Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport will not recover to pre-Covid levels before 2024, its CEO Paul Griffiths has said, reports AFP. Traffic remains “nowhere near pre-pandemic levels” despite rising to 29.1 million passengers last year, he said in an interview. The Continue Reading
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The year gone by saw slow resumption of international travel with Asia Pacific lagging behind all regions with travel restrictions in place. However, there have been no clear indications of links between travel restrictions and new cases. TravelBiz Monitor presents the International Air Continue Reading
After an improved start to 2021, India’s hotel occupancy has been on a rapid decline amid the second COVID-19 wave in the country, according to data from STR. India’s monthly occupancy reached a pandemic high in February (53.9%), which looked to be solid progress toward recovery as the monthly Continue Reading
Economic losses are mounting in developing countries due to the absence of widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. The crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic could cause a loss of more than $4 trillion to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, according to an UNCTAD Continue Reading
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), came out with the report on single use of plastic products as the Travel & Tourism sector has started showing signs of recovery from the Covid -19 Pandemic. The report recognises that global Continue Reading
The effect of the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on lives and livelihood for the second consecutive year. While some sectors are slowly opening up again, for the travel, tourism and hospitality Industry, the struggle continues to make ends meet. Therefore, the Federation of Indian Chambers Continue Reading