PESHAWAR: A walk was held on Tuesday from GorKhattri to the end of Heritage Trail to create awareness about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of tourism. The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) and the Task Force committee on Sustainable Development Goals on Tourism jointly organised the walk. The Members of the Task Force committee, including MPAs Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, Fazal Ilahi, Nirgas Ali led the walk. Secretary Sports, Tourism, Culture, Archaeology, Museums and Youth Affairs Muhammad Tariq, TCKP Managing Director Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, Director Archaeology, Dr Abdul Samad, Town-1 Nazim Zahid Nadeem and others also participated in the walk. Director Archaeology…
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KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has announced special extra daily flight from Karachi to Gwadar for one week starting from Jan 26th in addition to its daily flights to Gwadar . The decision was taken by President & CEO PIA, Musharraf Rasool Cyan in order to help promote Gwadar Expo 2018 due to be held on 29-30 January 2018. A meeting was held at PIA Head Office. The officials included Federal Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, ChaudhryJafferIqbal, DG Ports & Shipping Asad Rafi Chandna, DDG CAA, AVM UsaidurRehman. While Chief Operating Officer, Zia QadirQureshi, Chief Commercial Officer Bilal…
ADDIS AABA: The African Union Commission is set to launch the first AU Agenda 2063 Flagship project, the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28th January 2018 as a historic event at the African Union Summit, nearly two decades after the adoption of the 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision. Speaking ahead of the launch event, Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission said “With preparations continuing on schedule, the launch of the Single African Air Transport Market will spur more opportunities to promote trade, cross-border investments in the production and service…
MADRID: The 38th FITUR, Madrid’s International Tourism Fair, organised by IFEMA from 17 to 21 January reveals the most impressive figures in its history, confirming its leadership as a premier business forum for the global tourism industry. As well as the best figures for the tourism industry, both in Spain and worldwide, FITUR, which was once again inaugurated at IFEMA by the King and Queen of Spain, and which brought together more than 600 ministers, ambassadors and high-level representatives from all over the world, closed its doors today, 23 January after welcoming some 251,000 participants, according to first estimates, representing…
DUBAI: The iconic Burj Khalifa is offering creative artists the unprecedented opportunity to showcase their work on its brand-new LED façade, which has been the centre of attraction of the ‘Light Up 2018’ Downtown Dubai spectacle. Emerging designers and artists can compete by presenting their proposals and have their work displayed on the iconic structure’s façade. Submissions can be made individually or as groups by those in the UAE or from across the world. From the entries received, 10 creative works by 10 artists will be selected, which will be displayed on Burj Khalifa’s LED façade. The creative works will…
DUBAI: Princeton Identity, simplest, fastest & most secure biometric security system on the market, has announced the deployment of its Access500e identity management kiosk module within the Dubai International Airport (DXB). The Princeton Identity solution identifies DXB travelers within one to two seconds, reducing time spent in security lines and enhancing the overall travel experience. Dubai saw nearly 14.9 million international visitors in 2016, and is expected to surpass 20 million visitors by 2020. There are currently about 100 Access500e products in operation across DXB’s Emirates Airlines terminals, with plans to deploy about 40 more in the near future in…
The oldest and best known Hospitality and Tourism Group of Institutes of India, International Institute Of Hotel Management (IIHM) with campuses at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Bangkok, and IAM with campuses at Goa, Kolkata and Guwahati has decided to form the India’s first-ever Tourism University named IIHM University in West Bengal under the WB Pvt University Act. IIHM is the only institute in India having over 40 MoUs and academic collaboration with the world’s top institutions. The institution is planning to organize the biggest Culinary Olympiad for Young Chefs of the world, where over 50 nations…
PARIS: France drops decades-old plan to build Notre-Dame-Des-Landes Airport. The French government last week abandoned a decades-old plan to build a €580 million ($708.53 million) airport in western France. “The Notre-Dame-Des-Landes project will be dropped,” Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a televised statement. The project does not have broad popular support, according to the government. President Emmanuel Macron, who took office in May, promised a quick decision after years of indecision over the development. The issue has spawned an eco-protest movement that threatened widespread disruption over the issue. The contract to build the new airport had been won by…
ISLAMABAD: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has prepared a draft strategic roadmap for the development of Islamic tourism among the OIC member states. The project provides a methodological framework for enhancing cooperation among member states in the field of tourism in order to develop and identify the necessary resources, in addition to defining main themes of the future of tourism in member countries through Islamic tourism standards and quality control project, a press release Sunday said. Commenting on the development, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs Ambassador Hamid Opeloyeru noted that the Strategic Roadmap for Islamic Tourism, developed by…
According to latest research our ocean floors are sinking under rising water levels across the globe. A team of scientists says the impact of warming seas has been underestimated and melting glaciers are putting severe pressure on ocean beds. Redistribution of water, once stored in ice sheets, is causing sea levels to rise. Researchers have now found the change is also having another affect, the ocean floor is subsiding under the increasing weight of the added water, according to a new study, published in the Geophysical Research Letters. Led by Thomas Frederikse, of the Delft University of Technology in the…