Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who inaugurated the ‘Nadabet Indo-Pak Border’ tourism project in Banaskantha in Gujarat yesterday, said that the pilot project will provide employment to over 5 lakh youth in the next 10 years, reports The Indian Express. The ‘Nadabet Indo-Pak Border Darshan’ project has been started jointly by the Gujarat Tourism and the Border Security Force (BSF), where tourists can get acquainted with stories of BSF personnel and also engage in a number of sports and recreational activities. “I pay my homage to the vision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for he had come up with…
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The Department of Tourism of Rajasthan Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism of Rajasthan (FHTR) for organising the Rajasthan Domestic Travel Mart (RDTM) 2022, said an official release. The MoU was signed between the Director of Tourism, Nishant Jain and the President of FHTR, Apurv Kumar in the presence of Principal Secretary, Tourism, Gayatri Rathore. Speaking on the occasion, Rathore said that the objective of the MoU is to promote Rajasthan as the most favourable tourist destination nationally and informed that the second edition of RDTM will be organised from July…
Finalising code-share agreement with IndiGo Australia’s national airline Qantas will fly non-stop from Bengaluru to Sydney, and is finalising a code-share partnership with IndiGo to make travel between India and Australia easier. From September 14, Qantas will operate four weekly return flights between Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport with its wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft. These are the first direct flights between Australia and southern India by any airline, cutting almost three hours off the current fastest trip between Bengaluru and Sydney. The new route is being supported by Bengaluru’s award-winning Kempegowda International Airport. Qantas…
Jet Airways is gearing up to take to Indian skies by October 2022, its CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said. The Kalrock-Jalan consortium, the winning bidder for bankrupt Jet Airways, is also planning two-class facilities for flyers, according to reports. The resumption of services will come after a hiatus of more than three years. Jet Airways stopped services in April 2019 after being bogged down by financial woes. Kapoor said that Jet Airways will offer two-class facilities for flyers as part of the airline’s plan to return with a hybrid of no-frills and premium services. There will be a business class under…
Air Canada has said that it is suspending direct flights between the Canadian city of Vancouver in the province of British Columbia and the Indian capital of New Delhi for a period of three months, citing the Ukraine war as a one of the reasons. While both India and Canada have eased travel restrictions, flights between the two countries have become more difficult because of the Russian attack on Ukraine, reports Anirudh Bhattacharya for Hindustan Times. In a statement, Air Canada said the suspension of flights will begin on June 2 for those flying from Vancouver to Delhi and from…
With 93% Indians planning to spend more or the same on travel in 2022 compared to a typical pre-pandemic year and 96% agreeing they like to eat and shop at local businesses to support local economy, Indian travellers are looking to adopt the new normal with more purpose as per the American Express Travel: Global Travel Trends Report, The survey report, based on data from seven countries including the United States, Australia, India, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the United Kingdom further reveals that the motivation to travel for 48% Indians is for discovering new experiences, 46% for relaxing and 45%…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday introducing visa restrictions for citizens of countries that Moscow deems “unfriendly” in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The decree, which came into force yesterday, suspends Russia’s simplified visa issuance regime with some European Union countries as well as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland. It also ordered the Russian Foreign Ministry and other bodies to decide on introducing personal entry restrictions on “foreign citizens and stateless people who commit unfriendly actions against Russia, its citizens or its legal entities.” Last month the Russian government approved a list of unfriendly countries including United…
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to attract 1.75 million tourists from short-haul markets this year as more countries reopen, and will partner with Thai AirAsia (TAA) to bring in at least 18,000 package tours over the next few months, reports The Bangkok Post. Thanet Phetsuwan, Deputy Governor of Marketing for Asia and the South Pacific, TAT said the authority has to actively promote tourism as airlines are resuming international flights, borders are being lifted, and people are learning to live with Covid-19. TAT wants 1.1 million tourists from Southeast Asia to visit this year, given that they can…
Indonesia recorded 18,460 foreign tourist arrivals in February, an increase of 151.98 per cent compared to a year earlier and 21.91 per cent higher than in January, authorities said, reports IANS. According to data from the Ministry of Transportation, the main entry points include Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, and Riau Islands’ two airports, namely Hang Nadim Airport in Batam and Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport in Tanjung Pinang, reports Xinhua news agency. In total, the number of foreign tourist arrivals from January to February 2022 reached 33,593, according to the Statistics Indonesia (BPS). “The number, indeed, has increased…
Tek Travels DMCC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TBO Tek Limited (TBO) has acquired 51% shareholding of BookaBed AG (BookaBed). Investment in BookaBed will enable TBO to scale up its business’s services and offerings. BookaBed AG, based in Switzerland, is also a B2B accommodation provider to the Irish and UK travel industries. BookaBed intends to increase its market share in Ireland and the UK by leveraging TBO’s global API business, and TBO Academy that trains and educates travel agents and travel trade partners. Commenting on this development, Gaurav Bhatnagar, Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director of TBO, said,: “We are excited…
