LONDON: Due to consistent efforts and hard work by national tourism agency VisitBritain/VisitEngland, the latest figures released by the British Government shows that show that an extra £872 million in visitor spending was generated across the UK in 2016. This means for every pound invested in the organization, £20 of additional were earned by the British economy. The figures, announced at its 2016-17 annual review, come on the back of strong growth from inbound tourism. From January to July this year there were a record 23.1 million overseas visits to the UK, up eight per cent on the same period…
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Airbnb has become the latest hospitality sector organization to join the Pacific Asia travel Association. PATA Chief Executive Mario Hardy said: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Airbnb to the PATA family. “With more than four million Airbnb listings worldwide it impossible to ignore the impact that the sharing economy is having upon the travel and tourism industry. “It is important that we are able to add this voice to our discussions in the development of a responsible travel and tourism industry, especially when we examine the role of the sharing economy in the dispersal of tourists to lesser known…
Written by Ch. Faisal Mehmood This summer Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK, both areas had wonderful tourism season. The tourism activities, by all intent and purposes remained satisfactory and people related to tourism industry, directly or in directly, all expressed their happiness and satisfaction. With the start of extra flights by PIA, as was reported in our previous issue, the tourism of the area will further be benefitted but biggest benefit and revolution is expected by the introduction of latest telecommunication technology by the government for the people and tourism sector of AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan. The government is going to launch the…
KARACHI: Time and time again The Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi has been known to glorify the various cultures and literary festivities Pakistan has to offer with celebrations of international accord, providing their guests with memorable experiences. Last week from 9th October to 15th October 2017 Pearl Continental Karachi celebrated Sindhi food tradition at the Chandni Restaurant which is known around the nation for serving their customers traditional and authentic Pakistani dishes with a live BBQ prepared by the most experienced, critically acclaimed and accomplished chefs in the country, instrumental music and a backdrop of the breath taking roof-top city view…
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti government has announced plans to complete three major airport projects, being built at a total investment of KD1.45 billion ($4.79 billion), over the next three years, said a report. The biggest of the three is the KD1.31 billion ($4.33 billion) Kuwait International Airport, which is being built by Turkish Limak Construction Company. Work on the KD60-million ($198.5 million) support airport (T4) is set to start this year along with the Al Jazeera passenger terminal and will be completed by mid-2018, stated the report, citing sources. The giant Kuwait International Airport project will however be ready only by…
IBIZA-SPAIN: The Golden Moon Awards Gala, forming part of the 4th International Nightlife Congress held in Ibiza on October 9 and 10, by the International Nightlife Association, have located the city of Las Vegas and the island of Ibiza as the most popular destinations important for the quality of its nightlife establishments. The list of The World’s 100 Best Clubs, elaborated through direct voting by users and a professional jury, chooses the best venues around the world. American and Spanish clubs stand out for the number of venues that have stood out in this selection, led by Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach…
KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways today unveiled a brand new livery for its fleet, new cabin interiors and stylish new crew uniforms ahead of new route launches. The aircraft livery and cabin interiors will be rolled out across the fleet during the next three months and completed by the end of the year, while travellers will begin to see the new uniforms starting today. The new livery will feature eye-catching tailfin designs unique to each aircraft in the airline’s fleet, giving each aircraft its own identity while being united under the airline’s new brand. The airline is based in Kuwait and operates…
ISTANBOL: Turkey and the United States of America are NATO partners. Turkey has a flourishing tourism industry and is considered as one of the best tourism destinations in the world. In a surprising move, this weekend tourism just died between the US and Turkey when both countries stopped issuing tourist visas to their citizens. Turkey on Sunday suspended non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in the United States, in a tit-for-tat move amid escalating tensions between the NATO allies. Just hours after the US mission to Turkey announced it was restricting visa services, saying that recent events had…
DALLAS: Corporate-jet makers are flooding the market, spurring deep discounts for new aircraft and fuelling a three-year slide in prices of used planes. Most major manufacturers, including Gulfstream and Bombardier Inc, which is also contending with rising hurdles in its commercial-jet business, have slowed production in the last couple years as demand for private jets sagged. That still hasn’t been enough to halt declines in aircraft values, say consultants, brokers and analysts in the $18 billion industry. Gone is the optimism stoked by the election of President Donald Trump, a corporate-jet maven with his own Boeing 757, along with hopes…
The sixteenth annual presentation of the Skal International Sustainable Tourism Awards has taken place on Friday 6 October 2017 during the Opening Ceremony of the 78th Skal World Congress held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). These awards have enjoyed growing success since their launch in 2002 to highlight best practices in tourism around the world and also serve the purpose of acquainting the world with this new concept that puts emphasis on the importance of the interaction of the physical, cultural and social environment the traveller’s responsibility and the need for active community participation for Sustainability. This year, they are being officially sponsored by…