Abhay Sinha, Director General, Service Export Promotion Council (SEPC), has said that it is highly unlikely that Government will continue with SEIS in the current format anymore. “However, SEPC will continue to urge for an alternative incentive scheme to help the tour operators get back to their pre-COVID levels.”

FHRAI has submitted a representation to Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, highlighting problems faced by inbound tourists with filling the online Air Suvidha form and has requested for its immediate withdrawal. With several passengers having missed their flights to India, the Association has appealed for the Ministry to at least provision physical forms as an alternate to the online forms.

Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General (ADG), Ministry of Tourism will be repatriated to her parent cadre after a proposal of the Ministry of Tourism for her premature repatriation was approved on the grounds of availing the benefit of promotion in the cadre. Rupinder Brar joined the Ministry of Tourism in August 2019.

According to GlobalData’s latest forecasts, on a global scale, international departures will reach 68% of pre-COVID levels in 2022. This is expected to improve to 82% in 2023, and 97% in 2024, before fully recovering by 2025 at 101% of 2019 levels.

Airport Authority of India’s (AAI’s) Coimbatore Airport introduces AI-based robots to provide enhanced airport experiences to flyers. AAI believes that innovation plays a significant role in civil aviation sector & can change the way airports function and provide better facilities to air travellers.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that governments must work with the industry to ensure that aviation and incumbent safety systems can safely co-exist with the new 5G services. Many countries have successfully managed to facilitate the requirements of 5G service providers while including necessary mitigations to preserve aviation safety and uninterrupted services.

MakeMyTrip has become a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).  Vipul Prakash, COO, MakeMyTrip, said, “We look forward to working closely with GSTC to help accelerate understanding and adoption of sustainable tourism practices in the country.”

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G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, along with Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Sarbanand Sonwal met Yogi Adityanath, CM, Uttar Pradesh to deliberate on how respective ministries can synergise on development of roads, railways, tourism, culture and shipping.

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister, Tourism, Culture & DoNER held a review meeting with officials of Ministry of Tourism, ASI, Ministry of Culture, Institute of Hotel Management and Cochin Port Trust in Kochi, Kerala . He also reviewed various projects of Ministry of Tourism and Culture including the commemoration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav