Destination News & Feature

» Persons on tourist visas cannot run taxis in Goa: CRT

Responds to Russian ambassador to India, Alexander Kadakin, defending the right of Russians to operate tourist taxis because the tourists are charged 10 times more than the actual fare ... Read more

» Maharashtra govt. plans to keep checks on tourists, vehicles entering Kas plateau

Authorities plan to implement safeguards to minimize the threat to the biodiversity of Kas plateau in Satara district, which is on Unesco's world heritage list ... Read more

» Temple town of Madurai needs better infrastructure for tourism: official

The district administration, municipal corporation and business establishments must come together to make Madurai one of the best tourist spots in South India says the Collector ... Read more

» North Korea town of Sinuiju opens to tourists for day trips

Most of the tourists visit North Korean are the people who are interested in politics, social matters, and discovering different things ... Read more

» Bihar CM invites private sector to develop tourism infrastructure in the state

Over 11 lakh foreign tourists visited the state last year compared to only 94,000 in 2006 ... Read more

» JK Tourism holds Roadshows at Jeddah, Riyadh and Damaam in Saudi Arabia

Planning to organise various familiarisation tours for operators from Middle East ... Read more

» Two international tour operators stop tours to Andaman to protest against human safaris

UK based Survival International's call for a tourism boycott of the islands until 'human safaris' are stopped ... Read more

» Karnataka Govt. mulls establishing Karnataka Tourism Infrastructure Limited

Plans to enact a tourism and trade facilitation act & also considering a proposal to set up a Tourism Board ... Read more

» Thawatchai Arunyik to be next governor at Tourism Authority of Thailand from 22 Dec

His main challenge is to push for the generation of Bt2 trillion in tourism revenue in 2015, in line with the government's stated goal ... Read more

» Tourism in Karnataka lacks infrastructure and human resource: Minister

Proper roads, transportation and other basic facilities for the tourist needs to be improved ... Read more

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