The survey reveals that tourists take over an hour and sometimes one-and-a-half hours at Mumbai airport for their visas ... Read more

Airlines are participating in a special fare scheme offered by travel portals, 'opaque fares', where neither the identity of the carrier nor the flight details are revealed till payment is through and ticketing done ... Read more

Powerful Senators to introduce a legislation in the Senate on a comprehensive visa reform which, if enacted into law, would facilitate visitors and business visas within three days ... Read more

In 2011, the ministry identified 2,169 websites with photos of women in sensual poses and invitations for sexual encounters ... Read more

The government plans to develop adventure, health, medical/wellness, religious, eco-tourism, cultural and heritage, hinterland, backwater and other forms of innovative tourism activities in Goa ... Read more

Besides the increase in Service tax, one of the factors fuelling this increase is the fees, surcharges and taxes being tacked on to every aspect of travel in a transparent or indirect manner ... Read more

Allocates Rs 228 crore budget for tourism development ... Read more

International Air Connectivity of India to Improve Substantially  ... Read more

Also forms Inter-Ministerial Working Group to Look into Ailing Air Industry ... Read more

Fares for first and second class passengers in air-conditioned carriages would still go up, but there would be no increase for other classes of travel more commonly used by the poor ... Read more