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Israeli tourism sector has been showing a growing trend during the year 2018. Nearly 4 million visitors have visited the historical country, since the beginning of the year. Around 389,000 tourists visited Israel in November alone, as per reports. There has been persistent growth in tourism over the past two years and the authorities are expecting record number of tourists this year, if the trend continues. It is expected to have around four million visitors by the end of the year. The country has hosted around 3.8 million tourists during the period January – November 2018, which is 14 per ... Read more

Chinese tourists can now directly book a tour package to Rwanda on the online travel platform of Alibaba. It was announced by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) on Wednesday in a statement. The launch of ‘Visit Rwanda’ pavilion on Alibaba’s travel arm, Fliggy, followed the launch of the Chinese e-commerce giant’s Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) in October, which aims at promoting tourism in Rwanda. Rwandan government and Alibaba have signed a MoU for the purpose.  According to the MoU, eWTP, Fliggy and the RDB will work together to promote Rwanda as a tourist destination through a Rwanda Tourism Store ... Read more

Agoda and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah sign MoU to achieve vision 2030 goal of 30 million pilgrims Agoda, one of the world’s fastest growing online travel agents (OTA), and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) supporting the Kingdom’s vision of 2030 goal to increase its capacity to over 30 million pilgrims by utilizing Agoda’s technology and travel expertise, marketing platform capabilities, intelligence tools and resources. The agreement was signed on Monday 3 December, 2018 by H E Dr Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten, the Saudi minister of Hajj and ... Read more

Madhya Pradesh Tourism has successfully concluded an event on Adventure Tourism  from December 4 to 5, focusing on adventure tourism by combining marketplace meetings, networking opportunities, inspirational speakers and educational sessions together for national attendees as well as delegations from aboard. Around 200 participants attended the event, including global buyers, media representatives, sellers and office bearers of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) and hotels, hospitality and tour operators. Suman Billa- Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Swadesh Kumar- President of ATOAI and Akshay Kumar- Chairman of Adventure NEXT committee were also present. “Madhya Pradesh is truly honored ... Read more

China Southern Airlines will commence new non-stop service from Los Angeles to Shenyang, China from December 18th, 2018. Shenyang is located in the northeast corner of China and is the fourth largest city in the country. China Southern Airlines customers will now have new options to explore Asia with a new service between Los Angeles and Shenyang, China. The new flight will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The flight will depart from Los Angeles at 12.40 am and arrive at Shenyang at 5.10 am and will return from Shenyang at 1.20 am and arrive at Los Angeles at 9 pm. The ... Read more

The Highest Lake Adventurer and explorer Daniel Bull has taken out one of the most sought-after titles in the field of extreme sports, achieving ‘The Highest Kayak on Earth,’ near the summit of the world’s highest volcano, Ojos del Salado. And he has been recognised by Guinness World Records for his achievement. Bull achieved the new world record for ‘The Highest Altitude Kayak’ at an altitude of 5,707 m, covering a distance of over 2.5 km and using his ice axe to pull himself and his kayak along the surface of the frozen lake to break the ice and prepare ... Read more

The Secretary, Railway Board, Ranjanesh Sahai and the Director & General Manager of Madame Tussauds, Anshul Jain exchanging the signed MoU between Ministry of Railways National Rail Museum (NRM) and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, in New Delhi. Ministry of Railways’ National Rail Museum (NRM) and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum join hands together to provide an amazing combo offer to Delhi NCR tourists. As a part of the collaboration, a special discount of 35 per cent on ticket prices will be offered to NRM visitors when they visit Madame Tussauds Museum. Similarly, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum visitors will be getting an ... Read more

