Closure of the National Highway (NH) -22 because of the recent flash floods in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has affected the tourism industry in Himachal Pradesh, with a dip in foreign tourist arrivals in Manali town and nearby tourist spots. ... Read more

The Ministry of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman in association with United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the International Center for Responsible Tourism, Leeds Metropolitan University is organising the Conference. ... Read more

InterGlobe Hotels, the India joint venture of Accor and InterGlobe Enterprises, today announced a significant expansion of its ibis hotel network across India. ... Read more

Tourism Malaysia today announced the appointment of Zulkifli Mohamed as Deputy Director for its Indian operations. Based in Mumbai, Zulkifli will look after marketing and promotion activities for Tourism Malaysia, with a concentrated focus on the Indian market. In this capacity, he will report to the Director, Tourism Malaysia, Mr. Manoharan Periasamy. ... Read more

Air India has re commenced its flights to Seoul, South Korea from August 1, 2010. The flight will from Delhi via Hongkong four times a week. ... Read more

The Travel and Tourism Fair, TTF, opened in Gujarat University Exhibition Hall today in the presence of a host of senior officials and stakeholders from the travel and hospitality industries from all over India and from abroad. The fair will remain open till 22nd August, 8 pm. ... Read more

Ms Gloria Guevara, Mexico's Tourism Minister, has offered to issue Mexican visa clearance within 24 hours to all non- US visa holding Indian visitors to her country. For US visa holding Indians, there is already provision for visa on arrival. ... Read more

The Bihar State Tourism Development of Corporation (BSTDC) is all set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) next week with Assam-based Assam Bengal Navigation (ABN) for launching a river cruise in Ganga River from Kolkata to Patna in October ... Read more

The Ministry of Railways has decided to accept credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph as proof of identity for travelling on e-tickets. The new provision has come into effect from August 6, 2010. ... Read more

Opens third Mercure in India at Lavasa ... Read more