Category: News

Emaar Entertainment, the pioneer of innovative entertainment, leisure and retail concepts, and a business of global developer Emaar Properties, is redefining the luxury cinema experience with its Reel Cinemas in Dubai. Reel Cinemas has brought never-before-seen experiences to the world by elevating its cinemas to the next level of operational excellence, technology innovation, luxurious amenities and the highest standards of service. These are also driven by several global-first partnerships including with Dolby Cinema, ScreenX and its association with international restaurateur Guy Fieri. Recently, the all-new Reel Cinemas – The Dubai Mall, located in the world’s most visited retail and leisure ... Read more

Renounced tourist destination of Philippines – Boracay island – will reopen on October 26th 2018, but with restrictions to the number of tourists. The island was closed for six months as a rehabilitation effort of the environment. Boracay, located off the northern tip of the central island of Panay, is popular for its sugary white sands, greenish blue waters, lively nightlife and the availability of varied water sports, which attracted nearly 2 million domestic and foreign visitors last year. During last April, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the closure of the island, calling it a ‘cesspool’, as sewage and wastes were ... Read more

Maya Beach – crowded with tourists and speed boats Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea of Thailand, which was the set for the Hollywood film ‘The Beach’, has closed indefinitely to give its ecosystem to recover. The beach has become famous after the shooting of the film acted by Leonardo DiCaprio. It is estimated that around 6,000 tourists visited the beach every day, traversing in speedboat from the nearby resort islands of PhiPhi and Phuket and Krabi on the mainland. It is said to have affected the eco-system, especially the marine life like coral reefs ... Read more

Goa tourism department is inviting tender for providing comprehensive cleaning services in the beaches of the state, for a period of five years. Cleaning works will include collection, segregation, transportation and disposal of garbage from various beaches. 10th October 2018 is the last date to submit the tender. The previous contract for cleaning given to two Mumbai based contractors has ended up in controversy, alleging multi-crore scams associated in the award. Ram Cleaners and Developers Pvt. Ltd. And Bhumika Clear Tech Services were the companies who got the previous contract in 2016. The Goa tourism department did not have the ... Read more

Antalya, a city in the southern part of Turkey, is emerging as the sought after tourist destination, with foreign tourists surging from all around the world. As per records revealed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey has hosted 27 million foreign visitors in total from January to August this year. Meanwhile the total number of foreigners visited Antalya alone is 11.4 million, constituting 42.2 per cent of the total tourist arrival in the country during the period and it is 28 per cent more than that of last year. Mostly tourists prefer Antalya for its sunny beaches to ... Read more

SpiceJet is introducing flights from Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN. The direct Ahmedabad-Jaisalmer-Ahmedabad and Surat-Jaisalmer-Surat flights will commence operations on October 31 and November 30, respectively. The routes were awarded to the airline under UDAN II. With the introduction of the two routes, SpiceJet will operate 25 daily flights under UDAN in straight 14 months since its first launch in July 2017. SpiceJet is also planning to enhance its operations on the Surat-Goa sector with a second direct flight from November 30. The airline’s Ahmedabad–Patna flights will operate from October ... Read more

Proposed stage of the event Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui autonomous region of China to host the final of Miss Tourism of the Globe contest 2018, which is taking place from 7th to 14th October, 2018. This is the first time, China is hosting the event. The city is going to host the event for forthcoming five years. With this event, the government of Zhongwei aims to promote the city internationally and expects the event to give the local tourism industry and the economy a strong boost. Forty contestants from 70 different countries and regions will take part in this year’s event, ... Read more

IndiGo is planning to launch non-stop flights between Kuala Lumpur-Bangalore and Kuala Lumpur-Delhi. The new flight routes will come into effect from November 15 onwards. The new flights are designed to cater to business and leisure travellers from these cities. “We are pleased to announce Kuala Lumpur as our 12th international destination effective November 2018. Malaysia provides a complete package for business travellers, holiday makers, the meeting and conference segment. We see great potential on the India- Malaysia route due to the extensive cultural, business and tourism links between the two countries,” said William Boulter, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo. “IndiGo will ... Read more

Goa’s tourism season will start from 4th October 2018, with arrival of the first chartered flight from Russia, carrying tourists. It was informed by Savio Messiah, President of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG). Goa has its conventional visitors from Russia and the UK to cheer the tourist season, though there is competition from the Middle East and European countries. Now a days Goa does not have an off season, as the domestic tourists who come from across the country makes it lively throughout the year, even in monsoon. The state’s lone airport has been receiving a good ... Read more

India and Usbekistan signed 17 agreements for cooperation in various sectors, including tourism, visa free travel for diplomats, national security, training of diplomats and human trafficking The agreements were signed during the visit of the Usbekistan’s Presiden Shavkat Mirziyoyev in New Delhi on Monday, 1st October 2018. The agreements signed between the two countries include cooperation on agricultural and related sectors, science and technology, military education and in health and medical science sector. A MoU for cooperation in the pharmacy sector also signed. Other areas of cooperation include prevention of human trafficking and illicit narcotic drugs. An agreement also signed ... Read more

Marriott International reveals Robust expansion plans across Africa. The hospitality major said it is also expecting to increase portfolio by 50 per cent with over 200 hotels and 38,000 rooms by 2023. From the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) in Nairobi, Kenya, Marriott International today announced rapid expansion plans across Africa. Strong demand for select-service brands and conversion opportunities are driving the momentum of growth for the company, amplified by five new hotel signings. The new signings will further consolidate Marriott International’s presence in Ghana, Kenya, Morocco and South Africa and mark the company’s entry into Mozambique. The signings put ... Read more

Chinese National Day Celebrations at Tian’anmen Square China’s National Day holiday marked massive tourist activities across the country. As per reports from the Ministry of Tourism, around 122 million Chines people travelled around the country on Monday, 1st October 2018. This is 7.54 per cent more than that of the same period in last year. Revenue from domestic tourism for a single day reached around USD 15 billion, which is 7.19 per cent more than last year. This was revealed by the National Tourism Data Center. China has been celebrating their 69th Anniversary of the formation of People’s Republic of ... Read more

Backwaters of Alappuzha are in the process of revival after the chaos of the rain and floods. In order to convey the message that Alappuzha is ready to receive tourists to its backwaters, the Alappzuha District Tourism Promotion Council is organizing a campaign with the tag line ‘Back to Backwaters’. The authorities are planning to have boat rally from the finishing point of the Nehru trophy boat race.The event will start on 5th October at 8:00 Am, with a bike rally of women, which will start from Alappuzha beach and conclude at the boat race finishing point. A photo exhibition ... Read more

Tocklai Tea Research Institute Foundation stone for a Tea Tourism Center has laid by Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister of Assam at Tocklai Tea Research Institute in Jorhat on 30th September 2018. The Tea Tourism Center to be built under the signature project of the state, ‘Uttaran Scheme’. Speaking on the occasion, Sonoval said that the tea industry of Assam has been facing tough competition in the world tea market, especially due to entry of new countries in the tea production sector. “In order to put up with the challenging situation, the state tea industry have to upgrade the quality of ... Read more

An encouraging response to the Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) has prompted the idea of a much spacious permanent venue from the next edition of what is already the country’s biggest tourism event, organisers said on Sunday. KTM-2020 will also be plastic-free even as the September 27-30 venue of the biennial event took exceptional care to ensure cleanliness, they told a press conference. The just-concluded edition saw 35,000 buyer-seller meets, 15,000 of them involving delegates from foreign countries. Kerala Tourism Secretary Rani George emphasised that KTM-2018 has enabled a general change in public perception that last month’s deluge has crippled the ... Read more