Destination News & Feature

» Ernakulam declared India's 1st smoke free tourist destination

The initiative's first phase targetted controlling smoking in public places and effective implementation of the Indian Tobacco Control Act ... Read more

» Medical tourism in Kerala to bring in  USD 2 billion by 2012

While medical tourists from Germany, France, Switzerland and the US prefer ayurveda treatment, those from West Asia and the UK give more importance to modern medicine ... Read more

» IHCL looking to buy overseas hotels

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), the company which owns the luxurious Taj Group of hotels in India and abroad, is open to acquire hotel companies and individual properties to gain scale and reach ... Read more

» Tourism could help root out Terrorism, Naxalism

Opportunity to channelise the local unemployed youths of under developed areas into mainstream society through employment in tourism industry ... Read more

» Center approves Expressway linking Mumbai to Vadodara

The 400-km stretch will be connected to the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway-which is already operational ... Read more

» India can tap booming gay tourism sector: Tour promoter

Issues joint statement protesting accusations that LGBT tourism was equivalent to "paedophilia practices, sex tourism, sex tourism or escort service" after LGBT discussion was dropped from an event ... Read more

» Kerala to keep tabs on misuse of tourist visas

The Union home ministry has of late taken the issue seriously after intelligence reports pointed out that foreign missionaries were rampantly misusing tourist visa norm ... Read more

» Rajasthan Tourism to promote its fairs during festivals

This month itself, the Pink City will celebrate the Deepoutsav Jaipur from Friday to Monday ... Read more

» Forest dept to install bio-digester technology in eco-tourism spots

To convert organic waste into nutrient-rich liquid fertiliser and biogas, which can be used a renewable source of electrical and heat energy ... Read more

» International Golf Travel Market to be held in Turkey

IGTM will be held in Belek, Turkey from 14th to 17th November 2011 ... Read more

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