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With an aim to attract more tourists from Buddhist countries like that of Japan, the Indian Tourism Ministry is planning to promote Buddhist tourism. The country is organizing international Buddhist conclave every other year and is also aggressively developing Buddhist Circuit, which connects key places associated with the religion’s heritage.   “We are receiving a minuscule number of Buddhist tourists – just 0.005 per cent of the total Buddhist population in the world despite being a key pilgrimage destination for millions of practicing Buddhists around the world,” said Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism. “The idea is, even if we are ... Read more

Italian luxury supercar manufacturer Lamborghini concludes the world tour, coordinated as part of a marketing drive of its latest Super-SUV Lamborgini Urus. The 4-month trip was concluded by covering over 114 cities, that spreads in over 4 continents. The car has the same design philosophy in terms of its other sports car such as Aventador and Hurricane. Interior of the car has the same cockpit model arrangements in the dashboard that resembles a typical Lamborgini. Around 8,500 participants including customers as well as celebrities and media were present at various locations of the world tour. Meanwhile, the new Super SUV ... Read more

UAE’s two leading international airlines, Emirates and Etihad, have confirmed the temporary reduction and suspension of services to a number of its global destinations during the summer and autumn periods. Emirates is set to reduce its Dubai to Fort Lauderdale and Dubai to Orlando services from daily to five times a week from early July. Emirates is also set to slightly reduce its services to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpar, Phuket, Munich and London Heathrow in the coming months. Etihad Airways confirmed that it will suspend services to Edinburgh, Scotland and Perth, Australia as part of an ongoing review of network performance.  The Au ... Read more

Many of the picturesque destinations of Jharkhand will soon be on film, as the state tourism department feels it will help prospective visitors make up their minds to select their choice of place to visit when they plan their vacation. The State tourism department has started the process of empanelling a private agency to make the films that would not only be exhibited at national and international travel marts, but also be uploaded onto the department’s website. “The objective is to promote the famous and lesser known tourism destinations of the state through video films. As of now, we can only ... Read more

The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai, (GDRFA-Dubai) will soon launch the “Smart Gate,” a quick and easy alternative to the standard manual passport control counters and e-gates. The new Smart Gate system has undergone testing and will go live next month. “The new gate enables each passenger to pass through immigration without assistance or travel document or ID and within only 10 seconds,” said Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, GDRFA-Dubai Director-General. The e-gates across the immigration checkpoints served more than 6,500 million inbound passengers from January to March 2018 and more than 6,800 outbound passengers during the same ... Read more

If the Gulf investors are moving ahead with their plans to dig a 60 kilometre-long water canal alongside the border with Qatar, chances are high that Qatar could be turned into an island. The canal would be 60 kms long, 200 meters wide and 15 to 20 meters deep, enabling it to receive all kinds of ships from tankers and passenger ships, with a maximum length of 300 meters and a width of 33 meters. The planned canal would stretch from Salwa to Khor Al Adeed and is expected to cost around 2.8 billion Saudi riyals. This, however, depends on the approval ... Read more

Houston-based technological innovation company Orion Span, headed by CEO Frank Bunger is about to install world’s first luxury space hotel into orbit by 2021. The hotel named Aurora Station upon completion can accommodate 4 tourists for over 12 days. The hotel structure would be 43.5ft long similar to that of a private jet cabin, that revolves around the earth’s orbit. “Upon launch, Aurora Station goes into service immediately, bringing travellers into space quicker and at a lower price point than ever seen before. Our goal is to make space accessible to all, by continuing to drive greater value at a ... Read more

Emirates said to reduce the frequency of services on a number of routes to Europe, Asia and US in the coming months. As reported by Routesonline.com, a schedule update showed the carrier was reducing its Dubai to Fort Lauderdale and Dubai to Orlando services from once a day to five times a week, after July 2 and 3 respectively. The change represents a return to the previous schedule after the carrier said in January it would be restoring daily services to both locations from March 25 following a “steady rebound in customer demand”. Other reductions include a decrease in frequency from ... Read more

The Haryana government said it is planning to strengthen its infrastructure to promote religious tourism related to Kurukshetra. The Haryana Tourism Department is reported to have decided to spend Rs 38.31 crore on the beautification of ‘Brahm Sarover’ and Rs 32.33 crore on ‘Jyotisar’ under various schemes. Under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of the central government, an amount of Rs 97.34 crore had been allocated for the ‘Sri Krishna Circuit’ out of which Rs 32 crore had been spent on the development of Brahma Sarovar, Jyotisar, Narkaataari, Sanniihit Sarovar and beautification of the Kurukshetra city. Apart from the said works, ... Read more

Lionel Messi joins the World Tourism Organization to promote the value of responsible tourism. The UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili, appointed Messi as UNWTO Ambassador for Responsible Tourism at Camp Nou in Barcelona, after the F.C. Barcelona – Leganés match. “During my travels I have had the opportunity to know other cultures and societies as well as others ways to see the world and this is very enriching. The World Tourism Organization as a specialized Agency of the United Nations works to make tourism a source of development and I am happy I can join this mission of promoting responsible tourism,” ... Read more

With the new flight service by Air India between New Delhi and Tel Aviv, Israel now targets a growth of over 65 per cent in Indian tourist arrivals. As many as 60,000 Indian tourists visited Israel in 2017, compared to 45,000 in 2016 and 39,000 in 2015. The figures show a steady increase in the total number of Indian tourists’ arrival, said Hassan Madah, director of Israel ministry of tourism in India. “We have seen the growth year by year. When a new aircraft comes to a country, there is an increase in the capacity (to carry people at better ... Read more

The Union Ministry has listed Goa’s Colva beach under the ‘Iconic Tourist Site Development Project’, for the most-frequent tourist spot in the state. The new title would thus ensure a major tourism-oriented infrastructure development to the beach. Meanwhile, Colva beach in Goa becomes the only beach destination among other 12 sites across India. The project aims at community development, employment generation and would develop the existing local culture and heritage. “The thrust in the project will be community involvement and local participation in making the project a success. A master plan would be put in place to develop Colva beach ... Read more

Indian Railway, as part of fastening trains connecting the four metro cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi (Quadrilateral) has asked the concerned authorities to improve the existing infrastructure. The new move came after the officials come to know that the existing services lacked speed. The ministry also said that the trains should improve the current speed of 60 kmph to 130kmph. Top officials of the Indian railway had sent letters to the General Managers of Indian Railway.  On ensuring necessary steps to fasten the lines connecting the golden quadrilateral. “A review of the maximum permissible speed of the section ... Read more

The American based Walt Disney World Resorts is all about to replace smart keys using mobile phones in their hotels. The new project comes under My Disney Experience app, in which all the features starting from hotel room reservation to itineraries would be featured in under one umbrella. The smart keys once operational, opens the possibility of unlocking gyms, pools, elevators, club lounges and room straight from the airport. The new feature would exclusively be inaugurated at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, and later would be expanded to further hotel chains. Disney also features new possibilities namely Disney’s Magical Express Luggage Delivery, in ... Read more

National Rail Museum is all set to open heritage steam loco operated trains, exclusively for the tourist in the next years. The steam engines used way back in 1856 years, were the oldest ageing 150 years. The 1920 loco model Phoenix, RamGoti 1865 and Fireless Locomotive made in 1951 is under restoration by the engineers. All the engines are said to undergo durability test before opening it for the tourist, added railway. “We are restoring them for tourism purposes. The first one to be ready by this year-end is the Fireless loco and is likely to be in the NRM ... Read more