Tourism
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Hyderabad News
City Tourism: Drastic decrease in tourists to Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The city recorded a drastic fall in the arrival of tourists. There are plans to disregard figures and statistics of the year 2020. In the wake of the Covid-19…
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India
Kerala: Farm tourism takes a hit in Munnar due to COVID-19
The farm tourism industry that was growing stable for the past five years in Munnar town of Kerala’s Idukki district has started to dwindle ever since the pandemic kicked off.…
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India
Maha govt has introduced policies to boost tourism: Thackeray
Mumbai: With the tourism sector expected to pick up after COVID-19, the Maharashtra government has introduced sector-friendly policies to enable entrepreneurs to celebrate the state with the rest of the…
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Technology
Amazon introduces virtual tourism service
San Francisco: Adding to its ever-growing range of services, Amazon has now introduced a virtual tourism service called Amazon Explore. It is an interactive live-streaming service that lets people learn,…
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India
World Tourism Day Celebration to boost tourism in people
Hyderabad: To mark World Tourism Day it is celebrated across the country on Sunday 27th September. The district tourism department held a yoga session at the Haritha hotel in Hanamkonda,…
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Hyderabad News
Charminar, Golconda Fort to re-open for visitors from July 6
Hyderabad: Historic Charminar and Golconda Fort, the two major tourist attractions in Hyderabad, will be re-opened from July 6. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials said no more than 2,000 visitors…
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News
Nepal’s tourism sector faces $330mn loss due to COVID-19
Kathmandu: Nepal’s tourism industry is estimated to lose over $330 million due to the government-enforced lockdown imposed in the wake the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and…
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World
This US company wants to fly people to edge of space
San Francisco: If space tourism is in your bucket list, here comes some news that will excite you. A Florida-based startup is working towards sending people to the edge of space…
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News
Travel and aviation sectors aim to restore faith in air travel
New Delhi: The U.S-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP), today hosted a discussion with various companies from the Indian aviation and hospitality industries to deliberate on measures that can be taken to…
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India
Ministry of Tourism organises 20th webinar
Hyderabad: The 20th session of the Dekho Apna Desh webinar series on 16th May 2020 titled “Uttarakhand Simply Heaven” highlighted the potential of tourism in Uttarakhand’s two regions namely Kedar…
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Delhi
Indian Tourism industry goes into a state of shock, disbelief
New Delhi: Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India (ADTOI, ATOAI,…
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World
Hong Kong Airlines delays salaries as protests hit tourism
Hong Kong : Low-cost carrier Hong Kong Airlines said Friday it will delay salary payments to some staff, warning its business has been “severely affected” by the political unrest in…
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Middle East
Saudi hopes tourism pioneers will bring economic bonanza
RIYADH: In Riyadh’s old quarter, a small group of Polish holidaymakers exploring the mud-brick Masmak Fort were making history as some of the first foreign tourists to visit Saudi Arabia…
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India
Modi pushes for festival tourism
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed the need to focus on festival tourism in India and urged Indians living abroad to promote traditional festivals. Beginning his ‘Mann…
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India
Goa never promotes sex, drug tourism: Pramod Sawant
Panaji (Goa): Hailing Goa as a preferred destination for adventure tourism, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that the coastal state never promotes “sex and drug” tourism. “Tourists come…
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Kashmir
‘Back to Valley’ program aims at reviving tourism in Kashmir
The Centre is launching the ‘Back to Valley programme to give a major boost to tourism in the Kashmir Valley. This will be the first major push by the government…
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Hyderabad News
National Tourism Award for ‘Best Medical Tourism Facility’
Hyderabad: Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, has been conferred the coveted National Tourism Award for ‘Best Medical Tourism Facility’ for the year 2017-18. This is the third consecutive year and overall sixth time, Apollo Health…
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Featured News
Kashmir: Tourism hit as uncertainty looms large
Forty-seven-year-old Mohammad Sultan is a worried man. The Srinagar taxi owner bought a brand new Toyota Crysta car for Rs 19 lakh, exclusively for tourists right at the start of…
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Hyderabad News
Three-day International Snack Festival organized in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The three-day-long International Snacks Festival at the Ameerpet Metro station here has been a great success, said Burra Venkatesham, IAS, Secteray in the Telangana Tourism and Culture Department. “This…
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India
Lockdown a major blow for Kashmir tourism
A man fishes on Dal Lake in Srinagar. Usually a thriving tourist destination, the region has been hard hit by the latest political crisis. Photo: AFP Pigeons are more plentiful…
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Kashmir
Lockdown a major blow for Kashmir tourism
On Srinagar’s Dal Lake, intricately decorated houseboats usually packed with tourists lie empty as Kashmir’s tourism sector reels from a three-weeks-long lockdown imposed as India revoked the picturesque region’s autonomy.…
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India
State tourism Conference
Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Shri Prahalad Singh Patel addressing at the inauguration of the State Tourism Ministers’ Conference, in New Delhi on August 20, 2019…
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World
Robust baht, travel trends rattle Thai tourism market
Bangkok: A strong Thai baht and a slowdown in arrivals from China are battering the kingdom’s moneymaking tourism machine even as the country hopes to welcome a record 40 million…
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India
Yogi plans to set up development board for spiritual tourism
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has planned to set up a development board to promote spiritual tourism in Uttar Pradesh. The state government has already been pushing religious tourism with Deepotsav…
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Business
Tourist arrivals in Kerala grow by 14% in second quarter
Thiruvananthapuram: Tourist arrivals in Kerala in the second quarter of 2019 has grown by 14.81 per cent as against the figures of the corresponding period in the previous year, Kerala Tourism…
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Photos
2nd India Tourism Mart in September-2019
Subhas Goyal Secretary Federation of Assocation in Indian Tourism & Hospitality addressing a Press Conference to announcing the Second India Tourism Mart in September-2019, Country’s biggest Buyer-Seller Meet on Inbound…
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Hyderabad News
Malaysia Tourism expects to attract 7,00,000 visitors from India
Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia is seeking to woo Indian tourist visitors with a slew of attractive travel offerings while expecting to attract more than 7,00,000 visitors from India this…
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News
Dubai Tourism exempts visa fees for visitors under 18
Dubai [UAE]: In an attempt to ensure more footfalls, Dubai Tourism has announced visa fee exemption for the visitors under 18 while travelling with their parents between July 15 and…
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