The Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures is hosting a presentation by Beks Ndlovu, founder of African Bush Camps, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 200 W. Mountain Ave., For Collins.
âTourism activities in Goa must resume after total vaccinationâ
Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Tuesday said tourism activities should resume only after the entire population of the coastal state is completely vaccinated against COVID-19. While the Goa government has allowed hotels to function, restaurants and other tourism-related activities have been shut due to the curfew, which has been in place in the state since May 9, when COVID-19 cases started peaking.
Speaking to PTI, the Minister said only tourists who are âfully vaccinated" should be allowed to enter the state. âWe canât keep Goaâs tourism industry shut forever, as it is an important backbone of our stateâs economy," Ajgaonkar said.
Indians most concerned about polluted beaches & waterways and overtourism: Agoda Survey By TBM Staff | Mumbai
With the hopes of travel resuming again and sustainability becoming a key focus, international digital travel platform Agoda has rolled out its Sustainable Travel Trends Survey. Launched to mark World Environment Day 2021 (5 June), the survey highlights easy identification of sustainable eco-friendly travel options, limited use of single-use plastics and financial incentives for accommodation providers who maximise energy efficiencies as the top three measures needed to make travel more sustainable. Establishing more protected areas to limit tourist numbers and removal of single-use bathroom amenities round out the top five measures.
RBI creates separate liquidity window of 15,000cr for hotel, tourism & aviation sector
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced a separate liquidity window of INR 15,000 crore to mitigate the adverse impact of the second COVID-19 wave on certain contact-intensive sectors, reports Trisha Medhi for YourStory.
The window will remain open till March 31, 2022, with tenors of up to three years at the repo rate, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in Mumbai after a meeting of the monetary policy committee.
Announcing the on-tap Liquidity Window for Contact-intensive Sectors, he said that banks can provide support to hotels and restaurants, tourism, aviation support services, and other services under this programme.
Vistara exploring newer avenues to supplement earnings; aims to have 70 planes by 2023: CEO
With a ânimbleâ approach, Vistara is focussing on a leaner cost-structure as well as exploring newer avenues to supplement earnings, its CEO Leslie Thng has said and emphasised that full-service carriers are even more relevant in the current COVID scenario.
The Delhi-based airline, which entered the domestic aviation space in January 2015, aims to have 70 planes in its fleet by 2023.
In an e-mail interaction with PTI, Thng said that full service carriers look to be relevant more in the current scenario due to less density of seats in the cabins.
Domestic passenger traffic declines 65-67% in May compared to April: ICRA By TBM Staff | Mumbai
For May 2021, Indiaâs domestic passenger traffic is estimated at ~19-20 lakh, implying a sequential decline of ~65-67% compared to ~57.3 lakh in April 2021. With this, the domestic passenger traffic reached lower than the June-July 2020 levels. The airlinesâ capacity deployment for May 2021 was lower by ~54-55% compared to April 2021 (~27,700 departures in May 2021, against ~60,300 departures in April 2021), indicating the lower demand stemming from averseness of consumers to travel due to the rise in infections.
According to Kinjal Shah, Vice President & Co-Group Head, ICRA, âFor May 2021, the average daily departures were ~900, significantly lower than ~2,000 in April 2021. The average number of passengers per flight during May 2021 was 72, against an average of 93 passengers per flight in April 2021. The gradual decline depicts the continuing stress on demand, driven largely by the second wave of Covid-19, limiting travel to only necessary travel, while both leisure and business travel have been curtailed due to various state-wide restrictions and the spread of the infections.â