COVID-19 Update|Industry News Archives - Pacific Tourism Organisation

4 March 2021

Tourism in a Post-Pandemic World

By Aleksandra Babii and Sanaa Nadeem If you are hesitant to hop on a plane these days, you are not alone. According to the United Nations […]

25 February 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts Continue to Fuel Travelers’ Optimism

The latest Longwoods International tracking study of Americans’ collective sentiment towards travel has shown that roughly 80 percent of travelers have established travel plans during the next sixth […]

23 February 2021

Air NZ Trials ‘vaccine passport’, a Glimpse of Post-COVID Travel

Air New Zealand will ask passengers to use a digital health pass on flights to Australia in a trial run of a “vaccine passport” system for travellers to prove they have been immunised against COVID-19.

18 February 2021

WTTC Urges Governments To Abandon Concept Of ‘High-Risk Countries’

THE WORLD TRAVEL & TOURISM COUNCIL (WTTC) IS CALLING FOR GOVERNMENTS TO ABANDON THE CONCEPT OF ‘HIGH-RISK COUNTRIES’ AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL TRAVELLERS. As the […]

17 February 2021

Mystery Over Covid-Hit Nation’s Sudden Drop in Infections

When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in India, there were fears it would sink the fragile health system of the world’s second-most populous country.

11 February 2021

COVID: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone, says WHO expert panel

A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel countered concerns over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine on Wednesday, insisting that “it’s the right thing to do” to use it – even in countries where variants had surfaced

8 February 2021

WTTC calls for focus on individual travellers to boost safety

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling for governments to abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on how individual ‘high-risk travellers’ are treated at borders.

21 January 2021

UAE Carriers Launch IATA’s New COVID-19 Travel Pass

Both Etihad and Emirates will become the first airlines globally to trial the new travel pass from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This mobile app […]

19 January 2021

Air Travel Down 60 per cent, as Airline Industry Losses Top $370 Billion

A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60 per cent over the course of last year, to levels last seen in 2003.