Tag: Covid-19
Banking on home market
Luring domestic travellers requires ingenious marketing and programming as well as irresistable offers, travel agents discover
White paper plots way forward for Myanmar’s tourism
Myanmar will reposition itself as a leading sustainable destination as part of a raft of measures unveiled in a white paper aimed at tourism...
Plea launched for Australian state governments to reopen borders
Australian tourism players have come together to launch a grassroots campaign imploring the nation's state premiers and chief ministers to reopen interstate borders to...
Korea to strengthen tourism resilience with improved crisis policies and tech...
With the pandemic chalking up over US$5 billion in tourism losses for South Korea for the first seven months of 2020 and emphasising the...
The way forward
Downtimes present a chance for internal reviews and improvement, and for holding staff and communities close, says Pan Pacific Hotels Group CEO Choe Peng Sum
Malaysia extends recovery MCO to year-end; ban on foreign tourists remain
Malaysia has further extended the recovery movement control order (RMCO) to December 31, 2020, while the ban on international tourists will remain in place,...
Niche tourism eyed for Malaysia’s travel bubble plan
In a bid to attract international travellers back to Malaysia's shores amid the ongoing pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) is...
A peek into future travel
Travel giant Trip.com is at the forefront of China’s travel recovery, and has aligned its products according to new trends in domestic tourism. CEO Jane Sun tells Pamela Chow what global players can learn from the market’s revival
Philippines enhances pandemic support for tourism stakeholders
The Bicameral Conference Committee of the Philippines has approved the allocation of 10 billion pesos (US$206 million) for the tourism industry under the Bayanihan...
Travel matters
Elected into the presidency of the Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations when the future of travel and tourism was bright, Tan soon finds himself tackling the world’s biggest travel freeze and one that has brought his industry to its knees.
