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Spain opens from June 7, 2021

Spain will open its doors to all fully vaccinated travellers authorised by the EMA or the WHO regardless of their destination of origin from June 7, 2021. The improvement of the epidemiological situation in Spain and the developing progress in the vaccination roll-out, make it possible to ease the measures …

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Towards sustainable tourism

Saudi Arabia hosted global travel industry leaders across public and private sectors at the Tourism Recovery Summit in Riyadh recently. The summit convened to discuss common solutions and tangible actions as the sector enters a new era. Participants exchanged experiences, ideas and opportunities to ensure the future of tourism is …

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Marhaba Europe attracts GCC

It was a refreshing change as the rules and regulations eased out for the travel and tourism sector in Dubai to host events under strict compliance, hence the Marhaba Europe brought together four of the tourism boards with 60+ partners and 80+ travel professionals from the region for two days …

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KSA pledges US$ 100m for tourism

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  has become the first country to pledge financial support to the Tourism Community Initiative, welcomed in the 2020 G20 Riyadh Leaders’ Declaration and the Diriyah Communiqué for the Tourism Working Group, and aligned with the AlUla Framework.[ The Saudi Ministry of Tourism, the World Bank, and …

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Ireland to open for travel

Ireland has announced the adoption of the EU’s new Digital COVID Certificate. This will enable more seamless travel for tourists and will be extended to vaccinated visitors from outside of the EU, including the GCC countries, and will allow certain travellers to visit the island. Shehara Rizly Ireland will begin …

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Yas Island focuses on travel trade

Over the past few months, Yas Island has been busy with various new initiatives to ensure customer confidence to its wide array of experiences for family tourism from touchless journeys to an unforgettable experience. Marijana Mihajlovic, Director of Business Development, Experience Hub shares with TRAVTALK plans for the year. Shehara …

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GCC a key market for Azerbaijan

Travellers from the GCC yearn for excitement and exploration as it’s in their DNA to find new places of adventure, discover new cultures, follow historically famous areas or visit adrenaline pumping events in beautiful surroundings of nature – Azerbaijan offers all this and more. Florian Sengstschmid, CEO, Azerbaijan Tourism Board …

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Switzerland on your bucket list

The pent-up demand for travel especially in the GCC has been growing for the past few months, the moment borders open, they are the first to travel. Switzerland Tourism Board is on a drive to welcome travellers and Martin Nydegger, CEO, Switzerland Tourism, shares more details with us. Shehara Rizly …

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Israel welcomes travellers

With the announcement released that Israel will focus on welcoming vaccinated international travellers from May 2021, there is a new ray of hope in this newly discovered source market. Ksenia Kobiakov, Director Israel Tourism shares more details of their new plan of action. Q Do share the latest status when …

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Spanish breaks revisited virtually

Turespaña – Spain Tourism Office GCC hosted a tri-series webinar to showcase the many offerings by the destination. The key focus was on beaches, nature, shopping and luxury along with introducing few new destinations that would be ideal for the travelers from GCC looking to travel to different regions in …

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