Inbound News

» Tourist availing Visa on Arrival Scheme register a decline of 7.6 percent in April 2012

During the period January-April 2012, the maximum number of VoAs were issued at Delhi airport (2966), followed by Mumbai (1125), Chennai (652) and Kolkata (302) ... Read more

» Foreign Tourist Arrivals during April, 2012 touched 4.52 lakh

A growth of just 3.3% in April 2012 over April 2011 ... Read more

» Parliament panel pulls up tourism ministry for low tourist traffic

The Committee said Rs 194 crore were spent on overseas promotions upto February 2012 which was not commensurate with the return in the form of number of foreign tourist arrivals ... Read more

» MTDC to develop seven Buddhist tourist circuits at a cost of over Rs 70 crore

Areas include Mumbai-Thane, Nashik-Pune, Aurangabad I and II, Nagpur and Satara Raigad circuits ... Read more

» India extends online visa application system to 8 more cities across the world

IVFRT made operational at Indian missions at Perth in Australia, Houston and Chicago in the United States, Tehran in Iran, Cairo in Egypt, Taipei in Taiwan and Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand ... Read more

» Goa Hosted 2.68 Million Tourists in 2011-12

Of this, 4.8 lakh were foreigners as 900 chartered flights landed in Goa carrying more than half the number of foreigners who hit Goa's beaches this year ... Read more

» Russian, Chinese tourists flocking to Kerala

There are plans to explore new markets in the Middle East. Marketing has been started in Australia and Middle East ... Read more

» Goa plans to target tourists from UAE, Iran

Will also go to travel marts in Poland, Hungary and Austria to attract charter flights from these countries ... Read more

» The 10th Annual Convention of ATOAI to be held in Guwahati on October 28-31, 2012

Outdoor activities like swimming with the dolphins, visiting tea gardens, etc to be part of the meet ... Read more

» GITB 2013 will be held on April 14-16

GITB 2012 witnesses close to 23% increase in prefixed appointments ... Read more

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