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Government relaxes quarantine norms for international arrivals

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has simplified the institutional quarantine norms for international travellers. With the new guidelines, international travellers can travel to India with a self-declaration on the online portal at least 72 hours before the scheduled travel or physically after arrival at the respective health counters. While the government prefers international […]

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Nepal reopens to adventurers

Adventurers looking to scale Nepal’s Himalayan peaks and trek its mountain trails can finally do so for the first time in seven months, as the country reopens to foreigners even as the coronavirus pandemic has left it short of hospital beds. For now, the reopening will come with restrictions and mainly be limited to those […]

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IndiGo becomes first Indian LCC to offer IATA-BSP

With the objective of increasing distribution and making the sales process seamless, India’s leading low-cost carrier (LCC), IndiGo, has started IATA – Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) acceptance in Overseas Point of sales. To begin with, this facility is being offered at Point of Sales at United Arab Emirates, Qatar & United Kingdom and soon […]

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Hyderabad Airport launches Covid-19 test facility for international passsengers

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on 01st November launched an on-site coronavirus testing laboratory, giving travellers the added facility for a safe journey. As per the government mandate, international passengers on arrival have to carry their RT-PCR negative report, conducted within 96 hours before departures from the origin country, a press release from GMR […]

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Ladakh to set up snow ski institute in Kargil to promote winter sports

The Ladakh administration will be setting up a snow ski institute along with other adventure sports facilities in Kargil district similar to Gulmarg’s Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM) to promote winter sports in the Union Territory, an official spokesperson said. “A winter sports institute would be established in Kargil district on the lines of […]

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Lonar Lake in Maharashtra chosen as ‘Ramsar site’

The Lonar Lake in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district has been chosen as a wetland site of international importance under the Ramsar conservation treaty, state Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray informed on Friday. He also uploaded two photographs of the site, taken by his father and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who is known to be an avid photographer. […]

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Buddha Vanam to attract international tourists to Telangana

Telangana is all set to add a major tourist attraction as Buddha Vanam project, billed as the world’s largest Buddhist heritage theme park, is ready for inauguration. The prestigious project, which is expected to attract international tourists, has come up on 275 acres at Nagarjuna Sagar, one of the country’s largest and famous dams and […]

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Morpho Hotels and Resorts to launch in India this month

Morpho Hotels and Resorts is all set to launch in India in November and will be launching soon in other countries in the Middle East, Africa, among others. The brand aims to boost the hospitality industry by supporting independent hotels move towards optimized & digitized operations along with delivering superlative customer experience. The Morpho Group […]

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Kerala reopens beaches, parks and museums for visitors

As part of reviving the tourism sector in the state, Kerala Tourism has reopened its beaches, parks and museums to visitors from November 1. In the light of the ongoing pandemic, the government had decided to reopen the destinations in two phases. In the first phase, the government has permitted operation of houseboats, adventure tourism […]

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Harpreet Singh appointed CEO of Alliance Air, first woman to head an Indian carrier

Breaking the glass ceiling of Indian aviation, a woman has become the CEO of a scheduled passenger Indian carrier for the first time with the government appointing Harpreet A De Singh to the position for Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air. Singh is currently AI’s executive director (flight safety). Captain Nivedita Bhasin, one of AI’s […]

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Museums, galleries in India allowed to open from Nov 10

Museums, exhibitions and art galleries under ministry of culture allowed to reopen from November 10, 2020, onwards, while others would be reopened as per convenience and in tune with relevant state, city and local laws. Based on the Unlock 5.0 Guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and after taking into consideration suggestions received from […]

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Tripura’s Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport to get new integrated terminal building by next year

Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Tripura will soon have a new integrated terminal building, said Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday. According to an official statement, the original building was saturated and there was no further scope of expansion, hence, the work for new integrated terminal building at an estimated cost of INR 438 […]

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Vaikom declared an ideal Responsible Tourism destination by Kerala Tourism

On successful implementation of ‘People’s Participation for Participatory Planning and Empowerment through Responsible Tourism’ (PEPPER) programme, Vaikom in Kottayam district of Kerala, has been officially declared a Tourism destination in Kerala’s tourism map. With this new status, Vaikom, an idyllic town on the northwestern end of Kottayam district, will now be promoted as an ideal […]

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Delhi airport ranked second safest globally for proper Covid-19 health and safety protocols

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport just bagged the second spot among world’s safest airports amidst the COVID pandemic. It followed Singapore’s Changi Airport, losing the first spot to it by just a point. Reportedly, on the ‘Safe Travel Barometer’, Delhi airport scored 4.6, whereas Singapore’s Changi Airport scored 4.7 on the scale of 5. […]

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India’s air bubble arrangement now extends to 20 countries

In its latest announcement, India has now entered into an air bubble agreement with the Netherlands and Tanzania, taking the number of countries with which such an arrangement has been made to 20. The air bubble with the Netherlands will be effective from November 1, 2020. On the air bubble with the Netherlands, a circular […]

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Virgin Atlantic launches flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Manchester

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will be launching services from Delhi and Mumbai to Manchester as the airline ramps up flying from its home in the north of England. Virgin Atlantic will fly three times a week from Mumbai to Manchester beginning in December and twice weekly from Delhi starting in January. Juha Jarvinen, […]

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Government restores all existing visas, barring electronic, tourist and medical categories

The Government of India, on 22nd October decided to restore with immediate effect all existing visas, except electronic, tourist and medical categories, almost eight months after their suspension following the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent imposition of a nationwide lockdown. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also announced giving permission to all Overseas Citizen of India […]

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Vistara to operate daily flights between Delhi and London from December

Vistara has boosted its service between Delhi and London Heathrow for the winter schedule. The airline is operating the flights as part of the bilateral ‘air bubble’ between India and the UK. Vistara will increase frequency from the current 4x weekly to 5x weekly flights from 21st November, 2020, further ramping up to daily flights […]

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Nepal Delays Reopening Borders For Tourism Until November

Nepal has officially delayed the reopening of regular tourism to international visitors until at least the middle of November. The only exception to the delay will be for Mountaineering Expeditions and Trekking which is now allowed as of October 17th. The move was taken just before the start of the autumn trekking season from September […]

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‘Go on a couch safari’ concept to be promoted by Sri Lanka Tourism

With the sharp decline in tourist arrivals due to the global pandemic and flight restrictions, Sri Lanka Tourism has initiated a novel approach to promote the island through a concept branded as “Go on a Couch Safari” covering wildlife streams from most popular National Parks of Sri Lanka. Every year, hundreds of elephants gather in […]

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India and Germany restart flight operations

India has now recommenced flights to Germany under the air bubble arrangement between the two countries, Making this announcement, Union Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, tweeted, “Flights between India & Germany recommence under air bubble arrangement. Lufthansa will operate from Delhi (4 days), Mumbai (3 days) & Bengaluru (3 days). Air India will operate […]

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