Rakesh Verma, Additional Secretary, Tourism, while addressing the press at the WTM London, stated that India has achieved phenomenal growth in enhancing infrastructure, which along with massive vaccination drive, will help India to achieve pre-pandemic levels of international tourist arrivals. It also offers huge opportunities for investors and an Investor Summit will be organised by the MOT in February 2023.

K S Srinivas, Principal Secretary, Kerala Tourism, has said that the state’s tourism and hospitality industry has already regained the pre-pandemic robustness. “This is evident from the fact that Kerala recorded a staggering 196 per cent spike in domestic tourist arrivals during the first three quarters of the current year as compared to the corresponding period a year earlier,” he added.

Naveen Kundu, Managing Director, Ebixcash Travel Group, has revealed that the Ebixcash travel and foreign exchange revenues have increased by 145% in Q3. “The strong growth comes from the travel and foreign exchange business of Ebixcash in India,” he added.a

ForwardKeys has revealed that India looks set to fully recover in the beginning of 2023. It said that historical and booked international arrivals in India between Jan 2022 and Mar 2023, as of 13 Oct 2022 will surpass the 2018/2019 levels by January 2023.

IndiGo has launched direct exclusive flights between Indore-Chandigarh. The inaugural ceremony was graced by the Honourable Union Minister for Civil Aviation – Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia and other eminent dignitaries from Indore.

Resorts World Cruises commences cruises to Phuket Introducing Genting Dream’s 3 Night and 5 Night itineraries from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (via Port Klang), starting November 2022 until April 2024 – 7 November 2022

Courtyard by Marriott is set to open its third property in Tamil Nadu—Courtyard by Marriott Tiruchirappalli. The 108-key property is minutes away from the city’s cultural hotspots and is set to be the first international hospitality brand to launch in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu’s fourth largest city.

Air India Express has started the first direct flight from Vijayawada to Sharjah. The starting price for the Vijayawada-Sharjah segment is INR 13,669, whereas the starting price for the Sharjah-Vijayawada sector is AED 399. Air India Express also flies from Vijayawada to Muscat and Kuwait in addition to Sharjah using a B737-800 NG aircraft

Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat, has got three new tourist attractions, which have been recently inaugurated PM Narendra Modi— the Maze Garden, Miyawaki Forest and a houseboat service, Ekta Houseboat in Ekta Nagar. The newly added tourist attractions are expected to bring many tourists to Narmada District.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens to visit Nadabet and other border areas as part of Seema darshan to further tourism. “Seema Darshan Project adds a new dimension to the tourism sector. It gives the opportunity to appreciate the resilience of those who live on the borders,” he said.