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 ...

Dhaka : Bangladesh has removed the two words "except Israel" from the passport as per government decision to maintain international standard, said Major General Md Ayub Chowdhury, Director General of Department of Immigration and Passport.
From now on, the n...

Bangkok : Thailand is planning to waive its mandatory quarantine for vaccinated visitors to its capital Bangkok and top tourist destinations from October, a concerned government official said on May 7, in an effort to revive the country's one of the most high-earning ind...

Dubai : Dubai is hosting Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021, the largest in-person travel and tourism event in the world, the first of its kind, since the coronavirus pandemic.  
Now in its 28th year, ATM 2021 is running at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from ...