To create the global awareness about the importance of the world’s fastest growing industry, tourism and its longer lasting impacts on the society in various filed, the world tourism day is celebrated every year on September 27, we do here in Pakistan also celebrate the day. This year, the Day’s theme is “Tourism and Rural Development”. Unlike previous years, this year World Tourism Day is being celebrated in a very difficult circumstance due to crippling impact of Covid-19 on tourism industry worldwide. According to latest report, the massive drop in travel demand over the first half of 2020 translated into…
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On the 27th of September every year since 1980, United Nations World Tourism Organization celebrates the World Tourism day. On this date in 1970, the statutes of UNWTO were chosen and hence it is a special day indeed. The prime aim of the day is to bring about awareness amongst people regarding the value of tourism in any place. This year, the Day’s theme is “Tourism and Rural Development”. Firstly, let me appreciate and support Holiday weekly here for proactively working and projecting Pakistan with all its positivity in this difficult time and for bringing out Special report on World…
ISLAMABAD: Seen here in the picture, Honorable President Islamic Republic of Pakistan Arif Alvi conferring the FPCCI achievement award on Mr. Zubair Baweja, Vice President FPCCI, Managing Director Regent Plaza Hotel, and Chairman Pakistan Hotels Association for his meritorious services to the business community of Pakistan. Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Adviser to PM on Finance and Revenue, and Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Federal minister of industries are also seen in the picture. The award ceremony was held at t Aiwan- e- Sadar Islamabad.
DUBAI: The coronavirus outbreak has affected every sector across the globe, but the hotel industry is among the hardest hit. Five of the world’s largest hotel chains lost a whopping $25.2 billion in market cap amid the Coronavirus pandemic, according to an expert. Although hotels implemented increased safety and sanitation measures and cautiously reopened for the summer travel season, recovery to pre-Covid-19 levels could take years. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the combined market capitalization of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Choice Hotels International, Marriott International, Intercontinental Hotels Group, and Hilton Worldwide Holdings, as the five largest hotel chains in…
It is a matter of great pleasure that Pakistan is joining hands with the rest of the world to celebrate the World Tourism Day. The day is celebrated every year under the patronage of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), to foster awareness in the international community regarding the impact of tourism on society, culture and economic growth of a country. This year, the theme is “Tourism and Rural Development”. For a country like Pakistan where majority of the population ill is still living in rural areas, tourism can have a significant contribution in socio-economic development. The sector is…
Today, we are celebrating the World Tourism Day as a country that hosts some of the world’s most iconic vistas and fascinating cultures. This day is celebrated every year by all member states of the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization. Pakistan always joins hand with the world community to celebrate the day with zeal and fervour. The theme of this year is ‘Tourism and Rural Development’. The tourism sector provides impetus to economic development in rural areas, which is in dire need of economic activities. Tourism not only helps in empowerment of rural communities by generating employment and boosting trade,…
This year the world is celebrating World Tourism Day at a time when the travel and tourism industry is passing through a very crucial phase due to the ongoing global Covid-19 crisis. According to the latest reports of UNWTO, international tourist arrivals has already dropped by 65% during the first half of the year showing the severe impact COVID-19 on the sector. Over the recent weeks, a growing number of destinations have started to open up again to international tourists. UNWTO reports that, as of early September, 53% of destinations had eased travel restrictions. Nevertheless, many governments remain cautious, and…
It was at its third session held at Torremolinos, Spain in September 1979 that the UNWTO General Assembly decided to institute World Tourism Day, commencing in the year 1980. This date was chosen to coincide with an important milestone in world tourism, the anniversary of the adoption of the UNWTO Statutes on 27 September 1970. The timing of World Tourism Day is particularly appropriate in that it comes at the end of the high season in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of the season in the southern hemisphere. But unfortunately, this year, in the presence of tourism enemy Covid-19,…
Thank you, Holiday Weekly for this opportunity to air my views. I feel that in Pakistan the potential for tourism and rural development go hand-in-hand. Much has been said over the years, and particularly since Covid-19 of the vast natural beauty that Pakistan has to offer, right from its mountainous northern areas down to its coastline in the south. But, the one thing rarely discussed, and which we need to concentrate on now, more than ever, both from the government standpoint, and from that of the private sector, and indeed the individual tourists visiting our pristine rural areas, is responsible…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Wednesday, September 23, introduced a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) for its employees in order to curtail the expenses. Mr. Arshad Malik, CEO PIA said that no airline in the world can survive with 14,500 employees and a deficit of Rs400 billion as well as liabilities of more than Rs100 billion. The committee was also briefed about the current aircraft-to-employee ratio as a comparison between various international airlines and the PIA. The panel was told that Qatar Airlines owned 240 passenger planes and employed 32,000 people with an aircraft-to-employee ratio of 133; Emirates 269…