Tag: Tourism Recovery
Tourism performance gets new yardsticks
The metrics by which tourism is measured “will be completely different” from pre-pandemic yardsticks, PATA CEO Liz Ortiguera said at the Southeast Asia Development...
Singapore arrivals chart upward trend, with a “strong April” expected
Singapore recorded 57,000 short-term visitors in January, 67,000 in February and 120,000 in March, outstripping long-term pass holders, even before the city-state enforced simplified...
UNWTO sees stronger start in 2022 but challenges remain
International tourism continued its recovery in January 2022, with a much better performance compared to the weak start to 2021, but the industry is...
TTG Conversations: Five Questions with Garth Simmons, Accor
Staff and partners were top of mind as Accor adjusted its hotel operations across Asia to deal with the various challenges that came with...
UNWTO, Travelindex to support tourism SMEs
UNWTO and Travelindex Group have come together to help SMEs in the tourism space to improve their business reach as travel resumes, and to...
Malaysia trade rolls out deals to lure returning Singapore visitors
With Singaporeans historically making up half of international tourist arrivals into Malaysia prior to the pandemic, the Malaysian travel trade is banking on air...
Latest easing of travel measures a turning point in recovery: Singapore...
In what is the biggest move by the city-state to ease her Covid-19 safe management measures, Singapore will reopen her borders to all fully...
Travel, tourism ease returns as Singapore axes more restrictions
Singapore will remove most travel restrictions in a determined move to rebuild the economy, with ART on arrival, Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) and daily...
VAT increment frustrates Indonesian tourism players
Indonesia's move to increase the value-added tax (VAT) on goods and services from 10 per cent to 11 from April 1, 2022 is met...
DidaTravel doubles reach for hotel network worldwide
The leading global hotel wholesaler aims to increase the number of direct contract hotels by end of 2022 to reach 74,000 – with over 30 hotel chains and over 2,000 major hotels in the pipeline ready to go onboard
