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Aviation: Critical Steps Needed to Fly Net Zero by 2050

Written by Juergen Steinmetz, June 4, 2023

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); These roadmaps address aircraft technology, energy infrastructure, operations, finance, and policy considerations leading to net zero. By adopting a Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) at ICAO’s 41st Assembly, governments and industry are aligned to reach the same net zero CO2 emissions goal by 2050. As policy initiatives lay the…

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Hallelujah to the UNWTO Commission for Europe Bulgaria Show

Written by Juergen Steinmetz,

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I take note of this doll box around the corner from me, a Bulgarian reader in Sofia told eTurboNews. The reader referred to the just concluded UNWTO Commission meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria. He continues to comment: “Regionally, this meeting was in no way related to the industry. “The participants…

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Connecting the War on Terror, the Uganda LGBTQ Bill, and Tourism

Written by Juergen Steinmetz, June 3, 2023

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The editorial by eTurboNews correspondence Tony Ofungi, who also owns the Gorilla information travel company in the Pearl of Africa, explains the story of the war on terror behind the Uganda LGBTQ bill. About a week ago, the Ugandan AMISOM contingent based in Somalia was attacked by the radical…

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India Passenger Train Derails: At Least 50 Dead, 350 Injured

Written by Juergen Steinmetz, June 2, 2023

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Train officials have reported at least 50 people were killed and 350 injured when the 2two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha today. Railroad ministry spokesperson, Amitabh Sharma, stated that 10 to 12 coaches of one train derailed, and debris from some of the mangled…

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Execute LGBTQ: A Scary Trend by some African Tourism Fanatics

Written by Juergen Steinmetz,

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Shame on Uganda’s President Museveni, Tourism Leaders Warn, was first published by eTurboNews, after the president signed the strictest anti LGBTQ law in the world on Tuesday. Responses from travel industry leaders, government officials, and concerned travelers had been pouring in. Surprisingly not all postings on an ongoing headed…

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Dr. Taleb Rifai Shares Proud Day at African Tourism Board

Written by Juergen Steinmetz, May 31, 2023

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The President of ATB, Hon. Cuthbert Ncube, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with HE Albert Muchanga, AU Commissioner for Economic Development, Tourism, Trade, Industry, and Mining (ETTIM), today at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Tourism Board is an association that is internationally acclaimed for…

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Shame on Uganda’s President Museveni, Tourism Leaders Warn

Written by Juergen Steinmetz, May 29, 2023

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Many in the Uganda LGBTQ Community are fleeing this East African Country; tourists are afraid to visit the Pearl of Africa after 78-year-old President Yoweri Museveni signed the harshest anti-homosexuality law in the world with a golden pen today. The president of the country, however, is a proud man because…

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African Union and African Tourism Board to sign MOU

Written by Juergen Steinmetz, May 28, 2023

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This new chapter for Tourism Cooperation in Africa is also a new chapter for the African Tourism Board, the African Union, and the African Continent. The proud Chairman of the African Tourism Board, Cuthbert Ncube, is traveling to Addis Ababa to sign this historic Memorandum of Understanding between the…

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The Power Struggle within WTTC Continues – British Style

Written by Juergen Steinmetz,

eTurboNews: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); WTTC, claiming to be the private sector’s voice in the global travel and tourism industry, has responsibilities. Such responsibilities require global thinking from a global perspective by a global team. This responsibility within this now prominently managed British organization may be the cause of the reason some ask if…