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The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communication, Utilities, Housing and Tourism - Tourism Unit, has announced the successful completion of its Tour Guides Training Programme – Level 1, which empowered over 50 tourism industry partners.

When a tourism Minister in Kenya, or as they say in Kenya a Tourism Secretary is in his post because he was demoted is not really exciting news for the largest industry in the world generating 11% of global employment- but this may shown very differently in Kenya.

A non-profit consortium will offer free cybersecurity support to almost 200 humanitarian NGOs in The Hague in the next 1,5 years.

The Anguilla Tourist Board (ATB), along with Destination Hub partners St. Maarten, St. Martin and St. Barths, showcased the region and engaged with yacht builders, brokers and yachting enthusiasts at the prestigious Monaco Yacht Show.

A record-breaking summer of travel demand sharpened the impact of government inefficiencies and hassles across the travel system, potentially resulting in air travellers taking an average of two fewer trips per year at a projected total cost of $71 billion to the U.S. economy—according to a new U.S. Travel survey from Ipsos.

The Jamaican Ministry of Tourism and its public bodies successfully concluded TAW (Tourism Awareness Week) with the final instalment of the island wide school speaking engagements and tree planting exercises at the Mannings School.

In anticipation of Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) scheduled for October 27-29, the island is preparing for the influx of travellers who will be visiting to celebrate the island’s biggest event of the year.

The highly anticipated Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) 2023 Youth Forum has been hailed as a “major success,” as the event saw strong support from hundreds of students and teachers from across the island. Over 300 Tourism Action Club (TAC) members attended the event, which was held on World Tourism Day at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

Once more, the renowned Qiansimen Bridge in Chongqing, located in the southwest of China, has been transformed into a “pedestrian street” to welcome the influx of tourists arriving in the city for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays.

Qatar Airways is proud to welcome the new Expo 2023 Doha livery to its fleet and commemorate its role as the Official Strategic Partner for the landmark event.

A pilot flying S7 Airlines recently recorded a shocking video of the northern part of the Caspian Sea drying up.

Senator Angus McKelvey (Senate District 6, West Maui, Mā‘alaea, Waikapū, South Maui) and Representative Elle Cochran (House District 14, Kahakuloa, Waihe‘e, portions of Wai‘ehu and Mā‘alaea, Olowalu, Lahaina, Lahainaluna, Kā‘anapali, Māhinahina Camp, Kahana, Honokahua) sent a letter to Governor Josh Green urging him to abandon the hard date of October 8th for the reopening of tourism to West Maui.

WBAB in Sweden have created a new wetland park to filter sewage in the final phase after it has been through the sewage treatment plant.

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), with responsibility for Water, the Environment and Climate Change, Senator, the Hon. Matthew Samuda has revealed that some 2.7 million trees have been planted under the National Tree Planting Initiative, which was launched in 2019 by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness with a goal of three million trees in three years.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister, and Chairman of Soudah Development, has launched the masterplan to develop Soudah and parts of Rijal Almaa into Soudah Peaks – a luxury mountain tourism destination set 3,015 meters above sea level on Saudi Arabia’s highest peak.

Situated within an extraordinary natural and cultural environment in the Aseer region (southwest Saudi Arabia), the Soudah Peaks project is a key part of the Public Investment Fund (PIF)’s efforts to diversify the economy by expanding vital industries such as tourism, hospitality, and entertainment, and supporting Aseer development strategy.

HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Chair of Soudah Development’s Board of Directors, stated that Soudah Peaks represents a new era of luxury mountain tourism by providing an unprecedented living experience while preserving the natural environment, cultural, and heritage richness.

Anthropologist, author, and University of Guyana lecturer Dr. Kumar Mahabir recently presented a research paper at the Anton de Kom University in Suriname on the case for reparations for indentured servitude in the Caribbean and the wider Indian Diaspora.