Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday called for opening of international borders in the northeast for enhanced trade and tourism links with the neighbouring countries. He pitched for a proper economic policy to achieve the goal, highlighting Assam and northeast India’s advantageous position in ensuring it. Speaking at ‘Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence’ conclave here, Sarma said, “I strongly feel that we can open our borders for peace and prosperity, and by setting up border haats and opening formal trade routes, we can open up new vistas of trade and tourism in the region.” The CM pointed…
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The much awaited Mopa airport is gearing up to be operational for the travellers very soon. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on June 7 said flights will start landing at the Greenfield International Airport at Mopa in North Goa from September 1. The first phase of the airport would be commissioned between August 15 and 31, the Chief Minister during a function held to distribute appointment and admission letters of GMR Goa. The airport is built by GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Airports Limited (GAL). “The Mopa Airport will be inaugurated sometime between August 15…
India has emerged as Sri Lanka’s top inbound tourist market in May, even as there is a slump in the cumulative arrivals of holiday-makers due to the ongoing economic and political situation in the country, the tourism authority said on Tuesday. As many as 5,562 tourists from India visited Sri Lanka in May followed by 3,723 from the UK, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said in a statement. However, the cumulative arrivals of visitors in May have been halved in comparison to April. “The total number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during May 2022 was 30,207.…
While diversity and inclusiveness are celebrated all year in San Francisco, the city goes all out in June for Pride Month with one of the largest Pride parades in North America and festivals, parties and performances celebrating LGTBQ+ community and culture. The 52nd annual SF Pride celebration and parade are proudly back in person on June 25 and 26. In addition, San Francisco will be home for two days to the largest display of the National Aids Memorial Quilt in over a decade. The memorial quilt will be displayed in Golden Gate Park for its 35th anniversary on June 11…
Air Canada is expecting a demand for flights between Canada and the Asia-Pacific to recover to a near pre-pandemic level by December next year, a top regional executive said on Saturday, reports Reuters. Currently, the routes between Canada and the Asia-Pacific run at 30% of the 2019 capacity, but the capacity is expected to double by the end of December, said Kiyo Weiss, Sales Director – Asia-Pacific, Air Canada. The airline is also considering adding flights to a new destination in the Asia-Pacific in the near future to cater for pent-up demand in leisure travel, she said. “Probably we’ll make…
Tata Group’s acquisition of Air India is likely to run into a regulatory wall in Singapore and now the Indian conglomerate needs to convince that the takeover does not violate the country’s anti-competition laws. The country’s antitrust body, Singapore’s Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCS) hasobserved that Air India and Vistara, which is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, are two of the three key market players that operate flights on Singapore-Mumbai and Singapore-Delhi routes, resulting in overlapping of both air passenger and transport routes. “Both airlines are likely to be each other’s close, if not the…
An Indian delegation led by Legendary Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar met the President of Zanzibar today to discuss issues related to further developing Zanzibar as a tourism sports & entertainment destination. The president of Zanzibar, His Excellency Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, welcomed the suggestions of the Indian delegation and promised to cooperate and extend his full support, while allocating the project to JHIL Enterprises. Speaking about the execution of the project, the President said, “This is a landmark day for Zanzibar as we lay the foundation stone for the first integrated sports and tourism complex in East Africa.” “This project will…
Nijhawan Group has been appointed the India Sales, Marketing & Public Relations agency for Thailand-based ONYX Hospitality Group. Nijhawan Group would be responsible for strategizing and executing ONYX Hospitality Group’s in-market trade engagements, joint marketing cooperation, product advocacy, brand collaborations and building trade and media relations. With decades of experience of promoting some of the most successful hospitality brands and emboldened by the experience of a team that spans across the country, Nijhawan Group is one of the leading travel conglomerates with diversified entities within the Indian travel industry. On this occasion, Priyanka Nijhawan, Director- Representations, Nijhawan Group, said, “We…
On Azal’s Baku-Delhi flight scheduled from later this month: “For now we are starting with twice weekly. But I do believe that very soon it can even become a daily flight. There is tremendous potential on the route” – Asgarov A new entrant to the competitive Indian outbound travel market, Azerbaijan has witnessed some incredible growth in Indian visitor arrivals the last few years, sans the pandemic disrupted 2020 and 2021. The NTO entered the Indian market riding on a staggering almost 180 per cent growth in 2018 recording close to 40,000 Indian arrivals that year. And now with the…
“Sentosa deserves three or four days. Another four days for mainland Singapore. That’s one week or nine-ten days itinerary” – Keith Tan, CEO, STB With China, Indonesia and India being its top three markets, and Chinese outbound travel still reeling under the highly restrictive zero-Covid state policy, Singapore is keen to rebuild its traffic from other markets, India being key amongst them. The NTO, Singapore Tourism Board (STB), led by its CEO, Keith Tan, was in India in strength attending SATTE. The aim was to send out the message that Singapore is open, ready, without any travel restrictions and even…
