Destinations
PATA Forecasts Growing Strength For Asia Pacific
PATA has released its Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2022-2024 Full Report which predicts that annual changes in international visitor arrivals (IVAs) across the region will turn positive versus 2021 IVAs under each of the mild, medium, and severe scenarios in 2022, with growth rates ranging between 126% and 84%. The increase in the absolute number of international visitor arrivals is predicted to range from 72.5 million to 175.7 million under the severe and mild scenarios respectively, lifting the total volume of visitor arrivals to between 159 million and 315 million, under those...
Hong Kong Roars Back In Year Of The Tiger
Will the arrival of the Chinese New Year serve as something of a catalyst for a travel industry rebound? Perhaps so, given that this year is the Year of the Tiger, with Tuesday participants in a Baxter Media Hong Kong Tourism Board webcast noting that that large feline represents the likes of strength and energy in Chinese culture, qualities that are useful for those in the industry as they continue to have to cope with a lingering coronavirus pandemic. "We're confident that this year we are going to roar and tourism will come back stronger," the tourism board's Jorge Lee told...
Saran Named Explore Waterloo Region CEO
Michele Saran has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of Explore Waterloo Region. Saran comes to Waterloo Region after serving as the CEO of Tourism Nova Scotia. There she was focused on establishing strong relationships with industry stakeholders, making research-based decisions and leveraging local, regional and national partnership opportunities to support and grow Nova Scotia’s tourism economy. Prior to COVID-19, the province broke records for both revenue and visitation following the strategy which she worked to create. Under Michele’s leadership, the organization...
Removing The Barriers
The Global Business Travel Association Canada (GBTA Canada) says the federal government’s easing of travel restrictions is a positive step that will contribute to the recovery of Canadian trade and commerce. However, as pandemic policies continue to evolve, GBTA Canada also urged the government to align any future travel restrictions with best practices and policies used in the international community. Nancy Tudorache, regional vice president, Canada of GBTA, said that: “GBTA Canada welcomes today’s announcement from the Canadian government to ease international restrictions...
Simple Stays In Grenada
To increase awareness of its boutique hotels and villas, Grenada’s Ministry of Tourism and the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) havce launched Simple Stays Grenada, consisting of 16 properties located in Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique, offering affordable accommodations so travellers on any budget can experience an intimate and quality Caribbean escape. Petra Roach, CEO, Grenada Tourism Authority, said: “Grenada’s wide variety of boutique hotel and villa options is a distinguishing factor in the destination’s visitor appeal. The goal of this project is to showcase...
Jamaica Refreshes One Love Rewards Program
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is refreshing its Travel Agent Specialist ‘One Love Rewards’ program and website make it easier for travel agents to sell the destination. Along with offering a wealth of benefits, the course provides product information and useful tips essential to selling Destination Jamaica for leisure vacations, destination weddings, special interest markets, tour groups and more. Donovan White, Director of Tourism, Jamaica, said that: “Our travel agent partners are integral to our ability to spread the word that Jamaica should be a traveller’s destination...
Tourism Roundtable Makes Its Case
In an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable – anticipating the Minister of Health’s announcement regarding changes to travel restrictions -- is calling on the federal government to lay out a plan for the removal of pre-departure and on-arrival testing for fully vaccinated travellers and other non-science based travel restrictions. In the letter, the Roundtable points out that: “Canada is in a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – one marked by widespread vaccination and high levels of prior infection, and one which many...
Hug A Tree And Win With Trees4Travel
Trees4Travel is holding a fun contest this Valentine’s Day to gift one lucky winner 100 trees. The contest is simple -- post your best tree hugging photo on Linkedin, Instagram or Facebook and use the following tags: @trees4travel and #treehuggingchallenge2022. Make sure to be as creative as you can and have fun with it. One lucky winner will be chosen as the recipient of 100 trees. To put this into perspective, 100 trees will cover 16,400 kgs of CO2 from your travels. It’s the equivalent of 14 roundtrip flights between Vancouver and Toronto or 8 return flights from...