Male: Political instability in Maldives might have tarnished a bit of the country's image as the tropical tourist paradise but everyone in the island nation is keeping their fingers crossed. Maldives known for its deep blue seas, turquoise reefs, white sandy beaches and palm trees attracts several lakh tourists every year, more than its total population of about 3.5 lakh. Even though the unrest this week following the ouster of...
01:53 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Udupi: St Mary's Island on the Malpe coast played host to hundreds of foreigners and tourists who had come from Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and other parts of India to participate in a three-day Rave Party called 'Spring Zouk' - the Island Festival that began on Friday. Over 600 couples participated in the festival. Flashy lights, crowded beaches, loud rock music, round the clock acid house party packed with high...
12:01 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Ahnmedabad: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi thanked superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday for his contribution in bringing the state on the world tourism map. Modi met the Bollywood megastar in the city, where he is shooting for the second phase of 'Khushbu Gujarat Ki', an advertisements campaign to promote tourism in the state. Bachchan is the brand ambassador of Gujarat Tourism. "I express my deep gratitude for your contribution to...
09:42 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Mumbai: Guess who's giving the city's upper-crust some unlikely company in the swank five-star hotels these days? Snakes. With an exponential increase in the number of construction sites, snakes in the city seem to be the new 'guests' however abhorrent and unwelcome seeking accommodation in the city's upscale resorts. The Haffkine Institute in Parel has been receiving numerous requests from major hotels recently, for their premises to be made 'snake-free.'...
03:29 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Aizawl: The Protected Area Permit (PAP) regime, in which foreigners desiring to visit some states are required to have special permit from the Union Home Ministry has been relaxed for yet another year in three north east states with some conditions. A letter from the Union Home Ministry to Mizoram Chief Secretary Van Hela Pachuau, on Tuesday said PAP relaxation was extended for another year from December 31, 2011 in...
06:41 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Visitors were swept off their feet as Kerala Tourism unfolded its mesmerising grandeur at the just-concluded International Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR) 2012 in Spain, with visitors and trade professionals showing tremendous interest in 'Brand Kerala', an official said here on Tuesday. FITUR 2012 show at Madrid, a meeting point of tourism professionals from all over the world, is considered the second biggest gathering of travel and tourism players with...
04:45 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: President Obama has announced that he is willing to relax visa regulations for tourists in order to boost the US economy. He also identified India, Brazil and China as the countries, whose travellers will be granted this leeway. Obama declared the new initiative when he was campaigning in Florida, a state heavily reliant on tourism. The American Embassy in New Delhi announced that Obama had signed an Executive...
07:11 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Washington: An Indian tourist visiting America in 2010 spent at an average more than Rs 2 lakh during their stay in Washington, thus contributing an estimated whopping $ 2.86 billion to the US economy. Well aware that the ultimate economic impact to the US economy would be multiple of that, US President Barack Obama, on Thursday targeted India, Brazil and China to attract more foreign tourists, so that his country...
10:30 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The British deputy high commission is all set to open a sub-centre here to give a boost to trade and tourism, says a Kerala official, with tourists from Britain accounting for a fourth of international visitors to the state. The new office comes at a time when the tourism department has come out with tentative figures for tourist arrivals for 2011. Rani George, the Kerala tourism director, said the...
03:22 PM, Jan 19, 2012
The Maldives government is creating a new airport terminal and hotels are offering special packages to Indian tourist. ...
04:57 PM, Dec 25, 2011
Chennai: Enchanting Tamil Nadu is set to get more charming, with two parks on the lines of the popular Sentosa in Singapore planned for Chennai and Tiruchy, each at a cost of Rs 50 crore, among a host of other measures proposed by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday, as she earmarked Rs 550 crore for the states tourism sector. Apart from the parks, a seven-point charter that the Chief...
10:15 AM, Dec 19, 2011
On this episode we bring you the history of Goa and tell you why it is a major tourist attraction in India. ...
10:21 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Srinagar: Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday said cinemas and liquor shops should be reopen in Kashmir to give more options to tourists visiting the state. "When we can have television at home, when we can watch pirated films at our homes what is wrong with cinemas then? "Are not these functioning in Pakistan where there is so much fervour about Islam," Abdullah said. Steps like reopening of cinemas and...
06:45 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Srinagar: The number of tourists visiting Kashmir Valley so far this year has surpassed the nearly seven lakh mark set before the eruption of militancy in the state in 1990. "In the history of Kashmir, we have not witnessed so many tourists. Even during the pre-militancy years we would receive a maximum of seven lakh tourists. This year we have received a record number of tourists," Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin...
06:12 PM, Dec 05, 2011
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