India has never needed to be told to travel for faith. Long before the word “tourism” existed, this was already the country’s biggest movement of people: the Kumbh, the Char Dham, the annual pull toward Varanasi, Tirupati, Shirdi. Faith-linked journeys account for around 60% of India’s domestic travel demand, while Hindu pilgrimage spending alone is estimated at roughly INR 4.74 lakh crore a...

With Uttar Pradesh witnessing record tourist arrivals and growing demand for affordable accommodation, the state government has amended its Bed & Breakfast and Homestay Policy 2025 to encourage greater participation in the hospitality sector. The revised policy allows registered units to offer up to eight rooms and introduces an online self-renewal facility for operators...

Uttar Pradesh is expanding tourism infrastructure across religious, heritage and cultural destinations. To ensure projects are completed on time ahead of the upcoming election year, during a high-level review meeting of the Tourism and Culture Department in Lucknow on May 7, 2026, Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh have set strict deadlines for all the tourism projects...

Uttar Pradesh is sharpening its focus on tourism-led job creation as part of its broader USD 1 trillion economy vision, with the aim to increase total tourism-led employment to 5% by 2024, in a phased manner, which is currently at around 1.4%. The sector is expected to play a much larger role in employment over the next two decades. Officials say the strategy hinges on expanding tourism...