Ravi Gosain, Vice President, IATO, has revealed that MOT met with inbound tourism associations to create an action plan for overseas promotions after the visa opening announcement by MHA. NishaVerma While AzadikaAmritMahotsav will be the common theme for all promotions, MOT is planning to declare year 2022-23 as Visit India …
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World Tourism Day 2021 theme of ‘Inclusive Growth in Tourism’ saw everyone in agreement, right from the ministry, government officials, association heads and industry stakeholders. G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister- Tourism, Culture and DoNER In destinations like Ladakh, for tourism to develop community partnership is very important. There is a …
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced it will grant fresh tourist visas to incoming foreigners via charter flights from Oct 15 and for all other flights from Nov 15. There will also be no capacity restrictions on scheduled domestic flights from October 18. Nisha Verma Ministry of Home …
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Ensuring that Indian Buddhist Circuit is promoted in the right way, MOT recently concluded a Buddhist Circuit train journey and conference in Varanasi. Nisha Verma The tour started from Delhi and went on to Bodhgaya, Nalanda, Rajgir and Varanasi. The conference was held in the Varanasi leg of the tour, …
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Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General, Tourism, shared how they are preparing to offer an experiential journey for tourists and also planning region specific events to trigger the travel bug amongst people, while ensuring the bottlenecks in infrastructure development are taken care of. Nisha Verma In line with the theme of …
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Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), shares her views on how they are collaborating with the Ministry of Tourism to boost connectivity to both metro and non-metro destinations across the country, and in turn increase the number of domestic, as well as international tourists in the country. …
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Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, explains how a firm economy is directly proportional to the growth of tourism in India, while a fast-paced vaccination drive, digital and sustainable growth would just be the right propellers in this regard. Nisha Verma Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, has said that the confidence …
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G Kamala Vardhan Rao, DG, MOT and CMD, ITDC, shares significance of need-based skill development in the tourism and hospitality sector. NishaVerma Stating the plight of the tourism and hospitality industry, G Kamala Vardhan Rao shares that every day they come to know that many hotels have been sold across …
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Ministry of Tourism (MOT) celebrated the World Tourism Day with a physical ceremony that saw in attendance tourism leaders from the government and the private sector. Nisha Verma With the theme ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’, World Tourism Day 2021 focused on inclusive, responsible and sustainable travel. While G Kamala Vardhan …
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A two-day conference of tourism and culture ministers of North Eastern States was recently held in Guwahati, Assam, where G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER, addressed the inaugural session. Nisha Verma The aim of the conference was to discuss development of tourism and issues related to …
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