Graphical representation of the Bullet train passing through the floating pipeline Travelling between Mumbai and Fujairah in just 2 hours is something that cannot be possible in our wild imaginations. However, UAE’s National Advisor Bureau Limited has come up with a concept to traverse the distance of 2000 kilometers in 2 hours by underwater train, speeding through floating pipes. As per report of a local daily, the new futuristic project aims to connect India’s Mumbai with UAE’s Fujairah with an underwater bullet train that will run in floating tunnels. Proposed Railway Station in Fujairah “With this underwater railway link, the ... Read more

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that with the assistance of Centre, Northeast will focus on bamboo industry in a big way, since this is a sector which has not received the deserved attention inspite of the fact that over 60 per cent of India’s bamboo is grown in this region. Addressing the meeting of “NITI Aayog Forum for Northeast” in Guwahati, Dr Jitender singh said that under the directions of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi the home grown bamboo ... Read more

Narok County Government in South West Kenya has partnered with Reuters Plus, the branded content studio of a multimedia news provider, to launch ‘Moments of Wonder’, a global campaign documenting the evolving world of Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve and surrounding conservancies. The programme showcases the benefits tourism brings to the region. These include new opportunities for the Maasai people, female empowerment and the creation of local guardians who are protecting the remarkable wildlife for future generations. The ‘Moments of Wonder’ campaign comprises a digital interactive experience, including five videos and six first-person articles exploring the lives of the Maasai, ... Read more

Wide-body flight operations resumed at the Calicut International Airport in Kerala after a gap of three years, with Saudia Airlines from Jeddah landing at the airport. Airbus 330-300 of the Saudia Airlines landed in Karipur 11.10 am on Wednesday, 5th December 2018. The airport was partially closed on May 1, 2015, after the Airport Authority of India (AAI) banned operation of wide-bodied aircrafts including Boeing 777 and B747-400 and Airbus 330 for the runway re-carpeting, to ensure safety of passengers. A convoy of Kerala MPs have visited the Union Aviation Minister several times to seek permission for making the airport ... Read more

The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu has said that India has the potential to become global aviation hub for MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) in view of the growing aviation business, huge pool of engineering talent and low labour costs. He was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the first international flight from Vijayawada to Singapore and laying foundation stone for the Integrated Passenger Terminal Building at Vijayawada Airport, in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha, the Minister for Finance, Andhra Pradesh, Y Ramakrishnudu, the ... Read more

Indian Railways will run a glass-enclosed ‘vistadome’ coach on the Kalka-Shimla route in the next ten days. It was announced by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Coal, Government of India, on his twitter page. “A view of the glass-enclosed Vistadome coach in Kalka, which is scheduled to run on the Kalka-Shimla route in the next 10 days. For the first time, tourists in Shimla will experience snow & rainfall in these glass-enclosed coaches and truly relish Himachal’s scenic landscape” tweeted the minister. Interior of the coach Passengers can have a 360 degree view of the beautiful Himalayan landscape around ... Read more

Emirates, Etihad, flydubai, Air Arabia and Al Fursan took to the skies in unison on December 2, 2018 to celebrate the UAE’s 47th National Day, as well as commemorate the legacy and values of HH Sheikh Zayed. The late founding father of the UAE dedicated his life and leadership to unify and shape a better collective future for the nation, and today’s formation flight is a soaring display of unity as all four carriers showcase the UAE’s aviation success story to the nation and world. The spectacular flypast – a world-first and a UAE civil aviation milestone – involved over ... Read more

Kohima, Nagaland Neiphiu Rio, Nagaland chief minister to inaugurate the tourism project ‘Development of Tribal Circuit – Peren-Kohima-Wokha’, which was approved by the Ministry of Tourism in November 2015 for Rs. 97.36 crore. KJ Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism and Khehovi Yepthomi, Advisor for Tourism, Art & Culture will also be present on the occasion, taking place at Naga Heritage Village Kisama on December 5, 2018. The project is implemented under the ‘Swadesh Darshan Scheme’ of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Facilities like tribal tourist village, eco log huts, open air theater, tribal rejuvenation center, cafeteria, helipad, tourist interpretation ... Read more