Category: Destinations

Madhubani is one of Bihar’s districts that borders Nepal. It is home to unique art […]

Udaipur evokes magic in the minds of the traveller, and has seen a steady growth […]

It was on 2nd June 2014, at the stroke of midnight, that the princely state […]

We are all familiar with the sweeping scale of Indian heritage and culture, and its […]

The need for a resilience framework to ensure a stronger comeback for travel, tourism and […]

Souvagya Mohapatra, Executive Director of Mayfair Group of Hotels, Chairman of FICCI Eastern Region Tourism […]

Envisaging SOPs and establishing well-laid-out mechanisms to ensure a seamless experience, safety and well-being of […]

Perfunctory measures won’t cut now, believe stakeholders, regional and national. In the recently conducted webinar […]

This article attempts to address essentially the destination managers/ decision makers/ marketing managers in Tourism […]

Kerala Tourism has again extended support and assistance to foreign tourists who could not return […]

Odisha’s new campaign is about being India’s Best Kept Secret. Indeed, this is the truth […]

A month after the creation of Ladakh as a Union Territory, Amita Sarwal spent a […]

The Jaipur Literary Festival has indeed become as integral to Rajasthan’s already vibrant annual calender, […]

Celebrating the cathartic spirit of Kondotty culture, IQRA: Kondotty Sufi Fest, 2019 was conducted by […]

Maharashtra state government has given the go-ahead to privatise 22 forts under its jurisdiction. On […]

The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) along with its regional Association […]

MakeMyTrip has rolled-out its digital campaign #MyIndiaMyTrips to inspire and assist Indian travellers to plan […]

Kerala Tourism has drawn enthusiastic response to its recently launched brand campaign – ‘Human By […]

Tourism was one of the casualties as Pulwama-attack and its aftermath brought India and Pakistan […]

‘Election tourism’ was a growing niche segment as Indian elections had now gained global significance, […]

Increasing digitalisation of services is assisting companies in curating a more personalised, intimate experience for […]

150 global artistes from countries including Israel, Spain, Portugal, Indonesia, Iran, Greece and Switzerland gave […]

Powered by more tourists and higher spends from traditional source markets, Kerala’s unprecedented revenue from […]

The government has laid out the interim budget for 2019. Union Finance Minister Piyush Goel’s […]

Kerala Tourism has won gold at the maiden International Travel and Tourism awards, presented at […]

Despite all the bad press that the Taj Mahal has garnered in the past few […]

Concerted efforts by tourism stakeholders in the state, backed by the state and central government, […]

J K Mohanty, President, HRAO and CMD, Swosti Group had some unique ideas up his […]

A mix of new and somewhat long-persisting concerns came to fore in several panel discussions […]

ATTA’s first stop in Asia will be in Madhya Pradesh, as the global adventure body […]

Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir is in turmoil again. The accidental death of a tourist […]

Ramu B. took charge as the new director of Karnataka tourism. The 2010-batch IAS officer […]

Going by government figures on footfalls in the state of Uttar Pradesh, tourist numbers in […]

In an encouraging development, likely to boost infrastructure related investment in the state, Madhya Pradesh’s […]

Perception change about the valley and the state, indeed, were imperative to driving tourism in […]

The 25th edition of SATTE kicked off yesterday in the capital by UBM India. A […]

Kerala tourism has undertaken a major campaign to amplify state’s outreach in important European markets. […]

In what is likely to add muscle, further diversifying Kerala’s tourism landscape and rejuvenating traditional […]

Winter is coming to Jammu and Kashmir, heralding another white Christmas, and winter sports, unique among […]

In what come as a big boost to religious and spiritual tourism in Uttar Pradesh, […]

Concluded very recently, National Tourism Award 2015-16 saw Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh bag awards for […]

Now, with the holiday season around the corner, and demonetization a distant memory, it is […]

In yet another feather in Kerala tourism’s cap, the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala […]

We interacted with Nikhil Desai, MD, GTDC to understand what drives states towards exhibitions. Beside […]

In his maiden speech on the Independence Day, as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, […]

Madame Tussauds, Delhi, recently unveiled the figure of  Madhubala, the timeless beauty of the Indian […]

Addressing a packed house of senior industry representatives and government officials at the FICCI Investors […]

In an insightful address to a gathering of government representatives, industry insiders and senior bureaucrats, […]

The state government had made significant progress on all parameters, social and otherwise, in the […]

