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Nepal to resume international flights on selected destinations from Septem
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 21 (ANI): Nepal has decided to resume International flights in selected destinations starting from September 1 abiding by safety measures.
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J-K: Locals hopeful of Jammu ropeway project to propel employment
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 21 (ANI): Aiming to boost the economy and generate employment for the locals, the Jammu ropeway project will resume tourism operations soon after the pandemic situation is over.
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Ahmedabad tour operator changes business, supports staff by selling Gujara
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic pushed many people out of business and thereafter into depression. To avoid both, a tour operator in Ahmedabad altered his tourism business to support his staff and started selling Gujarati snacks in his office.
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World Photography Day: Culture minister announces week-long heritage photo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): In a bid to promote India's cultural heritage, Prahlad Singh Patel, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Culture and Tourism has started a week-long 'Heritage Photography Contest'.
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Dwijing Festival wins 5 awards at WOW Awards Asia - 2020
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India] Aug 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The successful fourth edition of the Dwijing Festival with over 15 lakh tourists attending the 12-day event has emerged as the winner in five categories at the prestigious WOW Awards Asia, 2020.
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Shimla's horse owners hit hard by lack of tourists amid pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 19 (ANI): The tourism sector, which is a major source of employment, has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many people like the horse owners or 'Ghodewalas' of Shimla struggling to survive.
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Karnataka minister CT Ravi demands special package for rain-hit Chikmagalu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Karnataka Tourism and Culture Minister CT Ravi, along with Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday and demanded a special financial package for Chikmagalur district, which has been adversely affected due to heavy
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UDF, BJP peddling lies to target govt over Kerala gold smuggling case: Tou
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Tuesday accused the opposition parties -- UDF and BJP -- in the state of peddling lies to target Kerala government over the gold smuggling case.
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About two crore tourism jobs at risk, revenue loss could be Rs 1.58 lakh c
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): An estimated two crore direct and indirect jobs related to tourism industry in the country could be lost due to COVID-19 and the revenue loss could be Rs 1.58 lakh crore in the worst case, a parliamentary panel was told on Monday by Tourism ministry officials
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Probe on in Kozhikode airport plane accident, report to be placed before p
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on Monday that probe is underway regarding the plane accident at Kozhikode airport and its final report will be placed before the panel,
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Shipping Ministry reduces port tariff rates by 70 pc to promote cruise tou
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Shipping has rationalized tariff rates for the cruise vessels plying on the rivers and oceanic waters of India. The net effect of the rate relaxation would be an immediate reduction in port charges ranging from 60 per cent to 70 per cent, whic
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Nepal still banks on Indians heavily to revive its tourism sector
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 13 (ANI): Despite the COVID-19 induced economic slowdown, Nepal is expecting to host about 2 lakh foreign tourists in the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21, of which majority will be Indians, according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) officials.
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