The third annual edition of India Tourism Mart 2020, a B2B travel exhibition designed to promote brand Incredible India organised jointly by the Ministry of Tourism and the tourism industry associations under FAITH, is most likely to be held between November 26 and 28. Planned as a hybrid event this year due to the pandemic, […]

Calling the opening of 137 new peaks for mountaineering, a welcome step, the Indian Mountaineering Foundation has proposed opening 405 new peaks in the Himalayan area to promote mountaineering and provide a boost to adventure tourism in the country. Keen to promote mountaineering and boost India’s tourism prospects as an adventure tourism destination, Union minister […]

M/S Conifer Resorts, a hotel development company based in Solan – Himachal Pradesh, has announced the signing of franchise agreement for a new built Ramada by Wyndham resort at Fagu near Shimla with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Located in Fagu, about 18 kilometers east of Shimla on the way to Theog, the 58-room resort will […]

Mumbai airport has put in place a QR code-enabled contactless check-in mechanism for the passengers, which allows them the use of their mobile phones to remotely operate check-in and self-bag drop kiosks for printing boarding passes and bag tags. Passengers at Mumbai airport just need to scan the QR code shown on the kiosks to […]

Manipur plans to resume tourism activities in the state post the oAdd Newngoing pandemic. The state plans to replicate proven ways to deal with the damage that the pandemic has caused to the tourism industry and looks forward to make Manipur a must-visit destination for travellers in the years to come. Waikhom Ibohal Singh said, […]

The Meghalaya government is working on a program to develop a tourism circuit in the South West Khasi Hills district, to help tap the potential of the state as a major tourism destination. Talking about the government’s plan for tourism development in the state, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that they have been working to […]

International air traffic will begin from the Kushinagar Airport in about two months, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 06th September after an inspection. “We need employment generation and income through tourism. Another operational international airport will help us achieve that. In the next two months, we will begin international air traffic from […]

To counter the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry, Odisha Chief Secretary, Asit Tripathy has directed the Department of Tourism to start river cruise in the state. The Chief Secretary gave directions for the same while exploring possibilities of innovative tourism activities. In the Tripathy said, “River cruising itself is compatible with Covid-19 restrictions. […]

World heritage sites Taj Mahal and Agra Fort will reopen for visitors on September 21 after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, only 5,000 tourists would be allowed at the Taj and 2,500 at Agra Fort daily. Earlier, Taj used to see a footfall of up to 80,000 people a day, […]

Sri Lanka will implement a short term action plan to revive the country’s tourism industry which has been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. He said the government will allocate nearly $1 million over the next four months to revive tourism and the short term action plan was being finalized. […]

United Airlines will be adding two new routes to India. Beginning December 2020, the airline will be introducing a new daily non-stop service between Chicago and New Delhi, for the first time ever. And starting summer 2021, passengers will be able to fly non-stop between San Francisco and Bengaluru. The airline’s newly-announced international routes are […]

In September alone, Lufthansa will be offering Indian customers 160 flights between India and Germany, more than five per day and more than four times as many as in August. The airline will be operating from its German hubs- Frankfurt and Munich to the key Indian cities of Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. In September, the […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has done little to diminish Goa’s allure as an international tourist destination, with Russian and British charter airlines already approaching the Union ministry of civil aviation and the Airports Authority of India for permission to land in the coming months. According to sources, Moscow’s Royal Flight and TUI have shown keen interest […]

A total of 78 additional routes will be awarded under the fourth round of regional connectivity scheme Udan, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on 25 August. Under the Udan scheme, financial incentives from the Centre, state governments and airport operators are extended to selected airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports, […]

India’s longest river ropeway of 1.82 km connecting Guwahati and North Guwahati over the Brahmaputra River in Assam was inaugurated on 24 August. It is expected to boost tourism in the region. The ropeway will cross the Urvashi Island and the commuters will catch a glimpse of the Umananda Temple on Peacock Island, built by […]

Hony. General Secretary, FAITH has suggested that India Tourism Mart (ITM) will be held by the end of November 2020. “This will help in promoting India to the tour operators all over the world. Last two years, we had 250 buyers, this year in the virtual mart we hope to interact with more than 500 […]

Private carrier Vistara is likely to start flight operations between India and the UK, Germany and France under the bilateral air bubble arrangements that have been signed with these countries, sources in the aviation industry said on Sunday. Earlier this month, India and the UK signed a bilateral air pact, under which the airlines of […]

The Nepal government has decided to resume international flights from September 1 after nearly six months, a Cabinet Minister said. Nepal had suspended international flights on March 22 in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, reports Xinhua news agency. The country had earlier planned to resume the services from August 17, […]

Himachal Pradesh is keen to explore eco-tourism opportunities and is looking to develop destinations for the same. The state forest minister, Rakesh Pathania, presided over a meeting of the forest department to explore the possibilities of eco-tourism and also discussed the development of necessary facilities to promote the state as an eco-tourism destination. The state […]

The Eco-tourism centres in Kerala, which has been closed since March 10 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will reopen for visitors once again starting from August 19. All the eco-tourism centres under the Forest Department will be open maintaining all protocols and guidelines. The decision has been taken considering the negative impact of the five-month-long […]

The Indian subcontinent exhibits imprints of varied geological processes through the ages and is a storehouse of interesting geological features. Geological Survey of India has already enlisted some of those locales as National Geological Monuments. It is imperative that the Tourist Map of India should be enriched by the inclusion of these geological monuments and […]

The Thenzawl Golf Resort project was inaugurated in Mizoram on August 4 under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism. Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (Independent charge) Prahlad Singh Patel virtually inaugurated the project, in the presence of the Robert Romawia Royte, Tourism Minister of Mizoram and Esther Lal Ruatkimi, […]