The success of India Arch Dialogue 2016, an exhibit on “Architecture Model”, has led to […]

‘God’s own secret in God’s own country’ is how Vivanta by Taj – Bekal describes […]

Hotels and service providers would need to assimilate the ‘experience’ part in their offerings to […]

Buoyed by the success of 3rd Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala tourism department has set its sight […]

Sharat Dhall, President, Yatra.com remained optimistic about the future of travel and tourism in the […]

Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism shared that the ministry has been seeking lower […]

Air India Chief Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as the Chairman of WTTCII for the […]

Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI), the national body on sustainable and responsible tourism, has been […]

D.M. Purnesh, Founder and MD, Classic Group notes that with ample coffee production and the […]

Maharashtra boasts of over 350 forts, many of them dotted along its meandering coastline, reminding […]

‘Himalayan States Council’ could answer some of the most glaring questions facing India’s hill states, […]

Joy Ghosh Regional Vice President – India & Sub-continent, TravelClick On emerging trends in the […]

Jaya Jaitly, Founder and Chairperson, Dastkari Haat Samiti was the keynote speaker at the ‘Uniquely […]

While the clamour has been around garnering a larger share of the international outbound, Vikram […]

With the Marriott and Starwood coming together, Indian hotel companies in the luxury space need […]

BITB’s launch edition, powered by ITB Berlin, concluded on a high note with overall high […]

Improved telecom and banking infrastructure, growing acceptance of the online medium for transactions and new […]

A roundtable focussed on the fast-changing consumer behaviour and the need for assimilation of technology […]

Doing away with the long-standing trend of appointing a Bollywood superstar to promote India in […]

A multi-pronged effort to make processes simpler, infrastructure more robust and approach more in tune […]

India’s recurrent pursuit for a sustained double-digit economic growth, to not only meet the needs […]

The launch edition of BITB, powered by ITB Berlin, concluded on a most enthusiastic note, […]

Martin Buck, Director Travel & Logistics, Messe Berlin believes that with a booming travel industry, […]

Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra briefed the media delegation that a number of initiatives mooted by […]

Speaking at the Amity International Tourism & Hospitality Conference, to an audience that included hundreds […]

Secretary Vinod Zutshi, speaking at the 32 annual IATO conference held in Chennai, listed out […]

After having tasted considerable success with the launch of semi-luxury tourist trains, ministry is contemplating […]

Tamil Nadu’s growing stature as the gateway to Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia has helped […]

Divulging some of the key recommendations of the report compiled by Yes Bank, Nikhil Shani, […]

Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary, DIPP, asked industry and investors to nurture India’s emerging start-up culture to […]

Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, in a well-received address, asked industry to focus […]

The Swadesh Darshan scheme, launched in January last year, has received a substantial allocation of […]

Going by the numbers released by the Ministry of Tourism, 2015 saw some major turn-around […]

Kerala tourism department, in a media outreach event, announced a new media campaign centred around […]

Vikram Madhok, Managing Director, Abercrombie & Kent has been a witness and an important participant […]

Air India chief Ashwani Lohani shared Air-India’s vision of enhancing air-connectivity between the two countries. […]

Buoyed by a noticeable rise in bilateral footfalls, Richard Verma, US Ambassador to India, believed […]

Isabel Hill spoke extensively on how USA was in midst of systematically addressing some of […]

Amitabh Kant was at his imperious best, as he gave a stirring keynote address on […]

Spain’s ascent as the preferred Mediterranean getaway for the Indian outbound in recent years has […]

Indian online travel portal, Yatra.com has ventured into a new territory – cab marketplace. With […]

The Great Britain’s shock exit from the European Union has left much in the realm […]

Growing interest in experiential holidaying is going beyond merely engaging in activities and more travelers […]

Yoga is in vogue. From classical forms to more contemporary fusion form, it is being […]

Bidar district of Karnataka lies far away from the IT hub of Bengaluru, some 700 […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Shipping has given a go-ahead to long expected 4-laning […]

India’s culture and history are its strongest USPs, and yet our museums have failed to […]

The government has further eased e-visa norms to cover travellers seeking medical treatment or on […]

In the nascent sphere of alternative accommodation in the country, Chennai-headquartered Stayzilla has gradually evolved […]

Urrshila Kerkar, Executive Director, Cox & Kings talked about the future of online travel noting […]

According to Doughlas Quinby, Vice President (Research), PhocusWright, Asia has become the fastest growing online […]

