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Italy: Venice controls visitors with a series of modern technologies With hundreds of cameras and sensors and mobile phone tracing technology, all visitors to Venice will be monitored from police headquarters. The famous tourist city of Venice (Italy) is applying a series of modern technologies to control the flow of tourists and minimize tourist overload. With 468 CCTV cameras, optical sensors and mobile phone tracing, the Venetian government can track each visitor, knowing which country they are from and what places they are visiting. The system can know the travel speed of the visitor or the speed of the gondola. Source: Reuters Every 15 minutes, authorities take a picture of the density of people in the city, as well as the number of gondolas moving through the canals. The system can even tell if the visitor's speed, the speed of the gondola and the water level has risen to dangerous levels. In addition, Venice is experimenting with controlling the flow of people right from the...

Singapore welcomes the first international delegation back Singapore officially resumed international tourism, when flight SQ325 carrying 100 passengers from Germany landed at Changi Airport on the afternoon of September 8 (local time). Flight SQ325 is the beginning of Singapore's "Vaccinated Travel Lane" - VTL program, piloted with Germany and Brunei and then expanded to other countries. According to the VTL program, vaccinated travelers will have to take 4 Covid-19 tests, but in return do not have to be isolated. VTL flights are also designated by the Singapore government. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said it had issued travel passes under the VTL scheme to 1,412 travelers from Germany. Meanwhile, the first VTL flight from Brunei will arrive today (September 9). Flight SQ325 from Frankfurt (Germany) landed at Changi Airport (Singapore) on the afternoon of September 8 local time Mr. Andreas Spaeth - a tourist on the first VTL flight from Germany said ...

 Indonesia launches tourism with major events at the end of 2021 With the plan to organize two major sporting events at the end of the year, the Indonesian government has begun to promote tourism activities for tourists who have received the Covid-19 vaccine. During October and November, the Indonesian government will hold its first major events since the outbreak of the pandemic, including the Indonesia Sports Festival in October in Papua and the World Superbike motorcycle race taking place. in November at Mandalika, West Nusa Tenggara. Only guests who have received the Covid-19 vaccine are allowed to attend these events. Currently, the application "Papua Tourism" has been deployed to introduce and promote tourism around sports venues. At Mandalika - which is known as the "new Bali", the construction of the track for the World Superbike tournament has been completed 93%; And most of the local hotels are ready. Located near the island of Bali, Mandalika is considere...

Sri Lanka: Stimulate tourism by buying 1 get 1 free airline tickets The national flag carrier SriLankan Airlines has attracted great attention after launching a buy 1 get 1 free promotion for passengers from India and Russia. On the occasion of the resumption of flights to India from September 1, SriLankan Airlines launched a buy 1 get 1 free promotion to help the flight schedules quickly fill up. SriLankan Airlines currently operates routes to many destinations in India, such as New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Trivandrum, Bengalaru and Cochin. In addition to India, SriLankan Airlines also offers a similar promotion to the Russian market, but the free airfare is included in the pre-registered travel packages. Visitors will be required to participate in tour programs from 3 to 5 nights, provided by SriLankan Airlines and the Sri Lanka Inbound Travel Association (SLAITO). Sri Lanka attracts tourism with flight ticket promotions A SLAITO representative sai...

 Webinar on Enhancing APEC's capacity on facilitating the use of APEC business travel cards  – In two days September 14-15, 2021, the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Indonesia organized a webinar "Enhancing APEC capacity on facilitating the use of APEC business travel cards" with the participation of more than 100 delegates from countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This is an activity within the framework of the project of the APEC Business Mobility Working Group (BMG). Pictures of the webinar The goal of the conference is to share knowledge, experiences and good examples through the use of APEC Business Travel Card - ABTC (APEC Business Travel Card) to support effective connection between people and businesses. people in the APEC connectivity plan for the period 2015-2025. The workshop was organized into 5 sessions with the following topics: (1) Overview of the APEC business travel card (ABTC) and current trends; (2) Lessons learned from A...

 Italy recorded an unexpected increase in the number of tourists The Italian Trade and Tourism Agency (CAN) in early September announced the results of a survey showing that a record number of Italians traveled domestically, creating a much-needed boost for tourism businesses this month. 7 and august. Square St. Mark. (Photo: REUTERS) Accordingly, 23 million Italians have chosen to take a vacation in the country this summer. Meanwhile, in the summer of 2020 there were only 17 million people, and in 2019 - a year before the pandemic - 18 million people traveled within the country. Of the 23 million people who choose to travel domestically, 15 million stay in hotels, and another 8 million use other forms of accommodation, mainly at campsites. Italy also attracts up to 6 million foreign tourists this summer. Although this number is modest compared to the years before the pandemic, it is still much higher than expected. CAN says the increase in in-bound travel this summer is an "unexp...