While more than 60,722 foreign tourists visited Odisha during 2011-12, no tourist from abroad visited the state since March this year mainly due to restriction imposed on visit to tribal pockets ... Read more

Goa and Bangalore also on the shortlist of the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) for granting T-VoA ... Read more

During the period January-July 2012, a total number of 7662 VoAs were issued as compared to 6594 VoAs during corresponding period of 2011 registering a positive growth of 16.2% ... Read more

The new airlines 'Air Kerala' to follow the public-private partnership model & aim to ease problems of NRIs travelling between Kerala and the GCC nations ... Read more

Delhi-Jaipur service to be launched on August 16 & the tickets are priced at Rs 330 per traveller, nearly what a car passenger travelling between Delhi and Agra will pay one way on the Yamuna Expressway ... Read more

There is a market potential for around 1,800 rooms on a annual basis in Bangalore catering to the Japanese audience ... Read more

FTAs during the period January-July 2012 were 37.62 lakh with a growth of 6.6 %, as compared to the FTAs of 35.29 lakh with a growth of 10.7 % during January-July 2011 ... Read more

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

The 'Buddha Park' in Rabong area will be completed by November. Two more pilgrimage projects - the Sleeping Buddha in North Sikkim and Srijunga Statue in Hee-Bermiok - will be completed by 2015 ... Read more

'Puducherry tourism road show' held in Singapore; city could become a connecting hub for pilgrimage and spiritual tourism in Puducherry and Karaikal ... Read more