Some may argue that, on the statistical front, inbound tourism into India has grown in […]

Speaking at a seminar, jointly organized by ASSOCHAM and ICPB on MICE tourism in India, […]

This is a development which may have skipped the attention of many within the tourism […]

Here is a hypothetical calculation which well underlines the strength of the world’s leading travel […]

Given that a miniscule percentage of the total bookings are happening online – which ranges […]

Bengaluru-based HolidayIQ, India’s largest online travel community platform, is moving to the next stage of […]

Prima facie, the budget 2016-17 of the NDA government presents a mixed picture when it […]

Even as Arun Jaitely’s third budget does not seem to have gone down well with […]

As Monarch Cruise unveiled a never before concoction of Bollywood and cricket to luxury cruising […]

Given the fluctuation in the rupee, vis-à-vis the dollar and other currencies, some interesting outbound […]

On the concluding day of this rarest February (all seven days of the week have […]

EQT, one of Europe’s leading private equity houses founded by Investor AB, Scandinavia’s largest industrial […]

In its bid to offer defining niche products to shore up tourists footfall, the youngest […]

In what could give a serious booster shot to projecting India’s culinary diversity and depth, […]

MP tourism which is seeking aggressive private sector participation in developing new tourism products in […]

Literary festivals are becoming more than just a pursuit for brainstorming and displaying literary genius. […]

Noida headquartered Rail Yatri, the technology start-up which is graduating from being an information provider […]

The National Inland Waterways Bill, 2015 is slated to get the final clearance during the […]

Brushing aside concerns of low occupancy in luxury trains, A K Manocha CMD, IRCTC called […]

What does travel and tourism look like in the year ahead? The Indian economy will […]

Even as an official announcement is still awaited from government quarters, the guessing game is […]

Ever since he took over the mantle of the state once again, from day one, […]

The Haryana government announced appointing the charismatic celluloid pair of yesteryears, ​Dharmendra and Hema Malini […]

There is a growing school of thought that the Indian tourism product is woefully short […]

Kerala-based Kairali Ayurvedic Group, much known for its luxury ayurvedic spa offerings, is embarking on […]

On the sidelines of the epic-scale Simhastha Mahakumbh in Ujjain next year, participants will also […]

Promotion of islands and lighthouses as tourism products has clearly emerged as intrinsic pillars of […]

For one reason or the other, these are unusually difficult times for countries in our […]

Built in 1972, Pragati Maidan has long been the nerve-centre of capital’s trade and commerce. […]

Boasting of visa application centre for 31 countries under one roof, the newly inaugurated VFS […]

Speaking at the Korean Night 2015 held in the capital, Korean Ambassador CHO Hyun divulged […]

The new deadline (30th November) set up by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to receive […]

The revised policy paper has its major thrust in improving regional connectivity. But it hasn’t […]

Indians are taking advantage of drop in oil-prices and global economic sluggishness to travel abroad, […]

Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has stated that his government is committed to turn Delhi […]

H.E. Gustavo de Arístegui believes that linking Latin American cities to India via Spain could […]

In a no holds barred conversation, veteran theatre actor and director blames the lack of […]

Recently, the prime minister played host for a book release, on the subject of age […]

According to Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP, tourism is an integral pillar of the ambitious Make […]

V K Duggal. Former DG and recently Governor of Manipur strongly believes that consistent product […]

The civil aviation industry has strongly urged the government to facilitate easier norms in its […]

It had taken precisely 50 years for independent India to touch the milestone of 5 […]

Tourism, one of the economic mainstays of Nepal, is likely to get back to the […]

The Indian car rental market has come a long way since 2000 with the entry […]

Narendra Modi’s government has completed its first year. We take stock of what has happened […]

He ( Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Culture and Tourism […]

It is probably an irony filled with profound import. Every year, thousands of golfers from […]

It is a comprehensive one-point information site and it covers 124 accredited medical facilities which […]

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a media magnate, investor, UN ambassador, passionate fighter […]

The government- owned helicopter operator Pawan Hans is all set to significantly augment its fleet […]

Most Indians and Chinese are taking short, leisurely weekend road-trips to go out and spend […]

In a significant development, the union cabinet gave its green signal to the ambitious Sagarmala […]

In order to do away with the reported confusion, the Home Ministry has decided to […]

The Travel & Tourism industry in India will grow by 7.5% in 2015, fueled by […]

Lalit Panwar, Secretary Tourism, Government of India has almost 15 years of experience in the […]