Denies reports of its plans to open casinos or discos in Matheran as it is in ecologically sensitive zone; Plans to create new infrastructure like parking areas at Dasturi naka & also give face lift to tourist points ... Read more

Tourism Dept. will be the nodal dept to grant permission to events like music festivals, craft bazaars, night bazaars, beach weddings, cultural events, exhibitions and MICE ... Read more

Ellora also receives around 15 % more foreign tourists than Ajanta caves ... Read more

Lack of quality services up to a large extent was responsible for the declining of tourism activities in the state by 20 % ... Read more

A quality assurance policy will guide a visitor looking for therapeutic and rejuvenative programmes to ‘green leaf’ and ‘olive leaf’ grading for Ayurvedic institutions ... Read more

Pawan Hans also planning to connect Buddhist Circuit in association with UP Tourism by Helicopter; Also to venture into fixed wing aircraft and seaplane operations ... Read more

The airlines wanting prime-time departure and arrival slots would have to bid for their preferred choices if the experimentation was successful ... Read more

Katni, Mandla, Shahdol, Seoni and Amarkantak will also be developed; Jabalpurwill be projected as ‘mega circuit’ ... Read more

Also mulls setting up new tourist cottages at Dhamakhali, Godkhali and Ramganga - from where forest areas like Boney Camp, Sajnekhali, Sudhanyakhali and Jhingekhali could be reached easily ... Read more

As per the DGCA guidelines, the FDTL and the Flight Time Limitation (FTL) are 11 and nine hours respectively; Earlier Air India FDTL and the FTL had been pegged at 9.5 and 6.5 hours respectively ... Read more