Category: India

Sohra Town, Meghalaya As part of the state’s efforts to provide better health care facilities to the people, Meghalaya government is setting up an Ayush Hospital at Wahshari, Sohra (Cherrapunji). Alexander Laloo Hek (AL Hek), Health and Family Welfare Minister, has laid the foundation stone for the 50-bed Integrated AYUSH Hospital on Saturday, 17 November 2018. Delivering his address, the health minister expressed happiness that after years of continuous efforts and proposals, the Ministry of AYUSH under the National AYUSH Mission has allotted sanction for the setting up of two hospitals, one in Sohra and the other at Ri Bhoi ... Read more

As part of the State’s policy to boost sustainable tourism, Goa has introduced electric bikes (e-bikes) for tourists who visit Goa. The programme, first-of-its-kind in India, as claimed by the officials, were launched by the tourism minister Manohar Azgaonkar and Chairperson of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) Dayanand Sopte on Friday, 16th November 2018. The programme is implemented in association with Acris Tours Pvt Ltd. Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Azgaonkar and Chairperson of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) Dayanand Sopte at the launch of e-bikes Conceptualized by the electric vehicle tourism platform ‘B:Live’, e-bikes are equipped with hi-tech ... Read more

Aadi Mahotsav – a National Tribal Festival to celebrate, cherish and promote the spirit of tribal craft, culture, cuisine and commerce has started at Delhi Haat, INA on 16th November 2018. Jual Oram, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, inaugurated the event. The festival has been organized by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) from 16 to 30 November, 2018 at Dilli Haat, Indian National Airways Market (INA). “Tribes constitute over 8% population of our country. This is a very significant number. In real term, it corresponds to 10 crore Indians. The ... Read more

Nitin Gadkari , Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, to inaugurate two floating restaurants under the ongoing water front development work of Mumbai Port in Mumbai on 17th November 2018. It was announced by a press release by the Ministry of Shipping. Nitin Gadkari The Minister will also launch the Access Control and Radio-Frequency Identification System (RFID) as well as development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Invitation of tenders for Mumbai-Elephanta Ropeway and a Super Specialty Hospital at the Port also will be initiated by the minister. The two Floating Restaurants ... Read more

Rigzin Samphel, Tourism Secretary, along with other dignitaries on the inaugural function of ITM Jammu. Jammu’s Biggest Travel & Tourism Exhibition, Indian Travel Mart (ITM) Jammu kick started  at Hotel Ramada on 16th November. The event was inaugurated by Rigzin Samphel, Tourism Secretary, Government of Jammu & Kashmir. OP Bhagat, Director Tourism, Showkat Malik, Joint Director Tourism, S K Atri, Deputy Director Publicity, Rupali Mahajan, Assistant Director Tourism and other senior dignitaries from the Government department, delegates, exhibitors, travel agents, tour organizers and hoteliers were present on the occasion. Jammu & Kashmir Tourism, Gujarat Tourism, Jharkhand Tourism, West Bengal Tourism, Goa Tourism, ... Read more

IndiGo has launched non-stop flights between Allahabad and Bengaluru at a starting all-inclusive price of Rs 2,500. The flight started from Bengaluru on Thursday at 1:30 pm and reached Allahabad at 4:10 pm. The flight started from Allahabad at 4:40 pm and reached Bengaluru at 9:00 pm, an airline release said. With this new connectivity, Allahabad-Bengaluru has become the sixth RCS (Regional Connectivity Scheme – UDAN) route and the 60th destination on IndiGo’s network. Flight No 6E-5998 from Bengaluru will start at 1.30 pm and reach Allahabad at 4.10 pm. The flight will run daily except Tuesday, priced at Rs 2,500. ... Read more

Israel’s Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is planning to increase its services in Kerala to woo more tourists from the state to the Jewish state. Hassan Madah, IMOT – India and Philippines- Director was in Kochi on Thursday, 15th November 2018, as part of a road-show to promote Israel’s tourism. As per the Direcotr, Arkia Israeli Airlines has expressed interest in operating regular direct flights from South Indian cities, including Kochi, to Israel. Similarly, Israel will open a visa centre in Kochi if the number of tourists from Kerala visiting Israel increases in the future. “The tourism industry has seen the ... Read more

