MADRID: “A unique opportunity to get the sector united towards the common goal of making tourism a true driver of sustainable development.” This is how the World Tourism Organisation secretary general, Taleb Rifai, described the forthcoming UNWTO General Assembly. The bi-annual event, which takes place in Chengdu, China on September 11th-16th, will discuss how to advance the contribution of tourism to theSustainable Development Goals and define the actions of the organisation for the period 2018-2019. A high-level debate on tourism and the SDGs, a special session on smart tourism, the celebrations of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development…
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BEIJING: Air China will launch a new non-stop route between Beijing and Jakarta from 26th September. The current route stops in Xiamen, with a total flight time of 9.5 hours. However, the new non-stop route, operated by Airbus A330-300 aircraft, will reduce the journey time to just 7 hours. This will offer passengers a faster, far comfier way to reach the sights and sounds of Jakarta. Official figures from Indonesia show that over 1.4 million Chinese tourists visited Indonesia in 2016. This is an increase of nearly 14% over the previous year, making China the largest source country for inbound…
KARACHI: TSL (Pvt) Limited, Travelport’s official distributor in Pakistan recently held a joint workshop session in collaboration with SriLankan Airlines for its trade partners in Karachi. The purpose of the workshop was to educate Travel Agents about SriLankan Airlines Churn Cost and Booking cancellation policy. Seen here in the pictures are Mr. Wasi Ahmed Siddiqui, Airline Business Development Head TSL (Pvt) Ltd., Mr. Mohammad Sabir, Sr. Regional Manager TSL (Pvt) Ltd., South, KPK & AF along with Mr. Azfar Khan, Senior Sales Manager SriLankan Airlines, Mr. Sher Zaman, Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan, Mr. Faheem Khan and with other participants of the…
Very encouraging reports about the high arrival of tourists at places like Naran, Kaghan, Hunza, Chitral, Nathiagali and some part of AJK regions are pouring in constantly which is something to be celebrated by people like us, who has waited long to hear that Pakistan tourism is improving fast. All hotels in these regions are fully booked till end of August even some local people are renting out portions of their houses to tourists and earned their livelihood through tourism once again after long time. In last couple of days, just after Eid there was huge influx of the local…
LAHORE: Seen here in the picture, the management of Park Lane Hotel is celebrating the 60th Independence Day of Malaysia by cutting a ceremonial cake along with the team of Malindo Air .
BANGKOK: Marking another important milestone in the development of sustainable tourism in the Kingdom of Thailand, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) today officially kicked off the “Upcycling the Oceans, Thailand” project during an opening ceremony held on the Khao Laem Ya Mu Ko Samet Marine National Park, a unique, pristine environment off the coast of Rayong province. Thailand becomes the first Asian country to join the Upcycling the Oceans clean-up effort, held as a part of a global initiative by the Ecoalf Foundation to help clean the oceans of debris by engaging local fishermen. Upcycling the Ocean, Thailand –…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Wednesday,6 September, named Musharraf Rasool Cyan as its New Chief Executive, entrusting him with the difficult task of turning around the national carrier´s fortunes after a turbulent year. Cyan, who is known as a ´professional technocrat´, will face an uphill task in returning the airline to profitability and improving the carrier´s reputation which was dented by aATR crash in December last. “(Cyan) brings with him a vast experience of more than 26 years in public sector management, service reforms, project planning and economic development programs,” PIA said in a statement on Wednesday. Cyan´s appointment…
DOHA: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has elected Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, as the new Chairman of the Board of Governors (BoG) effective June 2018. The rotating one-year term will commence at the end of IATA’s 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney and will continue until the end of its 2019 AGM. H.E. Mr. Al Baker will succeed current IATA BoG Chairman Mr. Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines. H.E. Mr. Al Baker said: “I am honoured to have been chosen by my fellow board members to head…
The interesting research, commissioned by Cathay Pacific, shows that despite the average Aussie traveller snapping on average 33 pictures a day, 78 per cent of Aussies believe we’re in real danger of missing out because we’re too focused on taking photos or posting on social media. Seven out of ten people surveyed wished they had more ways to remember their holiday experiences. The research shows this ‘snap and dash’ culture means thousands of Aussies are spending too much time capturing and revisiting their holiday through a screen, and are neglecting their other senses, including their most powerful and evocative, the…
KARACHI: To honour the top travel partners of Karachi for their outstanding performance, an impressive event was organized by the Destination of the World-Pakistan at Marriott hotel Karachi Last Week. Mr. Tariq Bin Yousuf, General Manager, Destination of the World welcomed the guests at the award ceremony of ‘’outstanding performance award’’ and thanked all the guests for attending the event. [huge_it_slider id=”92″] Addressing the gathering Mr. Tariq said that since the establishment of Destinations of the World-Pakistan in Feb 2002, our core practices are focused on successfully connecting travel professionals around the country& globe, loyalty to our business customers, fair-trading…