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Thailand’s tourism and health authorities have teamed up to launch a unique certification scheme aimed to prepare the Thai tourism industry for the recovery period and enhance confidence amongst international and domestic tourists.

After 9 weeks of battling tirelessly the deadly Covid-19 worldwide pandemic, Seychelles - popular holiday destination in the Indian Ocean with a population of less than a hundred thousand inhabitants- is now Covid-19 Free.

This year’s English Tourism Week will highlight the economic importance and value of tourism to local economies across England is going virtual.

U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow and other industry leaders met with Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday at a roundtable on the hard-hit travel and tourism sector, afterward expressing appreciation for the vice president's attentiveness to the industry's concerns and needs.

More than half of the 15.8 million travel-related jobs in the U.S. have disappeared since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic—driving an unemployment number (51%) that is more than twice the 25% rate the country as a whole experienced at the worst of the Great Depression, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Travel Association.

As Thailand gradually reopened on Sunday, May 17 following the country’s successful control of the COVID-19 outbreak, Bangkok’s flagship malls and department stores, such as Siam Paragon, Emporium and EmQuartier, welcomed their first visitors in almost two months to a shopping experience adapted to the new normal.

NYC & Company, the official destination marketing organization and convention and visitors bureau for the five boroughs of New York City, announced the formation of The Coalition for NYC Hospitality & Tourism Recovery.

Employers from across global tourism are taking the lead in supporting their workers and helping the communities in which they operate, research carried out into the sector’s response to COVID-19 has found.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a Tourism Recovery Technical Assistance Package to offer guidance to Member States in response to COVID-19.

COVID-19 has placed the whole world on lockdown and 100% of global destinations continue to have restrictions on travel in place, and 72% have completely closed their borders to international tourism.

Leading tourism trade association UKinbound has issued a stark warning that the country risks damaging and prolonging its economic recovery if the inbound tourism industry, worth nearly £23bn to the UK economy in 2018, does not receive long term financial support alongside domestic and outbound tourism recovery plans.

The streets of Vilnius streets are currently dotted with giant photos of people wearing protective masks made in a creative way.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced a new organisational partnership with TCI Research, a leading Travel Data Intelligence Agency awarded by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for its TRAVELSAT Solution and trusted by over 100 destinations, travel brands and organizations globally.

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili shared the following message as the impact of COVID-19 has been particularly catastrophic for the travel and tourism sector.