Though their numbers have swelled, the buzz in the Bardez coastal belt is that Russians are poor spenders who are haggling over prices, even in restaurants ... Read more

The annual inbound travel trade show is now up for a bid from firms and re-scheduled for August 2014 ... Read more

Feel pessimistic about business and the perception of India as a tourist destination abroad ... Read more

Goa Tourism has approved of 28 projects that will be completed in the next 3 years ... Read more

There are around 250 authorised tourist guides in the state, including 159 in Mumbai, 76 in Aurangabad (including 10 guides of the Archaeological Survey of India) and 10 in Pune ... Read more

The home ministry agreed to address issues like reduction in visa fee and not treating a visit to a hospital while being on a tourist visa as a criminal offence ... Read more

This year (upto October), 80,000 Russians visited Goa while at the end of the tourist season in April-May 2014, this figure is expected to cross the mark of 1 lakh ... Read more

Notably, the air-travel distance between Kolkata and Kunming at just under 1,500 km is less than the distance between Kolkata and New Delhi ... Read more

The objective of the new changes is to put the entire gamut of tourism services online ... Read more

Facility to be available at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Thiruvanathapuram and Goa & some of the seaports ... Read more