Jay Saraogi of Holiday Tripster has won the Europamundo tour at the Spain webinar held on 30 November 2022. He has won a free ticket to a European destination along with a 06Nights/07 Days Europamundo tour finishing in Madrid.
Read More »Varanasi used to receive 1cr tourists yearly, reached 1cr in 1 month of monsoon in 2022
Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, has revealed, that usually one crore tourist used to come in a year in Varanasi, but this year, the destination received one crore tourists in one single month during monsoon.”
Read More »MOT to wind up all overseas India Tourism offices before 31 March 2023
According to an official order, Ministry of Tourism has decided to wind up all the overseas India Tourism offices before 31 March 2023. In line with this, all the officers posted in the ITOs overseas have been requested to take necessary action and submit an action taken report.
Read More »‘Inbound to recover faster in 2023, huge interest in hospitality investment in Northeast & Southern islands: Secretary
Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, has said that inbound tourism is projected to recover faster in 2023. “There is a strong interest of the hospitality industry to invest in the North-East and Southern islands which is an encouraging sign,” he said.
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Read More »Goa expects 81 lakh tourists, will touch pre-pandemic numbers this season: Rohan Khaunte
Rohan Khaunte, Minister of Tourism, Goa, has said that as per the state government’s projection, the tourist numbers would reach the 2019 level, touching the 81 lakh- or 8.1 million-mark. Around nine lakh international tourists and 72 lakh domestic tourists had arrived in Goa in 2019.
Read More »In 9 days, Delhi’s T3 installed 5 more X-ray machines at security, eases congestion: Scindia
In a recent tweet, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, has shared that within 9 days, Delhi Airport has installed 5 x-ray machines at the security-check area, taking the total to 18 ATRS/x-ray machines, which is a major reason behind ease in congestion at T3.
Read More »Domestic tourism visits fell from 2.32bn in 2019, to 677mn in 2021: Kishan Reddy
In a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, shared that domestic tourist visits in India fell from 2.32 billion in 2019, to 677 million in 2021, owing to the impact of the pandemic.
Read More »Heritage properties in India will grow & we’ll make circuits around them: Parveen Chander Kumar, IHCL
Parveen Chander Kumar, Executive Vice President – Sales & Marketing, IHCL, has said that the heritage properties in India will continue to grow. “We are seeing a lot of experiential tourism happening. With the MOT also taking this forward, we have endless properties in India that focusing on story telling of the place and some are centuries old. This is going to continue, and we are making circuits around them as well,” he added.
Read More »Badri Nath Bajaj and Sunil Gupta bestowed with Hall of Fame award at IATO Convention
IATO honoured Sunil Gupta, Director, Travel Bureau Agra and Badri Nath Bajaj, Founder, Perfect Travels & Tours, with their Hall of Fame award at its 37th annual convention that kicked off in Lucknow, UP. The awards were given away by Ashwini Kumar Patra, Minister of Tourism, Govt of Odisha and Arvind Singh, Secretary Tourism, Govt of India.
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