Government / Ministry News

» Industry leaders unite at WTTC Global Summit to tackle visa problems

Identified restrictive visa policies as a critical impediment to the growth of Travel & Tourism around the world ... Read more

» Defence ministry denies permission to Air Arabia for intl flights from Chandigarh

The airline authorities are upset over the development and now want the government to take up the issue with the ministry ... Read more

» Odisha Govt fails to walk the talk on heritage project

OTDC had identified two walk corridors (2.5 km each), consisting of a few tourist destinations, But the project is still stuck in limbo ... Read more

» Capt. Gopinath secures a NOC from MoCA for a new LCC airline

After selling Air Deccan to Mallya, Gopinath launched Deccan 360, a cargo airline, in which Reliance Industries was an equity partner, The airline didn’t have a good run and was grounded in 2011 ... Read more

» Prime Minister Noda of Japan opens the 12th WTTC Global Summit

Asserts tourism is the frontier for Japan” as it attracts international visitors, creates jobs and develops relations with people ... Read more

» Domestic January-March air growth at 6.55 per cent

Jet Airways and budget airline IndiGo had the largest share at 21.9 percent each ... Read more

» VIP quota misused for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi

Leakages in the ticketing system came from the VIP quota in which seats are allotted to important people to be used during emergencies; ticket booking under VIP quota is not computerised ... Read more

» Goa Tourism department to review beach shack policy, licence allotment

With the licence valid only for a year, currently many of the licencees sublet the shacks, despite this being prohibited by the shack policy ... Read more

» PM directs fresh round of talks to discuss FDI in aviation

There was still no absolute agreement on how much stake foreign airlines would be allowed to pick acquire; Govt also wary of political opposition ... Read more

» Rail Travellers should avoid using PAN card as ID proof for booking rail tickets

Details can be mis-used for carrying our benami transactions as they are published on reservation charts pasted on compartments ... Read more

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