During the month of December 2014, a total of 14,083 TVoA were issued as compared to 2,700 TVoA during the month of December 2013, registering a growth of 421.6 per cent. During January to December 2014, a total number of 39,046 TVoA were issued as…

The population of tigers has increased in India from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014, according to the Government’s Tiger census figures, released by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today. Much of the credit must go to the sterling work of the protection staff,…

Goa ’s tourist arrival figures for the year 2014 (January-December) shows an overall 30 per cent increase in comparison with the corresponding year 2013. Data emerging from the Department of Tourism, Govt. of Goa for the year 2014 shows that Goa hosted a total of…

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is developing World's tallest skyscraper temple for Lord Krishna in Mathura, the birth place of Lord Krishna. The Temple is set to be developed as the planned religious tourism centre in India. Apart from temple and other related…

India's foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) went up by 4 per cent to 7.9 lakh in January 2015 from 7.59 lakh in the same month of last year, an official statement stated.The percentage share of FTAs during January 2015 among the top 15 source countries was…

ICRA maintains the subdued revenue growth outlook for the Indian Hotel Industry over the next 12 months. Industry wide revenues are expected to grow by 5-8 per cent in 2014-15. However, growth is expected to strengthen to 9-11 per cent in 2015-16 driven by a…

The Union Ministry of Culture has set the ball rolling for holding the next round of Festivals of India abroad during the period 2015-16. The Secretary, Culture, Ravindra Singh today held a video conference with Ambassadors/High Commissioners of South Korea, Australia, Mauritius and Myanmar in…

During the month of January 2015, a total of 25,023 tourist arrived by availing TVoA as compared to 1,903 TVoA during the month of January 2014, registering a growth of 1214.9 per cent. This high growth is due to introduction of ETA enabled TVoA for…

Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, has congratulated Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister, for presenting a balanced, far-sighted and growth-oriented budget. He has also thanked the Finance Minister for giving due importance to the tourism and…

On day two of the CAPA India Aviation Summit that took place in Mumbai recently, Anil Srivastava, Join Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, addressed the attendees to throw some light on the issues and concerns being addressed in the Civil Aviation Policy proposal due to…