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In 2022, India was the second largest source of tourists to Thailand after Malaysia, almost a million Indians visited Thailand last year out of a total of over 11 million foreign visitors

Tourism Has Same Potential As Agriculture, Real Estate Development, Infra Textile: PM

About eight lakh foreign tourists have come to India in January this year compared to only two lakh in January last year, says PM Modi

Himachal & Goa To Work Together For Tourism Promotion

Stressing a joint strategy, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that Himachal and Goa are the best tourism states in India and have tremendous potential to become a combined unique destination for the world, thereby boosting the economy and providing more job opportunities to their people

UP Is The Best State For Investments, Says Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy

Tarannum Manjul

Reddy was speaking at a session on ‘Tourism: Leveraging a Cultural Heritage for Modern & Progressive Uttar Pradesh’, organised on the opening day of the UP Global Investors Summit here in Lucknow on Friday

PM Modi To Launch World’s Longest River Cruise Ganga Vilas In Varanasi Today

The cruise is parked at Ravidas Ghat in Varanasi, and it will take its debut journey with 31 passengers, who will be on a 51-hour journey, visiting 50 places in these two countries. These passengers are from Switzerland and Germany

PM To Launch World’s Longest River Cruise on 13 Jan

The cruise is between Varanasi and Dibrugarh, via Bangladesh. In its 50 days stretch, the luxury cruise with foreign tourists will cover approximately 3,200 km of 27 river systems in India, including the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly, Brahmaputra, and West Coast Canal

Himachal’s Tourism Industry Hopeful Of Good Footfall By New Year Amidst Covid Scare

With Christmas and New Year on weekends, hotel occupancy is anticipated to be over 90 per cent. The industry insiders say that a fresh spell of snowfall will boost tourism even further

One Island One Resort Kept Maldives Active Through Pandemic

Vasudha Mukherjee

After Hours Travel

How Maldives managed to be one of the first luxury tourism destination to reopen during the pandemic and what learning they carry forward in the hospitality industry

New Skills Needed To Support Domestic Tourism, Says MoS Chandrasekhar During Patnitop Visit

The tourism fraternity must study, assess and deliberate, factoring in the resources and the skillsets available or required, he said

How Bollywood Has Become A Powerful Medium For Tourism Promotion

Ruhail Amin

Entertainment

There is no doubt that Bollywood has become a rich cultural resource and the tourism sector is a direct beneficiary of its clout

Reddy Inaugurates State Tourism Ministers' Conference; Announces Ambedkar Circuit Train

Reddy said the government was focusing on responsible and sustainable tourism and the National Tourism Policy

India Needs To Develop High End Tourism And Focus On Hosting Global Biz Events: Report

The ‘Rebuilding Tourism For the Future 2022’ report, prepared by Nangia Andersen LLP in association with Ficci

Cuba Seeks Indian Investments In Tourism And Film Production