Tag: forced
Hong Kong government forced to shelf China extradition bill amid huge street protests
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader, has announced that her government is suspending the plans to introduce a controversial extradition bill, caving to popular opposition that saw mass street protests ... Read More
Giving hotel workers security: New Jersey governor signs ‘panic button’ bill
New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill, the nation’s first, requiring most hotels to provide their employees with wearable 'panic button' devices they can press to request help ... Read More
Uganda tour operators warn of mass protests over proposed Murchison Falls dam
In an advertisement in “The New Vision” daily by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) on June 7, a notice of intended application for a license from Bonang Power and Energy ... Read More
“We are disappointed”: MSC Cruises cancels Cuba from MSC Armonia itinerary
MSC Cruises has updated the routes in relation to the changes imposed by Mr Trump administration in the US-Cuba regulations which prevent all cruise ships from traveling from the United ... Read More
Cash-strapped NASA to allow private tourism to International Space Station
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been forced to take on some extra work to pay the bills: playing host to private tourists aboard the International Space Station. ... Read More
Dark Tourism: South Korea using massacre to lure tourists
What is often referred to as dark tourism is now a hopeful light in terms of tourism for South Korea. The Korean War took place between North Korea and South ... Read More
Transplant Tourism equals murder in some countries
When the alternative is get an organ or die, it's human nature that people become desperate and become a transplant tourist, regardless of the desired outcome is legal, questionable or ... Read More
Russia’s Prosecutor General: “Poor state of Russia’s aviation caused Superjet disaster”
The recent catastrophic crash-landing of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport was a result of the poor state of Russia’s aviation industry, with pilots lacking qualification and outdated safety ... Read More
Gains of LGBTQ rights in some Middle East and North Africa nations may be a game-changer
Progress in recognizing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people at the United Nations in New York and in Geneva may seem detached from the realities ... Read More
Former Jet Airways Chair forced to deboard at Mumbai Airport
In a shocking development, Naresh Goyal and his wife, Anita, were forced to deboard the aircraft they were on at Mumbai Airport from a Saturday flight that was scheduled to ... Read More
Mount Agung forces Den Pasar Airport to close spewing tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
A new eruption of Mount Agung, Bali, occurred on May 24, 2019 at 7:23 p.m., a day later Bali Den Pasar Airport remains closed for all incoming and outgoing traffic ... Read More
Russian airline passenger snaps, goes on rampage, fights with fellow travelers, dies
A plane flying from Moscow to Simferopol was forced to return after one of the passengers snapped, assaulting fellow travelers and crew. The rowdy passenger was injured in the rampage ... Read More
MGM won’t buy Wynn Encore Harbor Casino in Boston: 35 Million in fines
After talks of MGM buying Wynn Resort's Encore Boston fell apart Tuesday night, lawmakers are hoping both casinos will now re-focus on the business at hand. During Wednesday's State Gaming ... Read More
New lawsuits filed against Boeing in Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash
Additional wrongful death lawsuits in the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX, operated as Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, were filed in Chicago, IL, in the deaths of Virginia Chimenti, originally ... Read More
Why to boycott Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts, Cesars Entertainment and Harrah’s
Tourism is everyone's business and the livelihood of an entire state can depend on this industry. The State of Nevada, Hawaii, Florida are good examples. eTurboNews article about warning against ... Read More
Burning Superjet-100 plane crash-lands at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport
Russian pilots landed a flaming Superjet-100 aircraft at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, after an in-flight emergency forced a crash landing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwBukD3nQs Aeroflot Flight SU1492 declared an emergency shortly after departing Sheremetyevo ... Read More
Two federal wrongful death lawsuits filed against Boeing
Two federal wrongful death lawsuits were filed on May 2 in Chicago, IL by the law firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, along with co-counsel Power Rogers & Smith LLP, on ... Read More
Boeing’s second biggest customer turns its back on 737 MAX, goes to Airbus
Emirati state-owned low-cost airline Flydubai is negotiating potential purchases of new А320 Neo jets with European aerospace giant Airbus to replace its Boeing 737 MAX planes that have been grounded ... Read More
Boeing scraps 2019 financial forecast, halts share buybacks in wake of 737 MAX disaster
World’s biggest aerospace corporation was forced to pull its full financial forecast for the current year due to unresolved issues surrounding Boeing’s once best-selling 737 MAX aircraft. Boeing also announced ... Read More
Uganda Airlines’ long-awaited new planes land at Entebbe International Airport
First two Uganda Airlines' long anticipated aircraft landed at Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday 23rd April 2019. Captained by all Ugandan crew - Capt. Clive Okoth, Capt. Stephen Ariong, Capt ... Read More
India’s Jet Airways halts all international and domestic operations
One of India's major airlines, Jet Airways, has announced it is temporarily halting flight operations on Wednesday after the carrier failed to secure the “critical interim funding” necessary for the ... Read More
US airlines wrongfully reject over 25% of their passengers’ compensation claims
Consumer rights advocacy group released the results of a new study showing that United States airlines wrongfully reject more than 25% of compensation claims, indicating that more than one in ... Read More
UK Foreign Office urged to update UAE travel warnings
British legal group Detained in Dubai has urged the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to update its UAE travel warnings to UK tourists in an open letter penned by ... Read More
Zero: Boeing receives no commercial orders for its troubled 737 MAX aircraft
Boeing did not win any commercial orders for its 737 MAX jet in March following a second deadly crash involving the plane. It is the first time in seven years ... Read More
ADI statement on circus lion attack in Ukraine
Animal Defenders International (ADI) has urged Ukraine and other countries without bans on the use of animals in circuses to stop circus suffering after a lion attacked a trainer during ... Read More
Reunion Island breaks tourist arrivals record
Despite a difficult end to the year, 2018 was profitable and even historic for Reunion tourism as more than 574,000 outside visitors were welcomed . This is 4.1% more than ... Read More
misterb&b expands to LGBTQ hotels
misterb&b, short-term rental marketplace dedicated to the Gay community, has launched a Wefunder campaign to give guests, hosts, and the public the opportunity to invest in the company to help ... Read More
Boeing set to brief experts on 737 Max software update
Boeing is set to brief hundreds of experts this morning on the 737 Max software update. But yet another problem may be plaguing this aircraft after a Southwest Airlines 737 ... Read More
Boeing 737 Max forced to make emergency landing
The Federal Aviation Administration reported that a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet was forced to make an emergency landing today, Tuesday, March 26, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, after experiencing ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law cases. Read More
Raped by tourists: Children in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Tourists rape children in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam; it's a sad reality of the global travel and tourism industry. Silence ... Read More
Guam remembers the SMS Cormoran II at Sea
Guam has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the scuttling of the SMS Cormoran II, a historic ship where the first shot fired by the US took place in World War ... Read More
The history of the SMS Cormoran II
Tamuning, Guam – On Friday, April 7, 2017, the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the scuttling of the SMS Cormoran II. Read More
Because that’s the way it is: A happy dancing group showcasing Norfolk Islands Arts, Culture and Tourism
Dars-de-waye: Because that's the way it is - it's the tourism slogan for Norfolk Islands. Read More
CNMI: U.S. Immigration rules about to destroy tourism on a remote Island territory
Yes, it's part of the United States of America, but it's 10 time hours and more than 20 hours travel time away from the U.S. Capital Washington DC. Read More