Destination News & Feature

» North Korea opens its doors for tourists

Allows foreign tour groups, their cash and investors into the country, but under strict admonition to restrict movement and to avoid even the most casual contact with daily life ... Read more

» Hanuman statue in Shimla becomes a tourist attraction

Tourism department for 24-hr coffee shop in Shimla to boost night life ... Read more

» Oberoi group exits the Kathmandu based Soaltee Hotel

The 6.84 percent stake sold to Nepali firm Sibkrim Land and Industries of the NE Group ... Read more

» Kalam pitches for promoting spiritual tourism and agriculture in Bihar

Highlighting the presence of various significant spiritual centres like Bodhgaya, he stressed on making the province an international hub for spiritual tourism, to help in generating large-scale employment ... Read more

» Unregulated tourist rush taking toll on Valley tourism spots

Pahalgam resort is littered with garbage as too many tourist visit there, the way to Thajawas Glacier in Sonamarg littered with garbage and pony dung ... Read more

» International Golf Travel Market 2011 opens in Belek, Antalya, Turkey

More than 1,200 delegates from 60 countries are attending the four-day event ... Read more

» MMRDA revives its Gorai tourism project

Plans a botanical garden and a mangrove park in addition to water-sports facilities ... Read more

» Record foreign tourist traffic through Kochi airport on a single day

At least 4,800 tourists landed or departed from the airport yesterday. Around 1,200 tourists landed by chartered flights and an equal number reached by scheduled flights ... Read more

» Puducherry tourism devlpt corpn plans to promote eco and rural tourism

The administration also to set up an Arts and crafts village ... Read more

» Kerala backwaters project runs into rough weather

A Union Tourism Ministry communication that only Rs.5 crore has been allocated and not Rs.50 crore as announced has put the Kerala Tourism in a fix, leaving it wondering whether to kick off the work ... Read more

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