13% growth in foreign tourism arrival in February 2017
The number of foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) recorded in February, 2017 stood at 9.56 lakh f 8.47 lakh in February 2016 and 7.61 lakh in February, 2015. Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of...
“Mumbai Metro Darshan” Tourism Package
The Mumbai Metro operator has announced a combo tourism package called “Mumbai Metro Darshan” wherein visitors are taken on day-long tour of Mumbai’s major destinations (primarily South Mumbai), and one day they visit destinations...
Web Ratna Award for Kerala Tourism
Kerala Tourism has been conferred the national Web Ratna Award for 2014 for ‘exemplary e-governance initiative through the Internet.’ The website (www.keralatourism.org) won the Golden Icon award in the ‘Outstanding Content’ category of Web...
India Outbound tourism to touch 50 million by 2020
The tourism intelligence and marketing study conducted by Stark Tourism Associates corroborates United Nations World Tourism Organization’s prediction that outbound tourism from India will touch a whopping 50 million by 2020. The study was...
Andaman administration mulls subsidising air-fare to boost local tourism
The Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) administration has undertaken a big tourism development drive under the management of its Lieutenant Governor Lt Gen AK Singh. Development of tourism has a huge social connect here as...
25th UNWTO meeting to be hosted by Tourism dept and AP govt
The forthcoming 25th United Nations World Tourism Organisation meeting of the joint commissions for the South Asia and the Asia Pacific region will discuss on the topic ‘Sustainable Tourism Development’. The Union ministry of...
Chilika Mahotsav 2013, cultural festival begins at Satapada
The Odisha state government on Friday organized the Chilika Mahotsav, a two-day cultural programme at Satapada in Puri district to tap the tourism potential of Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lake in Asia....
National Tourism Awards for Life of Pi
Hollywood film Life of Pi is all set to receive two National Tourism Awards for promoting India as a tourism destination, especially Puducherry and Munnar in Kerala. The film’s director Ang Lee and Yann...
14th Chandipur Beach Festival 2012
The 14th Golden Beach Festival in Chandipur was inagurated on Thursday. The four-day cultural extravaganza was inaugurated by minister for tourism and culture Maheswar Mohanty. Odissi dance ballet by Guru Ratikant and his troupe...
Development of rural tourism in the country.
“Promotion of rural tourism is an important factor. Most of the foreigners would like to see the true India that is rural India, its traditions and customs,” he said here. Chiranjeevi, Rajya Sabha MP,...
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