Kerala, one of the destinations thronged by travellers round the year has witnessed a severe breakdown in the MICE business in the last couple of years. One of the reasons for this downfall has been the liquor restriction, which was implemented in August 2014. To…

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) recently organised an “Experiential Tourism Workshop” by introducing Social Tourism to encourage social cause and promote tourism in Maharashtra on the juncture of “Paryatan Parv”. The workshop was inaugurated by Nitin Gadre, Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism and Culture in…

Kerala Tourism has launched a three-year long Continuous Tourist Survey 2017-20 (CTS). The survey is conducted in collaboration with Datamation Consultants, selected through a transparent tender process. The Government of India will provide financial assistance of Rs. 25 lakhs, for the survey. During 2010-13, Kerala…

The decreasing trend in tourist arrivals numbers has prompted Odisha Tourism to come out with a new marketing tool in the form of Odisha Travel Bazaar to halt the trend. Organised by industry chamber FICCI, the Bazar is schedule to take place on October 15-17,…

On the occasion of Mysuru Dasara, Department of Tourism (DoT), Government of Karnataka, has entrusted Kairali Aviation Private Limited (KAPL) to run Non Scheduled connectivity between HAL Bangalore Airport and Mysuru Airport from September 21, 2017 to September 30, 2017. King Air – C 90,…

Kerala Tourism has won The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Grand and Gold Award 2017 for its Film Tourism Brochure in the Marketing Media – Consumer Travel Brochure category. P Bala Kiran, IAS, Director, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala received this prestigious award at…

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) associates with India Tourism to promote “Swachhata Hi Sewa Campaign” to clean Juhu beach as a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. On the Occasion the dignitaries of India Tourism and MTDC…

The 11-day celebrations of Ganeshotsav ended on Anant Chaturdashi. On the occasion of Ganeshotsav, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) organised a Ganesh Visarjan recently at Girgaum Chowpatty. MTDC associated with BMC to develop a separate pavilion for foreign travellers to witness the Ganesh procession at…

Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran has officially inaugurated the Onam Celebrations at the Tourism Directorate office in Thiruvananthapuram. The occasion was marked by unveiling of the logo and festival theme for Onam celebrations. The first copy of the logo and festival theme was handed over to…

Sensing the immense and innumerable possibilities of promoting Kerala as a destination for ‘Adventure and Activity based Tourism’, the State Tourism Department is focusing on developing new projects to utilise the same, said Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran. Inaugurating a one day workshop organised by the…