Government / Ministry News

» Tourist availing Visa on Arrival Scheme register a decline of 7.6 percent in April 2012

During the period January-April 2012, the maximum number of VoAs were issued at Delhi airport (2966), followed by Mumbai (1125), Chennai (652) and Kolkata (302) ... Read more

» Air services withdrawn from 11 airports across India during last 3 years

Jaisalmer, Jamshedpur, Kolhapur, Latur, Mysore, Nasik, Pant Nagar, Pathankot, Salem, Sholapur, Belgaum airports lose flight connectivity to rest of India ... Read more

» Foreign Tourist Arrivals during April, 2012 touched 4.52 lakh

A growth of just 3.3% in April 2012 over April 2011 ... Read more

» Parliament panel pulls up tourism ministry for low tourist traffic

The Committee said Rs 194 crore were spent on overseas promotions upto February 2012 which was not commensurate with the return in the form of number of foreign tourist arrivals ... Read more

» Shimla to impose Rs 400 in toll tax, entry tax and green tax from June 1

All outside vehicles entering Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) areas would be charged Green Tax of Rs 200 for small vehicles, Rs 300 for utility and large vehicles and Rs 500 from trucks ... Read more

» India extends online visa application system to 8 more cities across the world

IVFRT made operational at Indian missions at Perth in Australia, Houston and Chicago in the United States, Tehran in Iran, Cairo in Egypt, Taipei in Taiwan and Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand ... Read more

» Sahai Releases two Books on Tourism Calls for Substainable Tourism

The urgent need for tourism development is known to all but the sustainability of tourism development is more hyped about but less practiced concept - Sahai ... Read more

» AERA raised airport charges by 346 per cent, airlines protest

The approximate increase in ticket pricing on account of passenger fee alone would be around Rs.290 in the domestic sector and Rs.580 in the international secto ... Read more

» RBI issues guidelines for airlines raising ECB for working capital

The overall ECB limit for the sector is $1 billion and for an individual company, $300 million, RBI said ... Read more

» Private airlines like Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways owe Rs 14,573 crore to PSU banks

While country's second largest airline Jet Airways owes Rs 5,899 crore to public banks, the outstanding amount of struggling air carrier Kingfisher Airlines is Rs 5,748 crore ... Read more

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