There is also a need to address issues like high luxury taxes on hotels by states and ensure greater cleanliness and safety for tourists ... Read more

Telecom, tourism and railways have been the best performers in services sector in India ... Read more

Both sides also explored the possibilities of promoting joint venture investment in the field of hotel industry and tourism infrastructural sector ... Read more

In travel, important source markets for inbound tourism such as Europe, USA and UK have been reeling under slowdown pressures, thereby bringing down activity ... Read more

The government has extended one year services of advertising agency ‘Ogilvy and Mather’ ... Read more

While one advisory would not have had such an impact, there had been a series of bad news in the last few months feels Travel Industry Executives ... Read more

Also has recommended that like airports, seaports and railways, hotels also should be included as an infrastructural facility eligible for benefits under Section 80 I A of the Income Tax Act ... Read more

The emphasis would also be on cultural, historical and archaeological exchanges ... Read more

The Ministry of Tourism has launched an effort to popularise the town where the film Zero Dark Thirty was shot and inform potential visitors about how to get there ... Read more

Local tourism industry has lost all hope and has virtually withdrawn from the festival which, many feel, serves no real purpose in terms of tourism promotion ... Read more