Category: Government and Public Sector Tourism News
News and information on tourism boards, ministers of tourism and the public sector in the travel and tourism industry.
Netherlands sues Russia over Malaysia Airlines MH17 shot down over Ukraine in 2014
Harry S. Johnson- July 15, 2020The government of the Netherlands has filed a lawsuit with the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) against Russia over ... Read More
FAA lowers international aviation safety rating for Pakistan
Harry S. Johnson- July 15, 2020The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that Pakistan has been assigned a Category 2 rating because it does not ... Read More
New measures at London Heathrow to reduce risk for passengers
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 15, 2020London Heathrow airport unveils further measures that reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting COVID-19 at the airport. The UK’s ... Read More
Hyatt, Marriott, Bookings.com are fake media for Hawaii hotel bookings
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 15, 2020The travel and tourism industry is on life support. Even giant companies are struggling to keep the light on. Hundreds ... Read More
Trump strips Hong Kong of its special status
Harry S. Johnson- July 14, 2020US President Donald Trump announced the signing of the 'Hong Kong Autonomy Act' and an executive order ending all preferential ... Read More
Right-wing group blasts Trump for caving to ‘special interest pressure’ on foreign student visas
Harry S. Johnson- July 14, 2020The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), regarding the Trump ... Read More
Qatar Air Blockade Ruling: A victory over UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 14, 2020This is good news not only for Qatar Airways, but for Qatar as a nation. Step by step the arguments ... Read More
Visit the Florida Keys? Enjoy a “Quarantine” with Toilet Paper Included
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 14, 2020The Florida Keys closed for tourism on March 22 at 6 pm and was closed for 72 days, and then ... Read More
No tourism in Hawaii until at least September: Governor Ige announcement
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020No visitors are allowed to the Aloha State without observing a two-week quarantine. This status was now officially extended for ... Read More
Heathrow: Government must act faster to protect jobs and unlock growth
Harry S. Johnson- July 13, 2020COVID-19 continues to weigh on travel demand, with a drop in passenger numbers of over 95% compared to the start ... Read More
California Shutting Back Down Due to COVID-19 Spike
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- July 13, 2020Noting an alarming spike in coronavirus cases across the State of California, Governor Newsom today dimmed the economic reopening switch ... Read More
Lisbon’s ‘Renda Segura’ program could be problematic for Airbnb if successful
Harry S. Johnson- July 13, 2020Following the recent announcement from Lisbon’s Mayor pledging to ‘get rid of Airbnb’ once the coronavirus pandemic is over by ... Read More
UNWTO: Safe and responsible restart of tourism on the Canary Islands
Harry S. Johnson- July 13, 2020The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has paid an official visit to the Canary Islands to recognize the ... Read More
US DOT urged to issue mandatory COVID-19 airline safety standards
Harry S. Johnson- July 13, 2020Consumer Reports is calling on US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to issue mandatory, enforceable health and safety standards ... Read More
Another Tourism Minister has Coronavirus
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020Karnataka is a state in southwest India with Arabian Sea coastlines. The capital, Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), is a high-tech hub ... Read More
PATA CEO Mario Hardy urges Hawaii Governor Ige to keep Tourism closed, but….
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020Keep the Hawaii Visitors Industry closed after August 1 is a reasonable approach, said to Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of ... Read More
Incheon introduces nature tourist spots in this Korean City
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020Incheon, the gateway city of Korea, introduced healing urban spaces of its city through 'Incheonjichang', summer edition, 2020. 'Incheonjichang' is ... Read More
UK said no to Air Peace for its evacuation flight from London to Lagos
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020The Nigerian Federal Government said it will review its air agreements with various countries as a result of the unacceptable ... Read More
Be Inspired: Morocco COVID-19 low but extends emergency
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020Morocco extended on Thursday an emergency decree until Aug. 10? in response to the coronavirus outbreak.? Domestic travel has resumed, ... Read More
Canada: The Minister of Culture and Communications makes two announcements
Dmytro Makarov- July 13, 2020Minister of Culture and Communications?Nathalie Roy?today visited the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) to make two important announcements ... Read More
Nepal Tourism Board participates in PATA Dream to Travel festival
Dmytro Makarov- July 13, 2020Nepal Tourism Board NTB has participated in Dream to Travel Festival, launched by The?Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). The festival ... Read More
The reason Ukraine International Airlines PS752 was shut down over Iran
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020During a conflict situation between Iran and the United States, a Ukraine International Airlines Flight was shot down by the ... Read More
Egypt first African Country to get COVID19 vaccine
The Media Line- July 12, 2020The Chinese consul-general in Alexandria, Jiao Li Ying, has confirmed his country’s pledge that Egypt will be among the first ... Read More
Tobago tourism stakeholders collaborate to reinforce destination safety
Chief Assignment Editor- July 11, 2020The Tobago Tourism Agency Limited (TTAL) is steadfastly preparing the island for increased tourism activity and the eventual opening of ... Read More
Grenada announces phased approach to re-opening its borders
Chief Assignment Editor- July 11, 2020The Government of Grenada has announced a phased approach to the reopening of its borders, promoting a smooth, systematic and ... Read More
German Travel Warnings for Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Namibia challenged
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 11, 2020In Germany, two tour operators specialists in travel to Africa have filed a legal action at the Berlin Administrative Court ... Read More
Australia limits number of citizens allowed to return from overseas each week
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020As Australia struggles to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in its second most populous city, the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison ... Read More
Minister Bartlett: Tourism is at the heart of Jamaica’s post-COVID economic recovery program
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020Jamaica's Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica’s tourism sector is critical to Jamaica’s economic recovery from the negative effects ... Read More
Port Canaveral awarded federal grant for security upgrades
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020The Canaveral Port Authority has been awarded $908,015 in federal funding by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal ... Read More
Istanbul’s world-famous tourist attraction converted into a mosque
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020Turkish government announced that Istanbul's world-famous tourist attraction will be turned into a mosque, citing today's court decision. Turkish court ... Read More
Traveling? Wear a mask and share your holiday photo with WTTC
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 10, 2020WTTC includes the wearing of a face mask as the new normal when traveling.? They are so convinced, that they ... Read More
Hawaii Tourism to remain closed for visitors: Not yet official, but predicted
George Taylor- July 10, 2020Juergen Steinmetz, publisher of Hawaii based eTurboNews now predicts the US State of Hawaii will not be ready to welcome ... Read More
Did 6 fully loaded Boeing 737 Max crash in the US? The new normal in America
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 10, 2020960 passengers and crew dead. This would be the result if 6 fully booked Boeing 737 - Max 7 crashed ... Read More
Canada joins Global Ocean Alliance
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020Canada is an ocean nation with the longest coastline in the world. Canadians rely on healthy marine ecosystems to sustain ... Read More
FlyersRights: US DOT’s COVID-19 guidance ‘too little, too late’
Harry S. Johnson- July 9, 2020The Department of Transportation invited FlyersRights.org and other consumer organizations to a conference call Tuesday to discuss the DOT’s coronavirus ... Read More
GVB Board selects Gutierrez & Perez to continue leading Guam Visitors Bureau
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 9, 2020The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) has announced that former Governor Carl T.C. Gutierrez will remain as GVB President and CEO, ... Read More
