Tourism

Turkey's Cavusoglu hails 'successful' Antalya Diplomacy Forum meeting

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the forum was one of the first and biggest international events during the pandemic and it was held under compliance with all health measures.

The Indian government pushed tourism in Kashmir. Now a second wave beckons

The Indian Covid-19 variant has ravaged New Delhi's health care system. If that variant spreads in Kashmir, its infrastructure is nowhere near prepared to handle such a severe outbreak.

Russian tourists to stick with Turkey as a holiday destination

Although Russian authorities have suspended flights to Turkey until June, 60 percent of Russian tourists plan to visit Turkey on another date.

Kashmir’s resilient tea sellers

A number of Kashmiri women have resorted to setting up tea stalls to cope with the disastrous economic fallout from New Delhi’s annexation in 2019 and the pandemic.

D-8 lays out 10-year road map aiming to boost trade cooperation

The plan includes cooperation between Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey in trade, agriculture and food security, SMEs, energy, transport, tourism, and health.

UAE's Covid-19 vaccine tourism is aimed at the global elite

Preference is given to those with connections to the ruling elite. Vaccine tourists generally fly to the UAE in private jets.

‘Worst year in tourism history’ with 1 in 3 tourist destinations closed

International tourist arrivals fell by one billion, or 74 percent, in 2020, according to Madrid-based World Tourism Organization, with almost one-third of destinations worldwide currently closed to international tourists because of the pandemic.

EU tourism sector braces for another tough year

The shell-shocked tourism sector is expected to enter another dark season due to Covid-19 variants and a slow vaccination rollout within the bloc.

Visa-free entry to the UAE for Israelis. But what about Muslims?

Aside from members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a few other countries, the majority of Muslims around the world need visas to enter the UAE.

Nightmare year for tourism as virus stops travel

Several tourism spots around the world have been rendered 'ghost towns' as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to curtail travel and ravaged the tourism sector.

Israeli tourists can visit the UAE but must behave, government warns

Guidance issued to Israeli travellers paying a visit to their new friends in the Gulf includes advice not to insult Islam or try to shake a woman’s hand.

Turkey hosted a million tourists in July despite the ongoing pandemic

Keeping the daily coronavirus infections under tractable margins, Turkey is close to normalising tourism with strict social distancing measures in place.