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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

Deccan Aviation Pvt Ltd still unable to obtain an NOC from the DGCA event after 9 months of declaring the project

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

The Karnataka Tourism department proposes to develop the region as \'Switzerland of Karnataka\'

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

Tax collection barriers on the State borders of UP have been causing inconvenience to tourists, MoT wanted them to be shifted to interiors in UP to have freedom of movement for tourists in NCR

GITB 2012 witnesses close to 23% increase in prefixed appointments

Picturesque Mechuka Valley is about 29 km from MacMahon Line which separates India from China, in West Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh

CM Akhilesh Yadav asks officials to prepare the plan for proposed international airport in Agra

features Unknown Attractions around the Known Destinations, Rock Art of Madhya Pradesh and Temples of Madhya Pradesh

Announces a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 for a tagline that will be inseparable from the city’s identity; a a more aggressive marketing campaign to be launched to change the perception about the capital

J-K trying its best to woo the high-end tourists to visit the Valley

OTDC had identified two walk corridors (2.5 km each), consisting of a few tourist destinations, But the project is still stuck in limbo

Existing major destinations like Munnar, Fort Kochi, Bekkal and Alappuzha would get a facelift; Road shows will be conducted in Russia, China and Malaysia

With the licence valid only for a year, currently many of the licencees sublet the shacks, despite this being prohibited by the shack policy

Rajasthan has the benefit of having a beautiful desert, adventure tourism, heritage tourism and pilgrimage tourism and has a capacity of growing at a rate of 12 % that will boost the economy

Tourism development projects worth Rs 428.19 crore for creation of tourism-related infrastructure and development of tourist spots in Jammu and Kashmir

The two-day GITB is organised by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and FICCI

The Great Indian travel bazaar 2012 inaugurates today on April 15, 2012 in Jaipur

The public-private partnerships, which will be based on a revenue-sharing model, will help MTDC provide better tourist facilities particularly on the coastal belt

The number of foreign tourists visiting Punjab increased by almost 13,000 in 2011 as compared to 2010

German tourist Amalie Frank and her daughter Sweety were shocked to find the plastic material littered all over the white Rann & themselves removed the plastic and other materials from the spot

State government will form a Cluster Development Board so that the infrastructure in these areas can be fixed only after consulting the stakeholders

The corporation now has 57 hotels under its fold with 1,300 rooms

India, Thailand and China are by far our fastest growing destinations with annual growth rates of 15, 14 and 13 per cent respectively

The air fares were \"substantially high\" and continuing to rise, even touching Rs 17,000 one way between Delhi and Srinagar which was more than that between Delhi and Malaysia or Singapore: Tourism Director

Although the numbers have been rising, many feel there has been a qualitative decline

IRCTC & OTDC had signed an MoU six months back to explore tourism potential of the state and other regions in the country, not a single rail tour package has been sold till date

A major thrust will be laid upon pilgrimage and heritage tourism

Presently, MPSTDC has three caravans, one each stationed at Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur

Proposed to add some more religious and pilgrimage tour packages in the list of such tours offered by TTDCthe corporation

Coming up with grand plans to promote temple tourism in East Godavari, and are on the look out for temple lands to promote amenities for tourists

Proposed in the annual State Budget that all hotels are granted 50 per cent concession of tax payable during the off-season

The carnival would include cultural and religious events, adventure sports, handicrafts, music and traditional foods

The train would cover Akal Takht in Amritsar, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib at Talwandi, Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib (Anandpur), Takht Sri Patna Sahib (Patna) and Takht Sri Hazur Sahib at Nanded in Maharashtra

The fifth Great India Travel Bazaar (GITB) is going to be held April 15-17 2012 at Jaipur

Central & State govt signed a $43.84 million loan agreement for the second tranche of Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism

Tourism has not developed much in hinterland areas and successive governments have been promising incentives to entrepreneurs to extend the benefits of the tourism pie to villagers in remote areas

The department is also exploring business potential in smaller cities of the country from where this state has not been drawing enough tourists so far