Historical locations associated with renowned astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata viz: Khagaul, Taregna and Taregna Top to be developed as Astro Tourism Circuits ... Read more

The campaign in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth for tour operators showcased the tremendous opportunities for promoting the State’s tourist destinations ... Read more

Chairman does not want to ask the government for money, either for upgradation of the corporation's properties ... Read more

Also to develop smartphone interactive applications that would provide information on various tourist destinations, including beaches, pilgrim centres, waterfalls, art and culture, besides cuisines ... Read more

Goa’s overcrowded beaches and countryside have seen garbage piling up, with the state failing to put in place an effective garbage disposal mechanism;Beer bottles and potato wafer packets are ubiquitous ... Read more

The exorbitant rent for suites in star hotels, unethical and unaffordable taxi and auto rickshaw charges and above all the misconduct of touts and miserable hygiene problems said to be some of the reasons ... Read more

The share of India in international tourist arrivals is only 0.64 per cent; the traditional tourist places need to constantly keep reinventing themselves to sustain interest of travellers ... Read more

The state forest department will build new guest houses outside forests to provide accommodation on first-cum-first basis to officials, their guests and wildlife enthusiasts ... Read more

Principal chief conservator of forests P K Shukla on October 19 instructed directors of all tiger reserves, except Kanha, asking them to resume tourism as per the carrying capacity of core areas  ... Read more

The Goa government kickstarted a whitewater rafting programme in Sattari,a remote area crisscrossed with rivers and streams in the heart of the Western Ghats, about 60 km from Panaji ... Read more