Page 32 - Tourism

India witnessed healthy growth of foreign tourists in 2016

Tourism Ministry also gave push to adventure tourism

Kanika Datta: Welcome back to India?

All of a sudden, if you look around you, India appears to be one of the world's less hazardous destinations for international tourists

Foreign tourist arrivals beat demonetisation, surge over 9% in November

Arrivals are the highest in any month of 2016, growth rate even surpasses that seen in November 2015

US travel advisory will not hit arrivals: Tour operators

Inbound tourism is expected to grow 10 per cent this year with strong growth from Asian markets

MoUs worth Rs 15,000 crore inked during tourism summit

A total of 86 MoUs were exchanged by states such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Uttarakhand

Govt working to make tourism affordable, accessible: Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Govt has taken a number of initiatives to make tourism affordable and accessible to international travellers

States seek Rs 50,000 cr to boost tourism

Over 700 tourism projects listed; Yes Bank, KPMG, E&Y named knowledge partners

Chikungunya, dengue loom large over travel, tourism sector

Dengue and chikungunya have claimed at least 35 lives and over 2,800 people are down with mosquito-borne fever in the national capital

Tourism Ministry holds roadshow in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment

Prakash Gupta, Consul General of India in Shanghai, stressed that India must have a policy for attracting Chinese tourists and investors

Tamil Nadu remains top tourist destination in the country in 2015

State tops in both domestic (333.5 mn) and foreign (4.68 mn) visits; UP and Maharashtra take second spot in domestic and foreign, respectively

32% travellers in India book via mobile apps: Survey

The survey reveals a 10% year-on-year jump since 2014 has been observed in mobile bookings