CHIANG RAI, 16 October 2020: Travel is the stuff of dreams,
but since Covid-19 raised its ugly head last December it quickly turned into a
nightmare for those who rely on tourism to pay their weekly bills.
SINGAPORE, 7 October 2020: Forecasting the shape and
recovery of the travel industry is almost impossible, but a new report, The
Travel Consultant of Tomorrow, shows that 50% of business leaders in the travel
industry regard people as the most...
BANGKOK, 30 September 2020: Thailand has extended the
amnesty on visa renewals until the 31 October, local media reported on Monday,
a move that takes the heat off thousands of foreigners stranded in Thailand.
The extension...
BANGKOK, 28 September 2020: In Thailand, the tourism sector supported almost 20% of the national GDP last year, but the recovery could take four years to reach 2019 levels.
In the Oxford Economics’...
BANGKOK, 18 September 2020: A proposal to encourage long-stay visits and begin the process of opening Thailand to leisure travel passed its first hurdle with the Thai cabinet approving a “special tourist visa” 15 September.
CHIANG RAI, 24 August 2020: Covid-19 has changed the way we live and work dramatically, and travel may never return to what we were accustomed to for years to come, even when an effective vaccine becomes available...
MADRID, 21 August 2020: The cost of the restrictions on
travel introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is evident for all to
see says UNWTO secretary-general Zurab Pololikashvili in his latest message to
global tourism stakeholders.
BANGKOK, 19 August 2020: The crucial question facing tour
operators as they battle the financial fall-out from Covid-19 is to what extent
do they accept the losses, explains Diethelm Travel’s CEO Stephen Roamer.
He heads one...
CHIANG RAI, 17 August 2020: I reckon "I'm forever blowing bubbles," the 1920s Tin Pan Alley ditty and anthem of the UK Premier League football club West Ham United, sums up the muddle facing the travel industry.
BANGKOK, 13 August 2020: SpiceRoads turned back the clock
four years this week and recalled co-owner Struan Robertson after a four-year
hiatus to navigate the cycling tour specialist through the Covid-19 storm.
We posted questions (see...