Tag: Silk Road
Genting Cruise Lines welcomes Explorer Dream to its fleet
Chief Assignment Editor- April 12, 2019 16:40 0Genting Cruise Lines welcomed the third member of its Dream Cruises’ fleet with the christening and inaugural homeport deployment of Explorer Dream in Shanghai Wusongkou ... Read More
Global Tourism Industry Mourns the Loss of Peter Wong
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 20, 2019 18:56 0Tourism Icon Peter Wong died on 11 March 2019, at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, HongKong. Peter Wong was Executive Chairman of the ... Read More
Ditch the snow already! Spring into adventure travel
editor- March 14, 2019 23:42 0With the weather slowly… very slowly… warming up around most of the USA, spring is finally just around the corner. It is the perfect ... Read More
Air Astana launches Tashkent flights from London, Paris and Frankfurt
Chief Assignment Editor- December 11, 2018 10:35 0Air Astana, the Skytrax award-winning national carrier of Kazakhstan, is pleased to offer new through flights to Tashkent, Uzbekistan via its Astana hub from London ... Read More
Ministers meet at ITB to discuss raising Silk Road tourism profile
editor- March 14, 2013 00:36 0The development of a “Silk Road Heritage Corridors” tourism strategy for Central Asia and China is among the main outcomes of the 3rd UNWTO Silk ... Read More
Future hospitality leaders present innovative strategies for Silk Road destinations
editor- June 9, 2012 05:24 0At the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)-UNWTO Silk Road Think Tank, 170 future hospitality leaders presented innovative strategies for how 10 UNWTO Member States can ... Read More
Research indicates need of a new international tourism organization
editor- June 4, 2012 03:45 0ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - “The majority of private sector stakeholders of the tourism industry does not have any idea how the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) ... Read More
New Silk Roads: diminishing the original Silk Road?
editor- May 11, 2012 07:55 0ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) – The nostalgic Silk Road that actually started the travel and tourism industry in the world is facing a crises of identity. Read More
Tourism on the Silk Road 2011 to be held in Uzbekistan
editor- October 12, 2011 05:39 0TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - The 17th Tashkent international tourist fair, "Tourism on the Silk Road, 2011" will be held in the UzExpoCentre on November 2-4. Read More
The government of Pakistan joins The Region Initiative
editor- September 9, 2011 05:02 0ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - National Tourism Organization (NTO) - Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) - has formally joined TRI as Partner. Read More
Tourism network wants to protect Silk Road name
editor- August 16, 2011 08:15 0ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - Networking of responsible tourism organizations under the banner of "The Region Initiative" (TRI) has appealed to Chinese government not to use ... Read More
UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Summit: Commitment and cooperation to establish a powerful brand
editor- March 15, 2011 04:48 0The first UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Silk Road Ministers’ Summit, held at ITB 2011, has concluded with commitment to enhanced cooperation to achieve the ... Read More
Silk Road action plan to boost tourism development across twenty six countries
editor- October 14, 2010 05:59 0At the 5th International Meeting on the Silk Road held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on October 8-9, 2010, over 250 representatives from 26 countries took the ... Read More
UNWTO and Uzbekistan will host 5th International Meeting on the Silk Road
editor- August 30, 2010 06:13 0To mark the beginning of a new phase in its Silk Road Program, UNWTO, in collaboration with the government of Uzbekistan, will hold the 5th ... Read More
UNWTO: Mayors Forum goes further down the Silk Road
editor- May 25, 2010 08:32 0SHIRAZ, Iran - Hosted by the Municipality of Shiraz and the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization, the 5th Silk Road Mayors Forum closed ... Read More
UNWTO secretary general calls for continued regional cooperation along the Silk Road
editor- May 5, 2010 06:37 0Meeting with the President of Tajikistan, HE Emomali Rahmon, UNWTO secretary-general, Taleb Rifai, underlined the importance of regional cooperation in the growth and development of ... Read More
Kuwaiti Silk City to connect with Israel
editor- July 24, 2008 02:53 0Kuwait plans to invest $132 billion in a mega-construction project, which will include a one-kilometer high tower and house 700,000 people. Read More
