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Australia is one of the most preferred spot for the international tourists. This fact is confirmed by the new statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The statistics reveal that a record number of 9.02 million international visitors last year. This records a huge increase of 7.7 per cent while compared to last year. The sudden rise in Australia’s sector is attributed to the tourism flow led by China. The majority of tourists in Australia are from China, going beyond New Zealand as the major source of tourists to the country. The total number accounts to one-sixth of the tourists, ... Read more

Glasgow is home to many famous bands and music venues. Music is a major source of recreation and revenue to the city. The music industry along contributes £160 million for the local economy. However, a new report has disclosed that the international attendees for the music events are just two per cent. The report also contains 22 suggestions for promoting the city’s music scene to international tourists. The main recommendation is to have a dedicated music district across the city for attracting the international attendees. The other recommendations include promoting live music at Glasgow Airport, introduce techno tours, launch interactive ... Read more

Fazilka is a small city near the Indo-Pak border. Though not ranked among the best tourist spots in the country, the city is now aiming to make a mark on the tourism map. The plan is to make the city into a tourist area by encouraging border area tourism. The venture is planned with the support of civil society, hospitality industry and district administration. They had conducted a conference named ‘Fazilka Rising’, in order to discuss on utilizing city’s tourism potential. The delegates from Punjab Tourism Department also attended the conference along with other major dignitaries from the hospitality industry. ... Read more

In an initiative to boost tourism prospective in the country, Myanmar tourism authorities has decided to develop one more ancient limestone cave, Hpa Baung, located at Kyaikmaraw township in Mon state as an ecotourism zone inside one year. The Hpa Baung limestone cave conserved by the Archaeology, National Museum and Library Department is one of the largest natural of its kind in Mon state. The authorities also plan to develop a spring in that area in harmony with the ecotourism spot. According to forestry department, Hpa Baung and the surrounding areas are expected to be extended to 446 acres as ... Read more

Time for Madhya Pradesh to be proud again as Indore has been ranked as the cleanest city for the second time in a row by the Union Urban Affairs Ministry. However, the glory doesn’t limit to it as the state capital Bhopal flowed Indore as the second best cleanest city in the country. Chandigarh was picked as the third cleanest city. Indore to Madhya Pradesh is compared to what Mumbai is to India. The district has a prominent part in the growth of the state as it contributes around 35 per cent of the state’s GDP. Aided by a lot ... Read more

Indians love to spend on travel and spiritual tourism is one which is gaining attention in the country. Reports indicate a considerable growth in spiritual tourism as many Indians love visiting popular pilgrimage sites like Puri, Varanasi, Tirupati etc. The reports are based on the hotel searched and booking made at travel search engine Ixigo. The results show that the hotel bookings at pilgrimage sites are going up every month. Hotel bookings in Puri have gone up by 60 per cent, Varanasi by 48 per cent, Shirdi by 19 per cent and Tirupati by 19 per cent.  Lucknow leads the ... Read more

  Laurels are always in rhyme with Kerala Tourism. Now, Kerala has been voted as the best Indian destination for families by world’s largest travel magazine Lonely Planet. Kerala was selected as the best Indian destination for families through an online poll conducted among the readers of the magazine. The award was received today by the Tourism Director Balakiran IAS at an award function held at St. Regis Hotel, Mumbai. This is the second time Kerala is winning this award, the first one coming in 2016. Kerala won the ‘Best Destination for Romance’ for Munnar in last year’s Lonely Planet ... Read more

Jatayu Nature Park is one of the most anticipated tourism projects in Kerala. The park began its partial operation as the Adventure Rock Hill was opened in December 2017. The fully functional park was set to open on May 23rd, but the inauguration has been shifted on grounds of Chengannur by-election set for May 28th. As per reports, the park will be open within the second week of June. The park situated at a whopping 65 acres of land holds the distinction of having the world’s first functional sculpture. It is also India’s first fully fenced park with all safety ... Read more

One the historically important destinations in Kerala, the Kappad beach, has been shortlisted by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) for the prestigious Blue Flag certification. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched pilot project ‘Blue Flag’ to develop and enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches. The ‘Blue Flag’ is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that a beach, Marina or sustainable boating tourism operator, meets its stringent standards. Its purpose is to enhance standards of cleanliness, upkeep and basic amenities at beaches. Kappad is the only beach that was selected from the ... Read more

Arunachal Pradesh is planning to invite bids for a fixed-wing flight service to Mechuka, with an advance landing ground (ALG) that is closest to the border with China. The state would be floating a tender for operating nine-seater flights between Mechuka and Guwahati or Dibrugarh (Assam) or both. The state had earlier invited tenders but had to re-tender as there was only one bidder. The 4,200 feet long landing strip at Mechuka’s ALG had reconstructed, expanded and made operational by April last year. In November 2016, the Indian Air Force (IAF), which controls this ALG, successfully landed a C-17 Globemaster, a large ... Read more

Two projects worth Rs 48 crore was approved by the Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in a plan to encourage tourism in Tripura, said State Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy. The allotted funds will be used for repairing and developing two roads that connect Chabimura and Tirthamuk, two tourism spots at Amarpur sub-division in Gomati district. The projects were approved last week in New Delhi at a meeting of the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme, an inter-ministerial body. Chabimura, on the hills on the bank of river Gomati is famous for its rock carvings dating ... Read more

Central Railways is planning to implement a buyback policy for plastic bottles along with installing plastic bottle crushing machines at major stations as Maharashtra is all set to implement a statewide plastic ban from June 23. One of the biggest challenges the railways face is that of plastic containers, including bottles, entering Maharashtra from other States. Within Maharashtra, the government is proposing to have plastic bottles with a buyback price printed on it. The Railways is considering to extend the buyback policy only for approved manufacturers of the railways and on bottles that print the buyback price. The railway officials would be meeting the ... Read more

The 53 member countries of the Antarctic Treaty at their annual meeting held in Buenos Aires warned that tourism should be regulated in Antarctica urgently owing to the environmental threats it possesses. According to French authorities, 44,000 tourists visited Antarctica during the austral summer of 2016-17 when compared with just 9,000 tourists in 1995-96. Segolene Royal, French ambassador for the Arctic and Antarctic poles, said that with the lack of rules and regulations, travel agencies offer trips to Antarctica on boats equipped with helicopters or submarines occasionally. “These activities create considerable disturbance. We are witnessing a race toward large-scale tourism ... Read more

Budget carrier IndiGo will commence flight services to Hubli from Goa and Kochi from June 2018, using an ATR plane. The launch of these services to Hubli from 28 June, which will be the airline’s 52nd destination, is aimed at consolidating IndiGo’s position further in the southern India market. The Gurugram-headquartered low cost carrier will also operate additional flights between Hubli-Chennai, Hubli- Bengaluru and Hubli- Ahmedabad with Airbus A320, starting July 1. IndiGo currently operates 1,086 flights per day to to 50 destinations including eight international ones with a fleet of 160 planes, which includes regional jets ATR. The carrier has already ... Read more

Amsterdam has unveiled plans to rein in tourism, reflecting the dissatisfaction of many residents who feel the city’s centuries-old center has been overrun. The citizens and the political parties have decided upon returning the “Balance to the City,” in a document that amounts to part of a governing pact. “The positive sides of tourism such as employment and city revenues are being more and more overshadowed by the negative consequences,” including trash and noise pollution,” the document said. The document outlines changes including curtailing “amusement transportation” such as multiperson “beer bikes,” cracking down on alcohol use in boats on the canals, further ... Read more