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Peru Tourism Organises Seminar In Chennai.

PROMPERU- Commission for the Promotion of Trade, Tourism and Investments for Peru in India, today, visited Chennai for the first time to conduct a tourism seminar to stimulate the favourable growth in arrivals from the city. Owing to the increase in interest from Chennai and substantial rise in footfalls, the objective of the visit was to carry out destination training, sharing essential data with the operators and agencies, in addition to understanding the specific requirements of the market. The seminar witnessed the presence of Luis Cabello, Trade and Tourism Counsellor of Peru in India and Aromica Bhattacharya, Specialist in Tourism. During the assembly, the spokesperson shared insights on the lesser-known attractions, thus highlighting ‘Peru Beyond Machu Picchu’ which will entice more travellers from India. The Commercial Office of Peru in India, adscribed to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru (MINCETUR), is now an official extension of PROMPERU- Commission for the Promotion of Trade, Tourism and Investments for Peru in India, known as the PROMPERU India office.

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Indian passports now have enhanced new safety features.

Lotus is the national flower and it is now part of the enhanced security feature to identify fake passports and is being printed on the passports. It has been printed inside a rectangle on the page has replaced the spot where the passport officer’s signature and seal are put. The new passports come with new codes and have started being used in all the 36 passport offices across the country Besides the Ministry of External Affairs, other agencies including the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the Indian Security Press (Nasik) are part of this new upgraded passport for travellers. He had said that there is a proposal by MEA to work on e-passports which would help in making a new passport booklet with modern security features.

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UK Rail: New timetables off to terrible start with widespread cancellations & delays.

The new rail timetables promising more trains and faster journeys have got off to a disastrous start, with widespread delays and cancellations. The improved schedules took effect in the early hours of Sunday morning, 15 December. GWR said that the amendments have come about because an unusually high number of rail staff are not available to work. The disruption was particularly bad in West Wales. The train company told passengers: “Due to a shortage of train crew between London Paddington and Carmarthen fewer trains are able to run. Many services between London Paddington and South Wales will terminate short of their destination, with services also likely to be cancelled.GWR passengers between Penzance and London are being told to use local services on the Exeter-Plymouth-Penzance stretch, as some long-distance expresses have been cancelled. Elsewhere, improvements appear to be taking effect with few problems. On CrossCountry four weekday and five Saturday trains between Birmingham and Newcastle will run considerably faster, saving travellers up to half-an-hour. Stansted Airport and Norwich become connected with hourly trains. A new link between Halifax in West Yorkshire has been launched. On the East Coast main line, there are more direct trains from Harrogate in North Yorkshire to London.

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USA, UK and France top list of visitors to Dubai in Q3 2019.

Travellers from the USA, UK and France topped the list of visitors to the UAE in the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest data from Expedia Group. The top ten feeder markets for the UAE also included India, China, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Italy and Brazil. Figures for Q3 2019 showed particular demand from Brazil and Portugal, reflecting the Emirates codeshare partnership with LATAM Airlines and direct flights to Porto, announced earlier this year. While travellers from China showed a 50 percent year-on-year growth in package demand. A surge in arrivals into Dubai was recorded over the summer months resulting in 12.08 million international overnight visitors in the first nine months of 2019, according to data released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing. According to the Central Bank's Q3 Economic Review and Dubai Tourism data, approximately 56.3 percent - or 6.8 million - of tourists who arrived in Dubai between January and September 2019 stayed at the emirate's hotels.

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American Airlines Cancels Boeing 737 Max Flights Until April.

American Airlines has removed the Boeing 737 Max plane from its schedule until at least April. American Airlines said in a statement it was in “continuous contact” with regulators and Boeing, but they would extend the cancellation of the plane “based on the latest guidance.” The carrier estimates this will result in about 140 flights cancelled each day through April 6. Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, which both count the 737 MAX in their fleet, have cancelled flights on the troubled jet until at least March. "Boeing reaffirmed with the FAA that safety is our top shared priority, and we committed to addressing all of the FAA's questions as they assess MAX certification and training requirements,” the company told NPR. “We will work with the FAA to support their requirements and their timeline as we work to safely return the Max to service in 2020."

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Jewar Airport in NCR is expected to start new air routes, lower air fares.

The International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, will promote the aviation sector as soon as it is ready by 2023 by declogging the Delhi Airport, and also extending air services to a larger section of the National Capital Region’s population. Reportedly, industry experts expect that the Jewar airport project will help airlines to start new air routes and add volume to the Delhi sector. News has it that the Jewar Airport will be situated around 80 km south of Delhi. With six runways, Jewar airport will become the biggest airport in India. It will also have a metro train line just like the Delhi International Airport.

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