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Impact of COVID19 pandemic on Indian Travel & Tourism sector and the way ahead

  The Travel and Tourism industry across the world celebrated 27 th September as World Tourism day. Since its initiation in 1980, the purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism in everyone’s life and how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide. Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay In 2020, the day was celebrated amid a global crisis caused by COVID19 which has brought the world to a standstill. It is ironical that while we celebrate this day, COVID19 has made our families confined to home, avoid socializing with friends, avoid a long drive, avoid having a nice dinner with family, avoid a spa session, the list is endless. Everything that hospitality industry stands for and caters to has been constrained by the pandemic. The COVID19 outbreak, lockdowns and life After COVID19 outbreak several countries across globe declared long term total lockdowns including closure of industries, businesses, educational institutions and do...

Review of Peek.com, Online platform to book Activities & Attractions at Travel Destinations

What is Peek.com Booking a flight or a hotel stay online is easy enough with online travel agent (OTA) websites like Makemytrip, ClearTrip, Munk, Kayak, Expedia, and more. We have OTA aggregator websites like trivago.com which help in getting a best travel offer. But when it comes to finding & booking all those activities you want to experiences while vacationing, it’s a more lengthy and messy process of digging through travel recommendation sites like Tripadvisor.com, asking friends for advice, reading travel magazines, and finally searching for service provider sites (if they have one) to place your activity in the travel itinerary. Travellers visit Peek.com because of easy booking experience during on vacation or at home. Traveller can find everything from taking a helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon or swimming with pigs in the Bahamas. Peek.com has a huge selection of experiences in America with an inventory of 20,000+ local experiences and 800,000+ verifi...