Tourism

Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) Top hoteliers and tourism industry stakeholders met Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel here on Wednesday and sought reduction in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on room tariff to help…

Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Australian tourism promotion agency Tourism Australia is expecting a sizeable spike in the arrivals of Indian tourists next year to watch the Women's and Men's ICC T20 World Cup matches, said the agency's top official…

By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) 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 the Amarnath Yatra in…

Panaji, Aug 12 (IANS) The Congress in Goa has demanded a CBI probe into an alleged multi-crore beach cleaning scam, accusing the state tourism ministry and a private contractor of violating general financial rules while awarding of the…

NPnews24 Online: In a proposal Tourism Ministry is planning to launch a Twitter-based grievance redressal mechanism for tourists to file complaint in real time on the line of a platform run by external affairs ministry. Twitter seva…

Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday suspended rapid water rafting in the valley's Lidder and Sindh streams. An order issued by the director tourism said till a proper safety mechanism is put in place rafting…

Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reviewed the performance of the state tourism department and directed measures to boost tourism.The Chief Minister while reviewing the department's performance,…

Npnews24 online: When India’s Prime Minister offered prayer at the Kedarnath temple on May 19, 2019 and meditated at a cave called ‘Dhyan Kutia’.In overnight caves become a spiritual tourist destination.…

Agra, March 7 (IANS) The tourism industry is expecting a major boost in business with Agra getting air connectivity to Bengaluru, Bhopal, Lucknow and Varanasi from May under the government's Udaan regional connectivity scheme.Airport…

By Archana Sharma: Jaipur, Jan 3 (IANS) Rajasthan Tourism is all set to welcome travellers with its grand old campaign 'Padharo Mhare Des' replacing 'Jane Kya Dikh Jaye'-- launched by the previous BJP government -- according to Sreya Guha,…