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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exhibit Indian desi cuisine and yoga as part of the annual meeting of World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland. The 48th World Economic Forum will be attended by over 3000 global leaders as well as people in the field of politics, art and academics. Indian delegates will be the largest in number with over 130 representatives present. picture courtasy: DNA@dna The summit themed ‘Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World’ will be inaugurated by WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab. WEF also represents annual ‘Crystal Awards’, and the winners of this year are superstar Shahrukh ... Read more

When you are heading up the dense forests and slippery boulders of Agasthyakoodam, you need to be very careful as it is a difficult climb. What would a trekker keep in mind while climbing the steep Agasthyarkoodam? Here’s some expert advice from Viswanath of Summiters India, who has climbed the peak more than 10 times!

According to the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ), the tourism revenues in 2017 increased by 12.5 per cent, up to $4.6 billion, compared to $4.1 billion in 2016. The report says that the increase was mainly due to an 8.7 per cent rise in the total number of tourists in 2017. In December 2017, the Kingdom’s revenues from tourism went up by 9.1 per cent, reaching $340.9 million, compared to the same month in 2016, as the result of the increase in the total number of tourists by 6.2 per cent compared to the same month in 2016, the statement ... Read more

Delta Air Lines said it is tightening its rules for transporting service and support animals in an effort to reduce misbehaviour by dogs and other creatures that air carriers are required by law to allow on board. Service dogs are specially trained to aid people with disabilities. Delta carries nearly 250,000 service and support animals a year. From March 2018 onward, Delta would require documentation about such animals including its health, in some instances, a promise of good conduct. The new rules make Delta’s policy among the most demanding among major carriers. The number of service and support animals, which ... Read more

The annual tribal fair, Adivasi Mela, organized by the government of Odisha, is scheduled to be held on January 26. The event, which was held at the Adivasi Ground at Unit-1, will now be organised at the Idco Exhibition Ground at Unit-3 citing smooth traffic management and better parking facilities. The mela is gaining much attention as the localites are unhappy about the change in venue. The fair is considered as the oldest and the most colourful festival of tribal people where all the 62 tribes people including 13 PTGs, come over to the exhibition ground and spread out their ... Read more

With an aim to promote its tourism sector among Chinese population, the Spanish island of Ibiza, located in the east, has launched a new website in Chinese language. The island, which is the third largest of the archipelago of the Balearic Islands, launched the website the FITUR event being held from January 17 to 21. The Chinese travellers, who wished to travel in groups earlier, are now turning to individual travellers and this is the right time to attract them to the destinations. Conversing with a non-English speaking Chinese traveller is a bit of a difficult task for the destination ... Read more

Lamborghini Urus, the new Super SUV from the brand, got full booking in India after the global launch. Priced at Rs 3 crores, the car is the second version of its SUV segment. photo courtesy: lamborgini.com Though it’s an SUV, Urus follows the same design philosophy of its other sports models such as Aventador and Hurricane. Interior of the car has the same cockpit model arrangements in the dashboard that resembles a typical Lamborgini. Currently Urus is the fastest luxury SUV in the world with a top speed of 305 kmph. The car’s DNA is unleashed with a 4.0-litre V8 ... Read more

Jambojet is all set to start flights into Wajir, the capital and largest town in Wajir County. The maiden flight on the new route will take off from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on 14, February using one of their Bombardier Q400NextGen aircraft. Now into its fourth year of operations, the airline is targeting growing domestic travel market comprising of traders, investors, government workers and employees of local and international aid agencies to consolidate its position in Kenya’s foremost low cost airline market. Jambojet fares from Nairobi to Wajir will start from Ksh 5,200 (inclusive of taxes) making travel ... Read more

Luambe National Park, one of the oldest and smallest national parks in Zambia, is declared the most carbon neutral National Park in the world. The 254 km² park located on the eastern bank of the Luangwa, is awarded the most carbon neutral in the world by a USAID-funded Community Forests Program (CFP) implemented by BioCarbon Partners (BCP), in partnership with the Zambian Government. This world-first level of carbon neutrality means the emissions of all tourism and conservation management activities within with the park are offset, including all international tourist airline travel. Platinum is the highest possible carbon rating available from ... Read more

Sushma Swaraj inaugurating the 60th Post Office Passport Seva Kendra at Karaikal, Puducherry, in a function presided over by Shri V. Narayanaswamy, CM of Puducherry. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that the ministry had decided to reduce the cost of Passport fee for 10 per cent. “Children and senior citizen would be the main beneficiaries,” she added. “We are committed to simplify the entire process of passport services with a view to processing all applications in a speedy and transparent manner and have taken a series of reforms,” she said after inaugurating a POPSK (Post Office Passport ... Read more

Social Media giant Facebook is analysing its latest feature to add stories from desktop  in order to boost its stories section like that of Instagram. Facebook engineers are constantly researching on latest updates to generate more revenue through advertising. Photo courtesy:facebook.com “We are testing the option to create and share ‘Stories’ from Facebook on desktop and are also testing moving the Stories tray from the top right corner to above News Feed, just like on mobile,” said Facebook spokesperson. This feature could also add more prominence to group admins, event creators who are constantly in touch with a desktop. The ... Read more

The federal government of United States shutdowns after a funding bill collapsed due to the weak response from the Democrats. Problems occurred after the Democrats demanding to loosen the immigration law. “We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands,” said a statement issued by White House. Photo Courtesy: The Hill Military and other services would be restored but government officers as well as diplomats won’t get their payment until the problem gets under control. This is the second time for America that the economic crisis repeated after 5 years. ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: VisitScotland Scotland sets new record with 15 per cent increase in overseas arrivals in 2017. The new flight routes and favourable exchange rates are said to be the driving forces behind the increase in foreign tourist arrivals. The combined number of domestic and overseas tourists in Scotland has increased by two percent, taking the tally to 14.1 million visitors. Overnight trips by Great Britain residents for holiday purpose increased to 8.5 per cent compared to the January-September 2016 period. Expenditure increased £163 million or 12.7 per cent to £1.5 billion over the same period. Although September 2017 saw ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: Royal Zambezi Lodge, Lower Zamberi Zambia and Spain signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an aim to boost cooperation in the tourism sector. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing International Trade Fair for Tourism in Madrid. Minister for Tourism and Arts, Charles Banda signed on behalf of the southern African nation while his counterpart Matilde Pastora Asian Gonzalez signed on behalf of her country. The agreement was aimed at further cooperation in the areas of wildlife management and combating illegal wildlife hunting, development of meetings, conferences and events, development of sports tourism , cultural ... Read more

Inauguration of the EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY) 2018. Photo Courtesy: Elzbieta Bienkowska The EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY) 2018 is officially launched from the Doge’s Palace in Venice, Italy on January 19, 2018. Qi Xuchun, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Elzbieta Bienkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, launched the official opening of 2018 EU-China Tourism Year. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker sent congratulatory messages to the opening ceremony of the China-European Union (EU) Tourism Year “Today, China and Europe are making efforts to ... Read more