London :  Countries reliant on tourism are racing to reopen borders and revive economies decimated by the pandemic.
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) estimates that the sector lost nearly USD 4.5 trillion and 62 million jobs last year.
Airlines a...

Dhaka : Bangladesh government has launched Grievances Redress System (GRS) through the online complaint redressed management platform to receive and redress the grievances of hospitality service recipients and all guests in various units of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation in...

Geneva : The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of Covid-19 when reopening borders to international travel.
Strategies without quarantine measures can enable international travel to re...

Colombo : Sri Lanka has announced to develop a 'city tourism' strategy to place Colombo as a tourism hub in the South Asian map. 
This initiative will follow some of the best practices of national tourist boards in Singapore, Thailand, Dubai and others, t...

Dhaka : Maldives has grown to be a popular holiday destination for Bangladeshis in the last few years. About 10 thousand tourists went to Maldives from Bangladesh last year even amid the pandemic. This shows how promising tourism ties can be between both the countries in the...

Dhaka : Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) on June 10 demanded reopening of tourist spots at half capacity in compliance with health safety measures to save millions involved in the sector, as it incurred losses amounting to BDT 20,000 crore in the last year fol...

Dhaka : DataBird is currently the largest and leading internet group of the country with products across online travel, news, keyboard, eReader, and lifestyle mobile applications. 
Their services reach more than half of all smartphone internet users today in the ...

Dhaka : The Kingdom of Bahrain has banned entry of travellers from Bangladesh and four other nations - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal from May 24. 
The move followed Bahrain putting these five countries into its 'red list,' according to a circular ...

Bangkok : Thai Govern-ment and Tourism Authority are encouraging travellers to vaccinate prior their travel to Thailand under the new programme called Phuket Sandbox to start from July 1. Those who are not yet vaccinated can still travel to Phuket but have to be in Alternati...

Colombo : Sri Lanka on May 26 announced to lift the temporary travel ban on inbound travellers from June 1, except for passengers who stayed in India in the last 14 days of arrival. 
All inbound flights, however, are now limited to a maximum of 75 passengers and ...