Bartlett meets with Craft Vendors to discuss strategies to mitigate against COVID-19 impact

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has met with craft vendors, one of the key sub-sector groups in tourism, to discuss strategies to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses. “With the closure of our borders and general measures instituted to reduce the spread of the disease, tourism has come to a halt […]

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East Africa hotels too expensive for mandatory tourist COVID-19 quarantine

Tourist hotels in East Africa are too expensive for tourists and business travelers who are required by regional states to undergo two-week mandatory Covid-19 quarantine at their own cost. Foreign tourists, business and local travelers arriving at key East African airports are sent to designated tourist-class hotels and other such accommodation facilities that are too […]

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Prison, huge fines: Countries enact draconian laws to fight Covid-19

National governments around the world are introducing strict regulations to halt the spread coronavirus. Singapore Singapore government announced new rule that can result in actual prison sentence for anyone found violating “social distancing” protocols. According to a press release from the Ministry of Health, Singaporeans who fail to maintain a distance of one meter from […]

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UNWTO: International tourism could nosedive by 20-30% in 2020

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released its updated assessment of the likely impact of the COVID-19 on international tourism. Taking into account the unparalleled introduction of travel restrictions across the world, the United Nations specialized agency for tourism expects that international tourist arrivals will be down by 20% to 30% in 2020 when compared […]

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Summer Travel to USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico not yet lost

Analysis reveals that, as at March 24th, international summer season bookings for air travel to all American destinations (North, Central, and South America plus the Caribbean) are currently 26.8% behind where they were at the equivalent moment last year. The setback in bookings started with the COVID-19 outbreak in the second half of January and […]

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