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, […]

Meghalaya will be setting up glamping sites around the north eastern state’s famous cave and waterfalls to attract high-value tourists. Informing this at the E-Tourism Summit, Cyril Diengdoh, Director – Tourism, Meghalaya, said that considering the unique nature and status of the state in the 6th schedule of the constitution, where indigenous people have a […]

Nepal has opened Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks from August 13 after a nearly 5-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Tourism Department official. All spring season expeditions that usually last from March to May were suspended in the wake of the pandemic. The government had halted the issuance of climbing […]

Bhutan ordered its first nationwide lockdown on 11th August after a returning resident tested positive for coronavirus after being discharged from quarantine and coming into close contact with people in the capital Thimphu. The case took the total in the tiny Himalayan kingdom to 113, still the lowest in South Asia, and it has yet […]

The Cabinet meeting of the Government of Nepal decided to resume flight operations from September 1. Citing the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the Cabinet postponed the resumption of domestic and international flights. Earlier on July 20, while announcing the end of the nationwide lockdown, the government had mentioned that […]

Recognising the safety protocols introduced by the Government of Sri Lanka along with standards mandated by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to ensure the safety of domestic and international travellers, destination Sri Lanka was recently endowed with the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Safe Travels stamp. Whilst establishing confidence among tourists looking at […]

Every year, this time around, luxury train Palace on Wheels (POW) starts to go through a process of renewal and refurbishment for the first ride of the season that starts in September. But not this year. Officials at RTDC (Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation), which, in partnership with Indian Railways operates the train, are yet to […]

Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat, has said that the government will form tourism circuits by connecting various destinations associated with pilgrimage, wildlife and beaches in the state as part of delivering a world-class tourism experience to travellers. The CM was speaking after launching tourism projects worth INR 127 cr in the state. The projects […]

Post-COVID-19, experiencing new destinations will be purposeful, unique and personalised. The luxury traveller will seek wellness, scenic beauty and the need to be one with nature without a second glance at the price, for which Sri Lanka will be the ideal destination,” stated Conde Nast Traveller Editor Divia Thani, as she led the discussion with […]