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Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Tourism is organising an exclusive webinar for the travel trade today at 3pm, showcasing tourism offerings. Attend the webinar to gain valuable insights and curate enriching itineraries for your clients. For more information or to register, please contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or 9650196532.

VisitBritain along with the British High Commission in Mumbai celebrated King’s birthday party. The event hosted 500 stakeholders and travel trade from VisitBritain, who experienced the best of the UK. The event highlighted themes of innovation, featuring visual assets from new ‘Starring Great Britain’ campaign.

As per ICRA, domestic air passenger traffic has shown strong growth. In January 2025, passenger traffic grew by 14.5 per cent YOY and was 17.9 per cent higher than pre-Covid levels. However, the industry is expected to incur net loss of ₹2,000-3,000 cr in FY25 and FY26 due to high ATF prices and borrowing costs.

Uttar Pradesh government has earmarked over ₹400 crore to boost religious tourism in the state budget for FY2025-26. To promote tourism, ₹150 crore of this budget has been set for Ayodhya while ₹125 crore has been allocated for Mathura, ₹100 crore for Naimisharanya, and ₹50 crore for Chitrakoot.

Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Tourism is organising an exclusive webinar for the travel trade tomorrow at 3pm, showcasing tourism offerings. Attend the webinar to gain valuable insights and curate enriching itineraries for your clients. For more information, or to register, please contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or 9650196532.

Air India and Lufthansa Group have expanded their codeshare partnership, between Air India, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS). The 60 codeshare routes under the agreement will be operated by the four airlines across 12 Indian and 26 European cities. After agreement, the total number of codeshare routes between Air India, Lufthansa and SWISS has increased from 55 to 100. Additionally, the new agreement between Air India and Austrian Airlines adds 26 codeshare routes.

While presenting State Budget FY2025-26, Diya Kumari, Minister of Finance, Rajasthan, announced that tourism infrastructure projects worth ₹975 crore will be taken into consideration. 10 sites to be developed as iconic tourist destinations for promoting heritage tourism. A tribal tourist circuit will be built for ₹100 crore. Further, an Aero City will be set up near the Kota airport.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Tourism, GoI, “India’s tourism story is evolving, we are no longer just a destination but a growing tourism market. With domestic trade and investment on rise, tourism will create a ripple effect. With projections to grow at 24% CAGR, India’s tourism is set for a transformative journey.”

Highlighting how GRNconnect has revamped its platform with the new logo, Deepak Narula, MD, GRNconnect, said, “It is just not the launch of a logo or a new colour, we have changed the whole technology from end-to-end. Now we have a single platform, which will make the booking search seamless and faster and will save agent’s time while looking for properties.

Underlining Jammu & Kashmir’s new offerings, Omar Abdullah, CM, J&K, says, “Jammu & Kashmir is beyond Gulmarg and Pahalgam. The UT is increasingly becoming a destination for wellness. The destination is not only known for winter tourism and adventure tourism but also for film shoots and videos as well. With better air and road connectivity, we are looking forward to connecting Kashmir to the rest of Indian cities by rail connectivity.”