Another 3,150 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs in Australia will be lost by Christmas shrinking the tourism workforce to half its pre-pandemic size, according to new research from the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF). Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) Chief Executive Officer Mark Olsen said tourism had employed 15,750 full and part-time staff and, with indirect tourism spend, supported a total of 25,500 jobs before the pandemic in the Cairns region. By July 2021, we had lost...

Alain St. Ange was the former minister of tourism for Seychelles, is the president of the African Tourism Board, and was a candidate for the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization UNWTO.  In this interview he shares his concern for the tourism industry and its future, and talks about fraud in the UNWTO - System. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etn/support

Many people around the world are vaccinated against COVID-19. In some countries, such as the United States and Israel, people are taking off their masks and returning to pre-pandemic conditions. What will happen to the tourism industry in the post-corona era? The global tourism industry has virtually stopped for the past two years due to COVID-19. If cross-border travel resumes, will people travel around the world as they did before the pandemic? In this session, tourism experts such as Do...

For a small country heavily dependent on tourism, the Caribbean island of Grenada is drawing unwanted attention for how its government has turned hostile to one of its most promising hospitality projects in years. Kimpton Kawana Bay, a luxury resort/residence funded through the island’s unique Citizenship by Investment program has come to a stop. The lead investor is Warren Newfield, who until May 2021 served as Grenadian ambassador-at-large and one of the country’s three consuls general...

Starting July 8 vaccinated visitors can travel to Hawaii without restrictions, despite the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the COVID virus in the Aloha State The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s State Laboratories Division (SLD) has detected a total of 13 cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617.2, also known as the Delta variant of concern. The Delta variant has been found on O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i Island. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support...

The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s State Laboratories Division (SLD) confirms the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617.2, also known as the Delta variant of concern, is spreading in the state. To date there have been three cases of the Delta variant associated with travel from the continental United States. Two of those cases are on O‘ahu and one is on Hawai‘i Island. In addition, the State Laboratories Division has identified the Delta variant in a specimen from an O‘ahu resident with no history of...

A global discussion by the World Tourism Network on Destination Weddings and comparing situations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etn/support

Discussion with Dr. Peter Tarlow, safety & security expert and co-founder of the World Tourism Network (WTN), Juergen Steinmetz, chairman WTN; Deepak Joshi, former CEO Nepal Tourism Board, and Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman African Tourism Board --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etn/support

Listen to leaders in the US travel and tourism industry and their plans to relaunch travel to America --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etn/support