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» Tourists in Kashmir inconvinienced due to power failure

Many tourists in Srinagar are planning to cut short their holiday; Gulmarg has power, but faces shortage of water ... Read more

» Gujarat Tourism to spend Rs 5,500 crore to ramp up infrastructure in 2 yrs

TCGL is also spending another Rs 170 to develop 14 new beach resorts in the state by June this year; expects over 2.25 crore visitors, including foreign and domestic travellers, in FY12 ... Read more

» China, Taiwan and Japan promise Rs 200 crore aid to develop Bihar

Bihar government is preparing to transform the state into a world-class destination for religious and historical tourism ... Read more

» New airport terminal at Indore to be operational by January end

The new terminal at the Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar has been constructed at a cost of Rs 135 crore; the domestic airlines companies are all set to shift their offices to the new venue ... Read more

» Hong Kong records 42 million tourist arrivals

The number of holiday makers to the city increased 16.4 percent from 2010 to 41.92 million, with about two-thirds coming from mainland China ... Read more

» India issues Travel Advisory against travelling to Syria

Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Syria for the present in view of the situation prevailing in parts of Syria ... Read more

» Kerala losing its shine to other destinations

Global recession, better marketing by other states & introduction of tourist packages to countries like Indonesia and Sri Lanka were the major reasons for the fall in the growth rate ... Read more

» Tourists make a beeline for Himachal to enjoy snowfall

Competitions like igloo making, snow statue, snowballs, snowman, fun races, snow mobile stunts, paragliding on snow etc would be organized in Manali during Manali winter carnival ... Read more

» Nepal to accord priority industry status to its Tourism sector

NATTA AGM held; Pavitra Kumar Karki takes over as the president with new team in place ... Read more

» India received 6.29 million foreign tourists & earned $ 16,564 million in forex in 2011

Growth of 8.9% as compared to the FTAs of 5.78 million in 2010; Foreign Exchange Earning growth of 19.6% ... Read more

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