Air India has stated that if the flight is cancelled, flyers need not call Air India or Travel Agent through whom the tickets have been booked.

For Vistara CV members, tier status re-evaluation is paused from March 18 to April 30. However, if Vistara CV members wish to reschedule their travel to a later date, Vistara is providing an offer We offer to opt for an alternate date without any change free.

China in January closed all its museums and tourist centres all over the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Coronavirus Update: Worried about refund from ticket cancellation? Here is a solution for your problem. Airlines like AirAsia, Indigo, and GoAir are offering credit shells, IE reported. The report said that whenever such mass cancellations take place, it becomes a huge problem for airlines to refund every passenger. In the wake of unprecedented cancellations on […]

COVID-19: While the tourism sector is dealing with unprecedented disruptions, the closure of borders and more restrictions will just worsen the blow.

The Covid-19 outbreak has led to unprecedented lockdowns across the world, with many countries shutting their borders and limiting public movement.

Market analysts suggest a 17% fall in the global revenue from travel and tourism industry, estimated at about 568.6 billion U.S. dollars.

Darjeeling's Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) has unveiled a novel competition to encourage people to stay inside their homes.

COVID-19: The sudden spike in coronavirus cases in India forced the government to place the country in a lockdown seemingly overnight, which left several tourists stranded.

The CII said the industry will see cash flows only beginning to improve in November, 2020 and perhaps get to normal levels by early 2021.

Gautam Buddh Nagar, adjoining Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh, has so far recorded 58 positive cases of coronavirus, the highest for any district in the state, while eight patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

Currently, most of the airlines are not giving waivers on the cancellation charges and also not refunding in cash.

The Goa tourism industry can resume only after the lockdown is lifted and the coronavirus situation is completely under control in the country.

Private carrier Indigo airline has said that it will start flight operations from May 4 after the end of the nationwide lockdown.

As many as 10 rapid testing booths will be set up at industrial estates and state borders, the health minister said.

The airlines have said that they will not refund the money back for cancelled tickets and customers can get their tickets scheduled for the next available date.

Guidelines on refunds for flight ticket cancellations during the lockdown period have been issued!

Earlier this week, the government extended the lockdown till May 3.

The UNWTO called on all governments to continuously review travel restrictions and ease or lift them as soon as it is safe to do so.

As the Coronavirus outbreak intensifies in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs have decided to extend the suspension of existing Indian visas given to foreign nationals.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that the Ministry of Civil Aviation is yet to decide on opening domestic or international operations

The tourists are staying like a family and the guesthouse owner has waived their expanses for one week due to the lockdown imposed in response to contain the coronavirus, leaving many tourists stranded.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has directed al airlines to refrain from booking tickets as no decision has been taken to commence the operation of domestic, international flights from May 4, 2020.

This comes in the backdrop of the Uttarakhand government contemplating a change in the traditions of the opening of the famed Himalayan temples. 

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri took to Twitter to indicate that the restrictions will only be lifted once the government is confident that the outbreak of Coronavirus has been controlled.

The decision to reschedule the opening of the temple gates was taken in view of circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dharmadhikari of the Badrinath temple Bhuvan Chandra Uniyal said.

The plea which has been filed by the Pravasi Legal Cell has also requested the court to declare the action of the airlines not refunding the full amount illegal and violative of the Civil Aviation Requirement.

Making things worse is that some countries that are specifically hard-hit by the coronavirus are also heavily dependent on tourism, like Italy and Spain.

The crisis has jeopardised India's 5 lakh crore tourism industry and employment of an estimated 3.8 crore jobs, FAITH said in a statement.

In February 2020, international passenger capacity reduced by 13 per cent, mainly related to traffic from/to States experiencing an early outbreak and States deeply interconnected to China.

Even though the work has started authorities have ensured that each and every norms of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Lockdown extension are followed at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham project site.

''The opening ceremony of the four temples in Uttarakhand is an important annual event attended by thousands of pilgrims but the extended lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus has cast its shadow on the yatra this year. The Chardham yatra begins with the opening of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples on April 26 this year.''

The annual "Chandan Yatra" and "Akshaya Tritiya" festivals of Lord Jagannath will be held inside the temple premises in Puri on Sunday.

More than 1 lakh Indian nationals from the state of Kerala have expressed their desire to come back from different countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron promised to rebuild within five years but work so far has been slow. Delays were caused by toxic lead released by the fire, winter storms and then by the COVID-19 epidemic which closed the site in March.

The Kerala government has asked Keralites who are stranded in different parts of the country to register on the Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) website for their safe return to the state.

The doors of the eleventh jyotirlinga at Kedarnath in the Garhwal Himalayas were opened at 6.10 am.

Now nearly 3 lakh expats spanning 150 countries are expected to return to Kerala, with registrations already taking place on the online registration facility called Norka Roots.

Flyers, who had booked flights via Paytm, will receive the refund in their airline credit shell. They can redeem that refund amount in order to book a flight ticket via Paytm website and mobile site.

The airline may make further changes in compliance with regulatory guidelines once they are finalized and notified, Vistara said in a statement.

Suspension of flight operations has been extended till May 17, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular issued today.

Once the cases started increasing rapidly in the country, the Centre announced a lockdown on March 24, leaving lakhs of Indians stranded, with nowhere to go.

The earlier forecast, which was shared with the government in March 2020, had put tourism's economic value at risk at around Rs 5 lakh crore, FAITH said in a statement.

Lockdown in India has brought some positive environmental news from clean rivers to clean air at many places. Pollution has declined drastically and as a result, people are able to see distant things.

Social distancing will be maintained in lines for amenities, in restaurants, on rides and other facilities and sanitization and disinfection will be boosted, the company said in a news release.

Expecting many stranded non-resident Keralites to be evacuated from the Middle East stating Thursday onwards, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is gearing up with several safety measures!

The purpose is to ensure that they are isolated from others and stay safe before they are cleared by the concerned medical authorities to go back to their homes.

In order to counter coronavirus threat, Qatar Airways has been maintaining the highest possible hygiene standards.

The president emphasised the need to focus promoting medical tourism by highlighting the "successful efforts taken by Sri Lanka to contain the spread of the coronavirus."

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