Category: travel industry

IN-DEPTH: Pressure From Climate Change Advocates Driving Big Changes in Travel Industry

July 21, 2023
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Climate change supporters have the travel industry in its crosshairs, pressuring businesses like airlines, cruise operators, and other tourism sectors to adopt more eco-friendly practices. The heat is on—quite literally—at every level. Sources for this coercion range from global agencies like the United Nations and World Economic Forum to scientific researchers. From this, a civilian-led…

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Australian Travel Industry Launching Protests Against ‘Spider Web’ of COVID-19 Restrictions

December 27, 2021
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Australian travel agents are planning a series of protests next month over continuing restrictions imposed on the tourism industry, which has been devastated over the course of the pandemic. Belle Goldie, owner of iTravel Penrith in the west of Sydney, told 2GB radio on Dec. 24 that since the announcement of the rallies, she has received…

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Travel Industry ‘In Tailspin’ as Feds Adopt New COVID-19 Test Rules

January 5, 2021
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CALGARY—The travel industry in Canada has been thrown into a “tailspin” by new federal rules requiring a COVID-19 test before Canadians are allowed back into the country from most international travel, says the Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors. The timing of Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s announcement of the new protocol last Thursday—New Year’s Eve—could…

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