Tourism

Thailand is targeting newly-minted crypto millionaires to breathe life into its pandemic-battered tourism industry.

Thailand recently said that its tourism authority was working with the nation’s regulators and a local cryptocurrency exchange to pave the way for the acceptance of digital tokens for travel.

The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's tourism body said Monday, calling the sector's recovery "fragile" and "slow".

Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy, but the legacy of a sometimes brutal colonial past and the pandemic's impact on tourism pose major challenges for the Caribbean island as it becomes the world's newest republic.

The Nagaland Tourism Department, famous for hosting the annual Hornbill Festival which attracts a large number of domestic and international visitors, does not have full-fledged functional offices in any of the 12 districts except Kohima.

Topp Jirayut Srupsrisopa, the CEO of local cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub, has urged the government to give TAT Coin a go-ahead, projecting a 600 percent increase in GDP if crypto-tourism takes off in Thailand as planned.

South Africa's recovery from its deepest economic contraction in almost three decades risks being derailed by the identification of a new coronavirus variant that prompted several European nations to ban travel to and from the country

The administration in Ladakh has decided to impose fines on pilgrims visiting the Union Territory for Sindhu Pushkaram, a festival of the river Sindhu (Indus), for littering and throwing trash in the open near the Sindhu river.

Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said the Centre would provide scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and also organise events at 'Panchteerth' of B R Ambedkar.

Using traditional craftsmanship and high-tech scanning, 16th century Mughal-era monument Sabz Burj in Delhi has been conserved after nearly four years of painstaking labour,during which a rare intricate painting on its ceiling has also been revealed.

Telangana's Pochampally village was selected as one of the best tourism villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on Tuesday.

Wearing similar clothes, an Icelandic actor explains the initiative in the same way as Mark Zuckerberg did during launch of Meta.

Uttarakhand has won prestigious national level awards in three categories in the field of tourism.

New York is welcoming back visitors with open arms after the US ended its 20-month Covid travel restrictions, but it will likely take several years before the number of tourists to the Big Apple reaches pre-pandemic levels.

Japan's biggest airline, ANA Holdings, has asked the government to ease curbs on overseas visitors, and seeks a revival of domestic tourism subsidies to spur travel as pandemic infections fall, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Thailand is targeting newly-minted crypto millionaires to breathe life into its pandemic-battered tourism industry.

Thailand recently said that its tourism authority was working with the nation’s regulators and a local cryptocurrency exchange to pave the way for the acceptance of digital tokens for travel.

The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's tourism body said Monday, calling the sector's recovery "fragile" and "slow".

Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy, but the legacy of a sometimes brutal colonial past and the pandemic's impact on tourism pose major challenges for the Caribbean island as it becomes the world's newest republic.

The Nagaland Tourism Department, famous for hosting the annual Hornbill Festival which attracts a large number of domestic and international visitors, does not have full-fledged functional offices in any of the 12 districts except Kohima.

Topp Jirayut Srupsrisopa, the CEO of local cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub, has urged the government to give TAT Coin a go-ahead, projecting a 600 percent increase in GDP if crypto-tourism takes off in Thailand as planned.

South Africa's recovery from its deepest economic contraction in almost three decades risks being derailed by the identification of a new coronavirus variant that prompted several European nations to ban travel to and from the country

The administration in Ladakh has decided to impose fines on pilgrims visiting the Union Territory for Sindhu Pushkaram, a festival of the river Sindhu (Indus), for littering and throwing trash in the open near the Sindhu river.

Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said the Centre would provide scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and also organise events at 'Panchteerth' of B R Ambedkar.

Using traditional craftsmanship and high-tech scanning, 16th century Mughal-era monument Sabz Burj in Delhi has been conserved after nearly four years of painstaking labour,during which a rare intricate painting on its ceiling has also been revealed.

Telangana's Pochampally village was selected as one of the best tourism villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on Tuesday.

Wearing similar clothes, an Icelandic actor explains the initiative in the same way as Mark Zuckerberg did during launch of Meta.

Uttarakhand has won prestigious national level awards in three categories in the field of tourism.

New York is welcoming back visitors with open arms after the US ended its 20-month Covid travel restrictions, but it will likely take several years before the number of tourists to the Big Apple reaches pre-pandemic levels.

Japan's biggest airline, ANA Holdings, has asked the government to ease curbs on overseas visitors, and seeks a revival of domestic tourism subsidies to spur travel as pandemic infections fall, its chief executive said on Thursday.