You don’t have to wait for long to check-in your baggage at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, anymore. The whole process of baggage check-in will take only 45 seconds from now on as the airport has deployed fully-automated self bag drop machines at the airport. The self bag drop machines will accelerate the baggage transaction and reduce check-in queues. Bengaluru Airport is the first in the country to introduce a large deployment of fully automated baggage drop-off units. The system, called Air.Go, has been designed and installed by Materna IPS. To begin with, this self-drop baggage system will be available ... Read more

Tourism Secretary Rashmi Verma at the roll out of the Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC) Programme. Rashmi Verma , The Union Tourism Secretary rolled out the  Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC) Programme in New Delhi on 15th November 2018. The programme was launched in Septet by the Union Tourism Minister, K J Alphons on the occasion of National Tourism Awards function & World Tourism Day. The participants will now be able to register for this programme through an online digital platform.  IITFC will enable Indian citizens to develop and enhance the skills associated with tourism, and where one ... Read more

As part of the beatification programmes of the capital city on the occasion of the Men’s Hockey World cup, a team of four international artists were assigned by the authorities for painting 3D murals on five walls Bhubaneswar. Tracy Lee Stum from Southern California and her team members Julio, G Dler and Ana Ronen painted murals in five different areas of the city. The artists have arrived to the city 16 days back to carry out the beatification process.  They were assigned one design each in different areas. Tracy painted a 3D mural of children playing swings and slides in ... Read more

Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers of the Indian Army has undertaken a unique Ultra Cycling Expedition as part of its Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Expedition was flagged off on 15 Aug 2018 from Secunderabad and will cover a distance of 25,000 kilometres across the country passing through all states, attempting at creating the Guinness World Record of most extended distance cycling through the country. The expedition has covered 18,350 kilometres till date. The team started its next phase by aiming to cycle around the ‘Golden Quadrilateral’- a total distance of 5,918 kilometres. The Expedition was flagged off on August ... Read more

The India International Cherry Blossom Festival 2018, celebrating the unique autumn flowering of Himalayan Cherry Blossoms kick started in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, with several cultural events. Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya inaugurated the event at Polo 5th Ground (Dalang Open Stage) on Wednesday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the CM said Cherry Blossom festival is one of the greatest aspects to promote tourism in Meghalaya and the festival will attract explorers to the State. “The trees have blossomed three weeks earlier. We can witness 70 per cent of the Cherry Blossom. It will be a great opportunity for the scientists and other ... Read more

Photo for representative purpose only India Travel Mart, Jammu, is all set to begin on 16th November 2018. The three day event is organized in association with the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department. The event is taking place at Hotel Ramada, Jammu City Centre, Gulab Singh Marg, Near Exhibition Ground, Jammu. Several state tourism boards, travel operators, agents, travel portals, hotels and resorts will participate in the event. The Travel Mart will cater the needs of tourists in terms of vacations, weekend getaways, family holidays, honeymoon, business trips, adventure, wildlife, desert safari and pilgrimage tourism. The exhibition timings are between ... Read more

Tourists visit in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has declined to more than half after the high court order banning night stay at the forest rest houses and restricted movement of vehicles in the reserve area. It was in August 10, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court had said, “We are of the view that no tourist should be permitted to stay overnight in national parks, protected forests and reserve forests in order to protect wildlife.” In an earlier order the same bench of the court had restricted the number of vehicles entering different zones in the reserve ... Read more

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has inaugurated the 5th North East Connectivity Summit at Tawang, organised  by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Tourism Connectivity’. “North East has unique and distinctive culture.The people are known for great hospitality.The Ministry of tourism wants to advertise it globally and put everything related to North East on the Global Map. Let #NorthConnectivitySummit be a good start #SustainableTourism,” tweeted Alphons K J, Union Minister for Tourism. The two-day summit is being attended by representatives and delegations from neighboring countries such as Bhutan and Bangladesh, ... Read more