Srinagar, Feb 5 From joy rides on snow scooters to shopping in a floating market in the scenic Dal Lake, Kashmir has it all to make it ‘the safest place and a shopping paradise’, according to a group of women travelers from Hyderabad, who are out on an expedition […]
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Need to harness culture of hospitality to attract tourists: FM
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said along with strengthening of infrastructure, the culture of hospitality and warmth needs to be developed in order to attract more tourists into the country. Speaking at the Paryatan Parv organised by the Ministry of Tourism, he said tourism, world […]
JK gov’t to launch intense campaign to attract tourists: CM
Srinagar, Sep 23 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today that her government will launch an intense promotional campaign to attract more tourists as the state’s negative portrayal was hurting the tourism industry. In her address after the screening of a film on Kashmir, she said the state […]
Air India starts direct flight to Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Sep 16 (PTI) Air India has launched its direct flight to the Danish capital from New Delhi, the 11th destination for the national carrier in Europe, describing it as connecting Maharaja with the Mermaid. The flight landed at the airport here after more than a seven-hour journey at around […]
India among London’s fastest growing tourism markets: Report
London, Sep 1 (PTI) The number of Indians visiting the British capital London is set to increase by a huge 90 per cent by 2025, according to official data released today. Last year, 0.27 million visitors from India came to London and that figure is set to hit 0.52 million […]
Nepal launches Chinese language classes to boost tourism
Kathmandu, Jul 19 (PTI) Nepal and China have launched a programme to offer free training to up to 200 tourism entrepreneurs in Mandarin to attract more foreign visitors from China. Chinese ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong today inaugurated a new batch of tourism entrepreneurs who will be trained in the Chinese […]
The Ambubasi Mela of Assam
Every June, thousands of Hindu devotees from various parts of the country as well as abroad throng the ancient Kamakhya temple in Assam’s main city of Guwahati for the annual Ambubasi Mela. This year, the fair from June 22-25 witnessed the convergence of mystics, sadhus, yogis and devout Hindus who […]
Police issue advisory for Amarnath Yatra pilgrims amid security threat
Jammu, Jun 29 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir police today issued an advisory to the pilgrims of Amarnath yatra asking them to lodge only in authorised campuses and remain vigilant. The advisory comes on the heels of an intelligence report that militants are planning to target 100 policemen and as many […]
Tourist facilities worth Rs 100 cr to come up in Jammu
Basohli (J&K), Jun 9 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today laid the foundation stone for various tourist facilities at a cost of Rs 100 crore at Ranjit Sagar Lake in Basohli in Jammu region. She said Rs 100 crore would be spent on developing various facilities in […]
Getting Passport Made Easy
A jovial French civil servant, determined to see his ‘depressed’ compatriots grin, turned to the courts with an unlikely mission: to overturn a ban on smiling in passport photos, said a recent report in the New York Times. The civil servant, whose name was not disclosed, argued that France, a […]