The tourism industry will make a comeback this year as people take advantage of loosened restrictions and go on a “revenge travel” spree, according to ShopBack, a cashback reward program. “We expect travel to be one of the big [sales drivers],” Prashant Kala, Philippine country head of ShopBack, told BusinessWorld in a May 5 Zoom call. Shopback aims […]
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Asia Pioneer Entertainment Launches their first NFT series – Asia Tigers Club to enter the Metaverse
HONG KONG, May 4, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Macau leading gaming equipment supplier Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings Limited (“APE Holdings” or the “Company”, with its subsidiaries referred as the “Group”; Stock Code: 8400.HK) is pleased to announce the launch of Asia Tigers Club, the Group’s first NFT to enter the metaverse. Photo […]
Free rides offered for people going back home during Holy Week
PEOPLE traveling back to their hometowns in Cebu Province to celebrate Holy Week may avail themselves of free rides offered by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB 7) starting Tuesday, April 12, 2022.Eduardo Montealto Jr., LTFRB 7 director, said a total of 552 buses and public utility jeepneys (PUJs) have […]
Neri: Fond memories of travel
Travel memories are precious. They bring to mind far-away places, friendly faces and fun phases in life, as well as regrettable incidents, misadventures and lessons learned. When travel memories are happy ones, they are all the more treasured and lovingly recalled with a wistful smile.Two well-traveled ladies share travel experiences that evoke fond memories.Marlinda “Mayen” […]
International Travel Festival 2022 kicks off
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) has lauded Cebu’s hosting of the seventh International Travel Festival (ITF) as it entices travelers to rekindle their love for traveling at least d…
Domestic air travel picking up amid Omicron threat
THE uptick in Covid-19 cases in January has not affected domestic travel as the airline recouped 42 percent of its pre-Covid flight frequency on this month, AirAsia Philippines sai…
International Travel Festival makes comeback in 2022 highlighting domestic travel
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the International Travel Festival (ITF) returns for its seventh run on Jan. 7 to 9, 2022 at Ayala Center Cebu.With the theme “It’s time…
WTTC report: Asia Pacific’s travel, tourism sector starts to recover
NEW research from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed that the travel and tourism sector’s contribution to the Asia Pacific gross domestic product (GDP) could see a year-on-year increase of 36.3 percent this year, ahead of the global average of 30.7 percent given the sector’s recovery rate. The WTTC said this represents […]
Myanmar Government to Re-Open Land Borders, Resume International Travel in Early 2022 After Achieving Vaccination Targets Amid Clear Signs of Economic Recovery
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Nov 16, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The Myanmar Government announced today it will reopen land border crossings with China and Thailand next month ahead of a planned resumption of international air travel by the end of the first quarter of 2022, as vaccination rates have improved significantly amid clear signs of economic recovery from […]
2GO Travel says most destinations on network now accept tourists
2GO GROUP, Inc.’s 2GO Travel on Thursday said 90% of the destinations on its network now accept tourists. “Fully vaccinated travelers with vaccination cards and certificates can enter Batangas, Caticlan, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo City, Manila, Negros Occidental province, Ozamis, and Roxas without the swab test requirement,” 2GO Travel said in an […]
2GO Travel says 5 destinations grant easier entry to fully vaccinated passengers
2GO Group, Inc.’s 2GO Travel said the cities of Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, and the province of Cebu are now granting entry to fully vaccinated travelers without the need for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. “Fully vaccinated passengers bound for Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, and Iloilo can easily apply for their […]
Cebu City ports reopen for all types of travel
CEBU City ports will now allow non-essential travel, the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said. This, after the downgrading of the City’s community quarantine status from modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in August 2021 to general community quarantine (GCQ) this September. Maryknoll Lague, CPA public relations officer, said travelers must comply with specific requirements for inbound […]
Delta surge pops Asia’s travel bubbles
Fresh lockdowns and restrictions in Asia brought on by the faster-spreading delta coronavirus variant are making the region’s pursuit of travel bubbles look like an increasingly fruitless endeavor. Air-travel bubbles, corridors that allow movement between countries without the need for quarantine, have largely been a letdown as nations pull up the drawbridge again to contain […]
Digital Tools to Revitalize Global Tourism
MADRID, SPAIN, Jul 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) continues to energize the restart of tourism based on sustainability and innovation. An agreement with MUST Travel & Tech places a digital tool at the service of tourism, allowing users to share their experiences to promote the reactivation of […]
Cebu local officials give thumbs up to IATF’s new domestic travel policy
OFFICIALS of Cebu City and Cebu Province welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to allowing domestic travel for fully vaccinated individuals and not obligating them to present the negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results currently required by some receiving local government units (LGU). […]
Sandiganbayan orders ex-chief of DPHW 7 to pay agency P1.5M
THE Sandiganbayan Seventh Division has approved the plea bargain of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 director Juanito Abergas, who faced three graft charges over the illegal reimbursement of his official travel expenses amounting to P1.8 million from 2002 to 2005. Aside from finding Abergas guilty of a lesser offense of failure […]
Philippines adds Oman, UAE to travel ban list amid spread of Indian COVID variant
The Philippine government has expanded its travel ban to include Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a bid to prevent the spread of a double-mutant version of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was first discovered in India Presidential Spokesperson Harry L. Roque said the imposition of the travel ban on Oman and the […]
Two Filipinos in India die of COVID-19
ABOUT 20 Filipinos in India have been infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) amid a second wave of infections in the Southeast Asian country triggered by a double-mutant variant, Manila’s ambassador to Delhi said on Tuesday. Of the total cases, two have already died within less than a week, Ambassador Ramon S. Bagatsing, Jr. […]
DoT to propose adoption of IATA Travel Pass to IATF
IATA By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter THE TOURISM department is set to present a proposal to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for airlines to adopt a platform developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that will enable passengers to digitally manage their travel documents and share their test and […]
Libre: Time travel
There are moments in our lives when we would like to go back in time — to ask forgiveness for a wrong done to a friend long gone, to embrace deceased parents whom we neglected in the past, or to witness a historic event we’ve read about. It is not possible to turn back the […]