India’s strong presence at WTM 2019
India once again participated at WTM with one of the strongest contingent of 30 exhibitors this year. Exhibitors range from tour operators to hotels, resort owners and state tourism board shown gull strength at London. India will once again focus and showcase on wellness, yoga,…
“Gandhi” inspired Tourist attractions
MoT, (Ministry of Tourism, government of India) has released 11 itineraries, that will exclusively track life of Mahatma Gandhi, under the ‘Gandhi Gramin Circuit’, announced by Tourism Minister. To mark Mahatma’s 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations, operators are going to promote the circuit throughout the year…
London connected with Amritsar directly on Air India
Air India, official carrier of India has announced that it will commence direct flight to London’s Stansted Airport. Fliers can now fly to Amritsar from three Airports of UK. The flights will operate thrice a week starting from 31st October.
Gujarat – Kutch to get a new airport with massive investment of $2 billion dollars.
Government has given its green signal for developing a commercial airport in Kutch, Gujarat, entailing an massive investment of about $2 billion dollar, as mentioned in an official document. The proposed project to be developed by Mundra International Airport was recently approved by the Union Environment…
Minister bans use of plastic ‘in and around’ ASI monuments
Minister for Tourism has announced that single-use plastic will not be allowed within ASI protected monuments and within 100 m of these monuments. He made the announcement at the launch of Paryatan Parv 2019, which was inaugurated on October 2, 2019 at Rajpath lawns, by…
Accor hotels in its first half of 2019 record 80% occupancy in Mumbai & 75% in Delhi-NCR
Accor COO India & South Asia – Mr. Jean-Michel Cassé , says, “For Accor, hotels in Mumbai recorded around 80 percent occupancy with almost 12-15 percent rate increase. Delhi/NCR hotels were also at around 75 percent with double digit ADR growth in H1. Bengaluru hotels…
FTAs to India record approx 2% growth in August 2019 as compared to 2018
Foreign Tourist Arrivals in August 2019 were 7,98,587 as compared to 7,86,003 in August 2018, registering a growth of 1.6%, revealed latest statistics released by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. FTAs during the period January-August 2019 were 68,82,940 as compared to 67,43,819 in January-…
Tourism sector has huge employment potential: Nitin Gadkari
The second edition of tourism and hospitality buyer-seller meet the ‘India Tourism Mart 2019’ inaugurated in New Delhi on 23rd Sept. On the glittering opening ceremony and in front of International Buyers from 51 countries, Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari, said that tourism sector has employment potential…
GST Council approves tax rate cuts on hotel tariffs today
The GST Council has approved a proposal to cut tax rates imposed on hotel tariffs above Rs 7,500 to 18 percent, down from 28 percent. The Council has also approved of cutting the rate on rooms on tariffs below Rs 7,500 to 12 percent **Media briefing by…
Foreigners can now avail treatment without obtaining medical visa
The Union Home Ministry recently announced that foreign visitors coming to India can avail treatment anywhere in the country without procuring a medical visa. However, treatment of diseases requiring an organ transplant would be permitted only on submission of a medical visa. The ministry said…
Dal Tadka Recipe
Dal Tadka Recipe, a punjabi style of making the dal by pressure cooking the dal and adding the dal to the onion tomato tadka Your India Travel brings you another great Indian Recipe videly used in majorly all the house in North India – Dal…
Bread Gulab Jamun Recipe
Bread Gulab Jamun Recipe is yet another instant recipe made using bread and it is a sweet recipe called as gulab jamun made using white bread. Your India Travel brings you another great Indian Sweet Recipe very popular in India – Gulab Jamun. A very…