWTO: Calling Innovators and Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Tourism Recovery
Madrid (Spain) – March 26, 2020 (travelindex.com) – In the face of an unprecedented challenge, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), calls…
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Alain St.Ange of One Seychelles On Island President’s Covid-19 Measures
Victoria, Mahé (Seychelles) – March 25, 2020 (travelindex.com) – One Seychelles reacts to statements made by President Danny Faure in his televised address to the Nation. One Seychelles, a political…
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Video monkeys fighting for food, No tourist to feed them, CoronaVirus effect on Thailand tourism
Video filmed in Lopburi, in north-east Thailand, showed large crowds of monkeys fighting in the streets over a yogurt pot. Residents in the city, which is famed for its monkey…
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Here’s how coronavirus spreads on a plane—and the safest place to sit
When an outbreak strikes, it is natural to become leery of hopping on an airplane. It is even more alarming when two serious viruses are circulating at once. The world is…
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Professor Geoffrey Lipman, Keynote Speakers at t-Forum Conference 2020, Climate: An Existential Crisis
Professor Geoffrey has occupied many pathfinding and pathmaking positions, including former Executive Director of International Air Transport Association (IATA); President of World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC); Assistant Secretary-General, UN World…