State Tourism Board

» Kashmir tourism dept. to restore Buddhist sites to promote pilgrimage tourism

Places like Parihaspora, Harwan and Kanispura-Ushkura, which still have ruins of Buddhist monasteries, are planned to be included in department's pilgrimage tourism initiative ... Read more

» MTDC will present draft tourism plan for Matheran to its monitoring committee

Denies reports of its plans to open casinos or discos in Matheran as it is in ecologically sensitive zone; Plans to create new infrastructure like parking areas at Dasturi naka & also give face lift to tourist points ... Read more

» MPSTDC to develop Wanchoo Point near Indore as tourist attraction

Picturesque Wachoo Point is world's only and unique, gravity based water supply scheme ... Read more

» Himachal tourism dept. asks tourism service providers to improve quality

Lack of quality services up to a large extent was responsible for the declining of tourism activities in the state by 20 % ... Read more

» New Kerala Tourism campaign to focus on Ayurveda

A quality assurance policy will guide a visitor looking for therapeutic and rejuvenative programmes to ‘green leaf’ and ‘olive leaf’ grading for Ayurvedic institutions ... Read more

» Jabalpur gets a Rs 50 crore Central grant to boost tourism infrastructure

Katni, Mandla, Shahdol, Seoni and Amarkantak will also be developed; Jabalpurwill be projected as ‘mega circuit’ ... Read more

» Kerala to hold roadshows to woo tourists to shopping festival

To hold promotions at Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Indore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore before culminating at Kannur ... Read more

» Tourism in Himachal faces decline due to rising popularity of Kashmir

20% fall in last 3 months as Bitter experience of Tourists includes overcharging, misbehave by hotel staff, taxi driver and travel agents; Christmas and New Year bookings shifting to Kashmir ... Read more

» Jharkhand pins its hope on new Union Tourism Minister

With many proposals in final stages, State tourism minister Bimla Pradhan is expecting a go-ahead from the Union minister before they can see the light of the day ... Read more

» Goa tourism supports anti-smoking movie

Upcoming film, Cigarette Ki Tarah (CKT), which promotes anti-smoking, will also hold a charitable concert in Goa to raise funds for rehab centres to help people quit smoking ... Read more

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