Outbound News

» Tourist Visa-on-Arrival see an up of 14.75 per cent in July

During the period January-July 2012, a total number of 7662 VoAs were issued as compared to 6594 VoAs during corresponding period of 2011 registering a positive growth of 16.2% ... Read more

» Exotic locales in far-off places see a rise in the Big Fat Indian Weddings

Last week tourism officials from Mauritius flew into Mumbai with itineraries that included meetings scheduled with wedding planners ... Read more

» Kerala to launch its own airlines to fly to the GCC nations

The new airlines 'Air Kerala' to follow the public-private partnership model & aim to ease problems of NRIs travelling between Kerala and the GCC nations ... Read more

» MoCA asks airlines to submit foreign operation plans by August end

Ministry was not in favour of allowing international airlines to operate more flights into India till domestic carriers catch up with them; Move might dash the chance of Indian airports being global hubs ... Read more

» MoCA invites Fresh tenders for operating Haj flights

Earlier, MoCA had accepted the bid documents submitted by SpiceJet and Saudi Arabian airlines even as they failed to meet the tender specifications ... Read more

» IndiGo launches daily flights from Hyderabad and Delhi to Dubai

Had recently announced its international flights from Delhi to Muscat, Kathmandu, Dubai, Singapore and Bangkok as well as flights from Mumbai to Bangkok and Dubai ... Read more

» Tourism Australia launches its new global promotional campaign

'There's Nothing like Australia' campaign shows these assets in a contemporary, sophisticated, energetic and inspiring way; Also Doubles its marketing spend in India ... Read more

» The 3rd annual Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix to kick off on Oct 12

At 5.615km, it is the longest circuit in Asia and the second longest in the world after Monza Circuit (5.793km) in Italy; It is the 17th in the line-up of 19 races held around the world ... Read more

» Indian Navy blamed for delaying round-the-clock flight operations in Vizag

Silk Air is contemplating whether to go ahead with its plans to introduce a direct flight, as the deadlock over running the airport 24 hours a day continues ... Read more

» Canada looks to woo more tourists from India, China and Brazil

Faces "ferocious" competition from countries with larger marketing budgets, overnight arrivals were down from Germany, the U.K., Japan, South Korea and Mexico ... Read more

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