LONDON: According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions almost 5.9 million people visited the Tate Modern gallery last year, just above the 5.8 million who went to the British Museum. All of the top ten UK attractions were found in the capital, with the National Museum of Scotland being the highest-ranking outside of London coming in at eleventh with 2.2 million visitors. Tate Modern, which staged a world-famous exhibition by Picasso in 2018, found its way to the top of the list for the first time since it opened in 2000. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery also saw a…
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MUSCAT: Oman Air has introduced its revamped mobile application for iOS and Android smartphones, allowing its guests to organise and manage their journey on the go. Utilising the latest innovations in mobile technology, Oman Air’s new app is a user-friendly platform with easy steps, providing guests with inclusive trip management capabilities like flight booking, online check-in, pre-selection of seats, flight status as well as information about Oman Air’s latest offers. The revamped app also enables guests to check their Sindbad miles balance, claim any missing miles, request for redemptions, keep track of tier progress, see their upcoming bookings on Oman…
LONDON: On March 26th, Airbus rolled out the second All Nippon Airways (ANA) A380 from the paint shop, at its Hamburg factory. The second A380 is the Emerald Green, livery, and will be delivered to the airline this year, bearing the registration JA382A. ANA took delivery of their first A380 last week and Airways was present at this event. ANA plans to operate its inaugural A380 flight, with its Sky Blue A380 JA381 on the 24th May. The airline will deploy this aircraft, on their Hawaii flights from Tokyo Narita, from the 1st July 2019, on a daily basis. In…
FAISALABAD: Dr. Muhammad Ali Gallery is the 1st Gallery in Faisalabad of its own kind, it provides a huge space for the artist to exhibit their works. Now the artists of Faisalabad need not to go to other cities in order to exhibit and sell their works. Ms. Tehmina Afzal Incharge, Institute of Art & Design University Faisalabad did her first solo exhibition in the Dr. Muhammad Ali Gallery. She belongs to a literary family where aesthetics have been developed in herself from the early age. Her father is an Art lover and the same love has spread its roots…
HANGZHOU: The World Tourism Alliance (WTA) was initiated by China in 2017 under the theme of “Better Tourism, Better World, Better Life.”. The WTA is a global non-governmental, non-profit tourism organization with 138 members covering 38 countries and regions, national tourism agencies, influential travel enterprises, academia and media organizations. The official website states that the”WTA is committed to promoting tourism for peace, development and poverty-alleviation based on mutual trust, mutual respect, mutual support and win-win outcome， to driving global tourism exchanges and cooperation.” The headquarters is set for the island in Hangzhou City’s Xianghu Lake, as shown in the cover…
BEIJING: Mr. Luo Shugang, minister of culture and tourism, said that China has become the largest source of tourists in the world, with the number of overseas trips made by the Chinese last year reaching 150 million. He told the press that last year Chinese made more than 5.5 billion domestic trips, with an average of four trips per person, which suggests that China has entered the era of mass tourism. The minister also stressed the importance of civilised tourism: “On the one hand, measures need to be taken to ensure the safety of tourists. On the other hand, we…
NEW YORK: U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Barnes issued the following statement on the introduction of a bill to rename the Visa Waiver Program to the Secure Travel Partnership: “Rebranding the Visa Waiver Program will have a lot of downstream benefits for both U.S. security and the U.S. economy. For many, the program has had the connotation of relaxed security standards, when in fact the opposite is true: membership in the VWP subjects entrants to rigorous pre-travel vetting, mandates other security enhancements such as un-counterfeitable biometric passports, and enables invaluable intelligence-sharing with our…
BRUSSELLES: A leading global supplier of security inspection technology today, 29th March, announced that its 920CT checkpoint screening system has achieved C3 approval from the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) under its Common Evaluation Process (CEP) for Explosive Detection Systems for Cabin Baggage (EDSCB). With this approval, passengers may now leave liquids and laptops in their carry-on luggage during the screening process at airport checkpoints that utilize the 920CT system and follow the ECAC standards. Rapiscan’s 920CT is equipped with advanced software and detection algorithms that are designed to be upgradeable. With 3D volumetric imaging, the 920CT is superior to…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has retained its seat on the executive council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for the Middle East region for the third time in a row, said a report. The announcement was made during a UNWTO regional committee meeting held in Cairo on Sunday last, in which Saudi Arabia also participated. The country was represented by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) and the delegation was headed by Ahmad bin Aqil Al-Khatib, who is chairman of the SCTH board of directors, it said. The kingdom’s place on the UNWTO executive council is in line…
QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the ground breaking ceremony of various mega projects, including the Gwadar International Airport on Friday, 29 March. This new airport of Gwadar will be the Pakistan’s second largest that will be fully equipped with the state of art facilities and the capability to handle ATR 72, Airbus A-300 and Boeing B-747 aircraft on domestic as well as international routes. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamail said the prime minister also laid the foundation stone of the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Earlier this week, Lijian Zhao, deputy chief of mission at the…