The first quarter of 2013 has continued to garner mixed responses from the Indian tourism and hospitality fraternity. While the government is wading through allegations of a dip in inbound numbers and tour operators are dealing with a decline in travel demand, the travel trends…

The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) a part of Tata Group announced its partnership with the Government of Maharashtra to set up a skill training facility at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) campus in Lonavala. The training facility was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Maharashtra,…

The revamped Incredible India website www.incredibleindia.org has crossed two million hits mark today. It has started receiving almost six thousand hits every day. This major increase is the result of the Ministry of Tourism’s new policy to place a large number of services on the…

The Visa on Arrival (VOA) scheme of the Government for foreign tourists registered a growth of 63 per cent during March, 2013. During the month, a total number of 2,107 VoAs were issued as compared to 1,287 VoAs issued during March, 2012. During the period…

Tony Tyler, Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has strongly pitched for a comprehensive aviation policy for India to address inherent issues that have been hindering the growth of the aviation industry. Speaking at the Aviation Day conference organised by Confederation of…

Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) accompanied by Union Tourism Minister K.Chiranjeevi recently handed over an “Open Letter” to Vice President M.Hamid Ansari. The letter jointly signed by Rifai and David Scowsill, President and CEO, World Travel and Tourism Council…

Goa-based kayaking club, Goa Kayaking, in association with Goa Tourism and GTDC will conduct a limited edition of special moonlight kayaking program this April.Kayaking in the moonlight is a unique activity in India and Goa Kayaking is the only one to offer it so far.…

India’s inbound tourism strategy needs to be tailored to the leisure segment, business travel, medical and adventure tourism and domestic tourism should be targeted at the middle age segment (35-50 years) to cash in on the rising disposal incomes and increased propensity to travel, a…

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh is hosting the 25th Joint Commission Meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Commission for East Asia and Pacific and the UNWTO Commission for South Asia in Hyderabad…

Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi recently launched a web based Public Service Delivery System for hotel approvals and classification with a view to bring in transparency in granting approvals for hotel projects and classification status to functioning hotels.Speaking on the occasion Chiranjeevi said that with…