Incredible India

Bengalis the most widely-travelled people in India: ITF official

Kolkata: To satiate the wanderlust of Bengalis, with a record 20 per cent of the state's population hitting the traveller's trail any time of the year, the land of undulating terrain Jharkhand became the focal theme of this year's India Tourism Fair.

Bengalis are the most widely-travelled people in this country and one of the most travel-crazy races in the world in terms of budget tourism, spokesman of the Indian Tourism Fair (ITF) Debashis Chatterjee told PTI.

Lakhs of visitors frequented the India tourism fair having ended last Sunday, with thousands flocking to the Jharkhand stall as well as other popular tourist hot spot zones to know about any new unexplored place.

We are also launching campaigns on social networks like Facebook and Twitter which have turned out to be one of the most popular mediums of the present day generation, Chatterjee said....more

09:19 PM, Jun 04, 2013

India's tourism saw signs of recovery in 2012

by Press Trust of India

The tourism industry in 2012 showed some signs of recovery with an increase in the number of visitors flocking the country after a bad season last year and saw a three-time jump in the fund allocation in the 12th Plan period. Filmstar-turned politician Chiranjeevi took over charge of the ministry in October from Subodh Kant Sahai. He set a target of attracting 11 million foreign tourists and creation of about...

01:04 AM, Dec 30, 2012

Is the country actually 'incredicble India'?

by Reuters

New Delhi: Frustrated executives while away time in five-star hotels waiting for deals that never come, and civil servants play video games in their offices - growing signs of the reform limbo and crisis of confidence behind India's economic malaise. Policy paralysis, corruption scandals and a government fearful of political backlash to any bold moves have combined with the global slowdown and worsening domestic finances in the last few months...

01:48 PM, Dec 16, 2011

India wins world's leading destination award

by Press Trust of India

London: India stole the limelight at the World Tourism Mart 2011 in London by wining two global awards - World's Leading Destination and World's Leading Tourist Board, Incredible India. Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai received the awards from Graham E Cooke, President and founder of World Travel Awards, at the Excel Exhibition Centre where he said India planned to have another five million tourists in the next two to three...

05:09 PM, Nov 08, 2011

Salman Khan's views on Incredible India

by Mid-Day.com,

As the country gears up to celebrate its 64th Independence Day, Salman Khan has been tweeting about some SMSes that have been floating around. He asks: “Olympic shooter wins gold, government gives 3 crore. Another shooter dies fighting with terrorists, government pays 1 lakh. Really, Incredible India. Where rice is Rs 40 but SIM card is free. Where people worship Goddess Durga but want to kill their girl child. What’s...

01:03 PM, Aug 15, 2010