GUIZHOU: A new mega bridge, part of the Pingtang-Luodian Expressway, has opened in Guizhou province, south-west China. Both the Ziyun-Wangmo and Pingtang-Luodian expressways opened to traffic earlier, reducing travel time between Ziyun and Wangmo to 50 minutes and that between Pingtang and Luodian to an hour. The two expressways are expected to help boost tourism and improve the lives of local residents. The construction of the cable-supported viaduct started in April 2016 with a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan (215 million U.S. dollars). Guizhou used to be one of China’s most isolated regions. Nowadays, it is known as the…
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LAHORE: Tourism and Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) on Thursday, January 2, formally inaugurated the All Punjab One Bike Club to promote biking tourism. According to TDCP sources here, the club would provide one platform to young and vintage bikers and this would also help them in visiting beautiful tourist places across the Punjab on bikes to promote these tourist spots. Sources said the TDCP was committed in providing people best tourism opportunities.
KARACHI: In a rare occurrence, fishermen trained by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) have spotted three specimens of blanket octopus from different locations along the Sindh and Balochistan coast this week. According to a statement issued by the WWF-Pakistan, a 0.8-metre-long blanket octopus was spotted by Saeed Badshah from offshore waters of Balochistan on Saturday, December 7. This was the first live authentic report of this octopus species from the Pakistani waters, the statement added. While fishing 45 nautical miles south of Ormara, the fishermen caught the octopus in their gill net. Considering it a new and rare…
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday, December 31 stopped the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik from performing his functions as the airline’s chief executive officer. A petition challenging Malik’s appointment as the CEO by Safdar Anjum, the general secretary of the airline’s Senior Staff Association (SASA) was filed at the high court. The petition stated Malik did not fulfill the educational requirements of the post neither did he have any relevant experience for the job. During proceedings of the case, the two-member bench issued directives to stop the PIA CEO from performing his functions.…
DOHA: Qatar Airways celebrates a successful year of strong network expansion, new aircraft deliveries and the unique achievement as the only airline to win the Skytrax Award for the World’s Best Airline for a fifth time. [huge_it_slider id=”496″] Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “2019 was another year of great achievement for Qatar Airways. There have been many highlights during the last 12 months, in particular receiving the highly prized ‘Best Airline in the World’ award from Skytrax at this year’s Paris Air Show. To have won the accolade for a record fifth time…
LONDON: Iconic British department store Harrods wants to open its first store outside the UK as early as next year. The chosen location is Shanghai’s Pudong district, where the airport is also located and which is known as the home of wealthy millennials. With this move, Harrods aims to serve China’s emerging middle class and specifically target the spending-minded, quality-conscious millennials. [huge_it_slider id=”493″] Harrods has already been investing in China for ten years with events and pop-up stores, but at this time is looking for a more long-term presence in the country as desired by its customers. This was announced…
COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines Group has appointed leading businessman Ashok Pathirage as the new chairman of the group. Pathirage is also the founder and chairman and managing director of Softlogic Holdings, a diversified conglomerate comprising more than 50 companies with over 10,000 employees with an annual turnover of more than LKR75 billion ($409.7 million). He is also chairman and managing director of a number of reputed companies including Asiri Hospital Holdings, Softlogic Capital, Softlogic Life Insurance and Odel, all of which are public companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. Pathirage is also chairman of NDB Capital Holdings Limited and deputy…
TOKOYO: Visiting a bucket list destination is getting slightly more expensive as the Japanese island of Miyajima has voted to charge tourists more money to visit. The island, also known as Itsukushima, is a short ferry ride away from Hiroshima and a popular day trip site for visitors to the area. It is known for its orange torii gate, a popular photo spot due to the fact that it appears semi-sunken at high tide, and for the 12th-century Itsukushima Shrine. Taro Matsumoto is the newly elected mayor of Hatsukaichi city, which is in Hiroshima prefecture. He ran on a successful…
MUSCAT: National carrier Oman Air was recently recognised as the nation’s ‘2019 Most Trusted Full Service Airline Brand’. The award was based on a survey conducted by Apex Media, a leading publishing house in the sultanate. Winners were determined by over 700,000 eligible survey entries. “This award is special to everyone at Oman Air”, said Abdulaziz Al Raisi, Oman Air CEO. “I am thankful to all our employees, who have earned the trust of our guests, and to everyone who voted for Oman Air. This award inspires us to work harder than ever in 2020 to maintain the trust of…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in collaboration with United National Development Program (UNDP) on 26 December 2019 organized a follow up consultative workshop to take the process further and finalize National Tourism Strategy. The process started a few months back and with the support of NTCB and its Thematic Working Group members the Strategy is going to be finalized soon. In the workshop members of National Tourism Coordination Board (NTCB), private sector tourism experts and members of thematic Working Groups actively participated to share their recommendations and suggestions. Chairman NTCB and SAPM Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari inaugurated the workshop…