Gujaratis, mainly Jains, travel to Bihar, as the state is home to many revered Jain pilgrimages ... Read more

No foreign tourist/researcher intending to visit the areas inhabited and frequented by the particularly vulnerable tribal groups [PVTGs] will do so without express permission from the District Magistrate ... Read more

The famous sixth century astronomer-mathematician, Aryabhatta, is said to have camped at Taregna and nearby Khagaul to carry out his studies on celestial bodies ... Read more

The 'Gujarat Travel Mart-2012' will showcase travel and tourism, hospitality, leisure and other related industries, both from within the country and abroad ... Read more

The survey also found Kerala as the second-best State for winter destination after Goa. Rajasthan and the Andamans occupied the third and fourth slots, respectively ... Read more

The government argued that states have allowed tourism in core areas by developing necessary safeguards to regulate tourism and minimise the adverse impact on the habitat ... Read more

World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) had predicted that Asia, specifically India and China, will drive the future of tourism ... Read more

The National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) shows that of the 230 million tourist trips undertaken in India, the largest proportion is made up of religious pilgrimages ... Read more

Arunachal Pradesh, which shares longest international border in India, has 160 km with its friendly neighbour Bhutan ... Read more

President Pratibha Patil has consented to be the Chief Guest for this ceremony ... Read more