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The B.C. government has launched a $50-million program to help tourism operators, Premier John Horgan announced on May 18. Businesses that have more than 150 employees are eligible to apply for up to $1 million, while smaller destinations and tour-bus operators will be eligible to apply for up to $500,000. The money is to come from a $100 million fund that the province first announced in its budget last month. Eligible expenses include payroll, rent and utility costs. The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), for example, has asked the province for $8 million in order to survive.
Global Airport Leaders Forum (GALF) will be staged for the eighth time at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from May 24 to 26. As a colocated event of the 20th edition of Airport Show, will see 50-plus speakers addressing the participants, both physically and virtually. The collocated show will take place across 12,000 square metres of exhibition space with participants expected from at least 90 countries. Other co-located events include ATC Forum and Airport Security along with new conferences focusing on Airport Passengers’ Experience and Airport Digital Transformation.
Vaccine Tourism takes Indians to Russia. A Dubai-based travel agency has started offering a 24-day package tour from Delhi to Moscow. Under it, they will take travellers to Russia, offer them two shots of the Sputnik V vaccines, along with the certificates. A 20-day sightseeing package is also included for travellers to spend the interval between the jabs. The package is worth Rs 1.29 lakh and will cover everything, including the cost of getting the vaccines. Indians can travel to Russia after getting an RT-PCR test done. The first batch, a group of 30 people left on May 15 and have already received their shot.
