Gujarat has allocated Rs 400 crore for tourism promotion in the state during the current fiscal. The amount includes Rs 120 crore as grant which has been approved by the Planning Commission for 2012-13. The Commission has approved Rs 1,200 crore for promoting coastal tourism in
All tourist operations within 5km of all 600 plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will soon have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as ” local conservation fee“, which will be used not only to protect
The Centre has allocated 50 crore rupees to the West Bengal Government for promotion of Tourism at Dooars in North Bengal. The State Tourism Minister, Mr. Rachpal Singh said this while inaugurating the Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF) in Kolkata. Mr. Singh said that the Government
One of the important beaches located alongside Candolim village in Goa has lost its tourism potential because of soil erosion as a result of a giant ship being grounded there for over a decade. Although the state government managed to dismantle M/V River Princess this year,
Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority today said it is expecting up to 6% growth in visitors from India this year following various promotional activities. “We want to tap the growing potential of Indian outbound market. We are concentrating on visibility, accessibility and attractivity of our country in
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the Month of June 2012 was 4.32 lakh as compared to FTAs of 4.12 lakh during the month of June 2011 and 3.85 lakh in June 2010. There has been a growth of 4.8% in June 2012 over June 2011 as
Projects aimed at developing Mumbai’s Film City and Visakhapatnam’s beaches are among 35 multi-billion dollar initiatives aimed at boosting foreign tourist flows into India under the 12th Five-Year Plan, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay said. These projects would be the main focus of India’s efforts to
The readers of SamrtTravelAsia.com have voted Kerala as the best Asian holiday destination replacing past weeks favorites Bali, Phuket and the Maldives. Bali and Phuket were voted as second and third most favorite holiday destinations in Asia. Smart Travel Asia is an online travel magazine with
India is fast emerging as Asia’s top spiritual, medical and rural tourism destination and is a safe place for foreign tourists, Tourism Secretary Sujit Banerjee has said. “India holds a strong appeal for Canadians to explore inexpensive Indian spiritual, cultural heritage and medical tourism,” Banerjee yesterday
Orissa Tourism is planning to organize Orissa Travel Mart (OTM) this year. The proposed travel mart, according to Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister of Higher Education and Tourism, Government of Orissa, will be organised some time in August/September, this year. Orissa Travel Mart will be an exclusive
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