Once the package was successful, other like minded states in the region would be roped in ... Read more

Places like Darjeeling in North Bengal and islands of Sundarbans offer immense scope for tourism development; however, lack of adequate infrastructure was a major bottleneck ... Read more

The state tourism department had floated the tenders twice for starting the tourist bus service to important religious places but no transporters showed any interest in making a bid ... Read more

Inflight Channel 2 will broadcast an episode on Kerala and their in-flight magazine Reesha will feature articles on Kerala in the next three months ... Read more

Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim get maximum tourism awards ... Read more

Renowned dolphin specialist Ric O'Barry had called on chief minister Prithviraj Chavan to stop plans to construct a marine mammal park (Sea World) along the Arabian Sea coastline in Sindhudurg ... Read more

Domestic tourists contributed Rs 17,542.5 crore during 2007-11 while overseas tourists accounted for Rs 714.14 crore, State not so popular abroad ... Read more

New Categories of awards for “The Best State : Campaign Clean India”, “Best Heritage City” and “Best Heritage Walk” have also been introduced ... Read more

The other nominated states for the award included states like Jammu & Kashmir and Assam ... Read more

The government had provided Rs 4.32 crore for the construction of road, restaurant, guest house, casino and toilets ... Read more