India’s nomination of Dholavira, the Harappan City in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list. India submitted the nomination dossier for Dholavira: A Harappan City to the World Heritage Centre in January 2020. The site was on the UNESCO’s…

Union Tourism Minister announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conferred the World Heritage inscription to Rudreswara Temple, (also known as the Ramappa Temple) at Palampet, Mulugu district, near Warangal in the state of Telangana. “Just inscribed as World Heritage Site:…

The government has decided to set up the ‘Indian Institute of Heritage’ at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar. This will impact higher education and research in the field related to rich Indian heritage and its conservation leading to Masters and Ph.D courses in History of Arts,…

The Ministry of Tourism has revised the Guidelines for Scheme of Market Development Assistance (MDA) for promotion of Domestic Tourism in November 2020 to enhance the scope and reach of the scheme. As per the guidelines, the stakeholders are provided with financial support for the…

The Ministry of Tourism has recognized the immense potential of Rural Tourism and has been actively working on promotion and development of this niche area of tourism. The Ministry of Tourism has accordingly formulated a Draft National Strategy and Roadmap for Development of Rural Tourism…

Recognising the importance of the initiatives taken by the Responsible Tourism Society of India (RTSOI), noted TV and cinema personalities Neena Gupta, Gulshan Grover, Kabir Bedi, Anuradha Patel, Avijit Dutt, Arjun Mathur and singer Talat Aziz have lent their support to RSTOI’s Responsible Traveller Campaign.…

The successive waves of COVID-19 have totally devastated the global travel and tourism industry and India bore the brunt with two waves already over and the threat of the third looming over. The green shoots that started appearing post the first wave completely disappeared with…

The Union Culture and Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy visited National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi today along with Union MoS for Culture Meenakshi Lekhi and took stock of record management, preservation & digitalization activities in the presence of Secretary of Ministry of Culture,…

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy took charge as Union Culture Minister at Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi today. Simultaneously, Shripad Yesso Naik and Ajay Bhatt also took charge as Ministers of State in the Ministry of Tourism. Reddy has also been assigned the charge of…

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy, who has been promoted from Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs to the Cabinet Ministry rank, has got Tourism and Culture Portfolio. In addition to this, Reddy has also been given the additional task of development of the North-east region. “I…