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