About Melissa Batista Mendoza

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Melissa Batista Mendoza has created 3943 blog entries.

Peru, world’s best river cruise destination

Peru has been chosen as the best river cruise destination in the world during the first edition of the World Cruise Awards. The Andean country has also been recognized as the best destination for river cruises at the regional level, that is, in Latin America

By |2021-12-29T16:42:01-04:0029 de December de 2021|Business, Outstanding news, Tourism|0 Comments

Chile: world’s best adventure tourism destination for sixth consecutive year

This recognition is by popular vote and is known as the “Tourism Oscars,” due to the importance they have had in the world of tourism since 1933

By |2021-12-29T16:07:55-04:0029 de December de 2021|Outstanding news, Tourism|0 Comments

Making Tourism Stronger and Ready for the Future

This has been another challenging year for our societies, our economies and tourism. Many millions of jobs and businesses remain in peril, at the mercy of an evolving crisis and of the actions of governments. However, we are by no means in the same place we were when the pandemic was declared in March 2020

By |2021-12-28T03:11:20-04:0028 de December de 2021|Outstanding news, Tourism|0 Comments

TTC Special: Caribbean measures on Omicron extended to 2022

Photo: ©Svetlana Özkaya/123rf By Frank Martin Royal Caribbean International announced that it has stopped accepting new reservations for its cruises that leave in early January because of a precaution about Ómicron, the new form of the coronavirus. Only hours before the end of the old year in Caribbean region or around the world sanitary precautions  rely on new protocols in order to avoid contamination than in frontiers  total closures. Royal disclosed that measures are intended to further limit capacity on board and better accommodate physical distancing. The reason for the decisions is Omicron, the coronavirus modality that emerged in the midst of tourism industry reopening worldwide. In the last two weeks, Royal Caribbean reported Covid-19 cases had arisen on some of its ships, including the Odyssey of the Seas, and the Symphony of the Seas. None of the big cruise ships. canceled trips but, sanitary actions. Are really bad, [...]

By |2023-02-13T16:45:12-04:0025 de December de 2021|Outstanding news, Specials|0 Comments

It’s Official: Nearly 85 percent of Cuban citizens has vaccinated

Cuba has vaccinated 90 percent of its citizens with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 83 percent have been fully vaccinated

By |2021-12-25T18:07:49-04:0025 de December de 2021|Outstanding news, Tourism|0 Comments

Point of View: Puerto Plata receives 10,000 cruise passengers in a single day

According to Dominican Today tourism digital page the arrival of the Carnival Mardi Gras and Carnival Liberty ships probably makes Puerto Plata the first tourist center to receive more than 10,000 cruise passengers in one day in Dominican history

By |2021-12-25T18:01:20-04:0025 de December de 2021|Tourism, Transportation|0 Comments

Costa Rica calls for extreme sanitary measures against Omicron infections

The Ministry of Health asked the population on Tuesday to take extreme sanitary measures during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, due to a slight increase of 1.8% in infections by covid-19 and the confirmed presence of the Omicron variant in the country

By |2021-12-25T17:56:52-04:0025 de December de 2021|Tourism|0 Comments
Go to Top