Bangladesh Bank yesterday declared a new stimulus package worth Tk 1,000 crore for hotels, motels and theme parks suffering for the ongoing business slowdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (Toab) today demanded reopening of tourist spots at half capacity and in compliance with health safety measures to save several lakh people involved in the sector, saying it incurred losses equalling Tk 20,000 crore in the last year due to the pandemic.

At least 20 of the 30 staffers employed by Khan Palace, a residential hotel in Kuakata beach town of Patuakhali district, have been put on administrative leave due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Aiming to revive its tourism industry and get ahead of rival destinations, Malta plans to offer foreign visitors a handout of up to 200 euros ($238.10) each if they stay at least three days on the Mediterranean island this summer.

In Thailand, it’s the all-important tourism sector that has jumped to the head of the Covid-19 vaccination line, with the country’s most popular resort island embarking on a mass inoculation programme two months ahead of the rest of the country.

Md Mokammel Hossain has taken charge as the new secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.

State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali today said that work is underway to operate flights 24 hours a day at all airports in the country.

US-Bangla Airlines is going to start operating flights to Dubai from February 1, next year.

Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business, official and high economic value travellers from all countries, the government said on Tuesday, as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) in a circular issued today said all passengers entering Bangladesh must have Covid-19 negative certificate.

Turkish Airways has started issuing return tickets to Italy-bound Bangladeshi expatriates from today.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start direct flights to London from Sylhet from October 4.

After months of shutdown due to the pandemic Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flying on the Dhaka-Singapore route from October 1.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali has called upon local administration to keep tourism prospects in mind while taking up any development project at the local level.

Tourist spots, hotels, motels and resorts in Bandarban will be opened on a limited scale for tourists from tomorrow, after a five-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19-induced nationwide lockdown and a much cleaner Yamuna river have ensured that the Taj Mahal in India’s Agra is free from swarms of insects for the first time in five years, an official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has said.

State Minister for Civil Aviation Mahbub Ali urges Nepalese travelers to make their holidays at the world’s longest sea beach at Cox’s Bazar as Bangladesh’s coastline is the closest beach for the tourists of that landlocked country.

Bholaganj Sada Pathor, around 35 kilometres away from the Sylhet city, has turned into a new destination for the tourists. The beautiful place located at the end of Sylhet-Companiganj-Bholaganj highway attracts hundreds of tourists a day.

Boeing Co. says that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali urges the stakeholders of the aviation sectors to ensure the safety of the passengers.