Government / Ministry News

» Udayagiri Caves, Bhubaneswar and Konark to get sound & light shows

Special Buddhist Train to Buddhist Circuit in Odisha also on cards by end of the year ... Read more

» MoCA invites Fresh tenders for operating Haj flights

Earlier, MoCA had accepted the bid documents submitted by SpiceJet and Saudi Arabian airlines even as they failed to meet the tender specifications ... Read more

» Vizag airport likely to commence 24 hours operations

The secretary of defence ministry is expected to hold a meeting with senior officials of the Navy in Delhi on August 9 to discuss the contentious issue of allowing the Vizag airport to operate 24 hours ... Read more

» Assam requests external aided loans for tourism development

Assam has so far received close to one billion dollars as loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ... Read more

» International Mayor's Forum on Tourism to be held at Zhengzhou in China

Ahmedabad Mayor to attend the forum which will be held on September 26-29, 2012 ... Read more

» Delhi Hoteliers oppose additional luxury tax to be levied from Aug 10

The proposed 3 per cent luxury tax would be levied on hotel rooms (tariff above Rs 750), banquet halls, spas, health clubs (annual turnover of Rs 5 lakhs). The luxury tax would be in excess of the VAT levied ... Read more

» East African Countries face challenges to adopt single tourist visa

The challenges were faced in collection and distribution of revenue, security and economic as well as technological infrastructure ... Read more

» New tourist centre to come up in Chikhalkoba, Tulsishyam range in Gujarat

The centre will host jeep safaris similar to Sasan. It will to tap the tourists, who often club together visit to places like Diu, Somnath, and Gir and for whom Sasan may prove to be too far ... Read more

» UNESCO listed Darjeeling Himalayan Railway to be restored upto Siliguri by 2013

Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday inaugurated two new services from Darjeeling: a joyride to ghoom station, the fourth of its kind, and another to Kurseong ... Read more

» Tourist spots in Coorg to be provided with basic facilities like drinking water, toilets

Coorg Municipal body also to initiate measures to check illegal homestays in the district ... Read more

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