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K Rupesh Kumar, RT Mission ടൂറിസം മാഗസിനുകളില്‍ ഒന്നായ ലണ്ടനില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള കോണ്ടേനാസ്റ്റ് ട്രാവലര്‍ 50 സുസ്ഥിര ടൂറിസം നേതാക്കളില്‍ ഒരാളായി സംസ്ഥാന ഉത്തരവാദിത്ത ടൂറിസം മിഷന്‍ കോ ഓര്‍ഡിനേറ്റര്‍ കെ.രൂപേഷ് കുമാര്‍ തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടു . 50 സുസ്ഥിര ടൂറിസംനേതാക്കളെ തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്തതില്‍ മുപ്പതാമതായാണ് കെ. രൂപേഷ് കുമാര്‍ തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടത്. കേരളത്തിലെ ഉത്തരവാദിത്ത ടൂറിസം പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങള്‍ ആരംഭിച്ച കാലം മുതല്‍ അതിന്റെ ഭാഗമായ രൂപേഷ് കുമാര്‍ ലോകം ശ്രദ്ധിച്ച കേരള ഉത്തരവാദിത്ത ടൂറിസം മോഡലിന്റെ രൂപകല്‍പ്പനയില്‍ നിര്‍ണ്ണായക പങ്ക് വഹിച്ചിരുന്നു. തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടതില്‍ 4 പേര്‍ കേരളത്തില്‍ നിന്നാണ്. രൂപേഷ് കുമാറിന് പുറമേ സി.ജി.എച്ച് ഹോട്ടല്‍സ് ഉടമ ജോസ് ഡൊമിനിക്ക്, ബ്ലൂയോണ്ടര്‍ ടൂര്‍ കമ്പനി ഉടമ ഗോപിനാഥ് പാറയില്‍, കബനി കമ്യൂണിറ്റി സര്‍വ്വീസസ് സ്ഥാപകന്‍ സുമേഷ് മംഗലശേരി എന്നിവരാണ് സുസ്ഥിര ടൂറിസം നേതാക്കളായി പ്രസ്തുത ലിസ്റ്റില്‍ ഇടം നേടിയത് മലയാളികള്‍. കോണ്ടേ നാസ്റ്റ് ട്രാവറലിന്റെ സുസ്ഥര ടൂറിസം നേതാക്കളില്‍ ഒരാളായി തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട ഉത്തരവാദിത്ത ... Read more

Ever thought of entering a prison and spending a day inside the bars? You don’t have to commit a crime to live inside the bars now. Soon, you will be able to spend a day at Asia’s biggest prison, Tihar. Visitors will be given prison robes, get up early in the morning, do the daily chores including grinding wheat and sleep on the floor. Spread across 400 acres, the most populated prison in India, houses 16,000 prisoners. The 220-year-old Sangareddy prisonnin Telangana has already started ‘feel the jail’ programme in 2016. The heritage jail, which had been converted into a ... Read more

 The 11th edition of the Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) will be held at Kochi in September next year, as India’s largest congregation of tourism industry will see stakeholders across the country and abroad seek new ways to promote business. Announcing the event at a press conference here on Thursday, Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said KTM 2020 will aim at exploring new markets for Champions Boat League (CBL), adventure tourism and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) along with finding excellent global buyers. “KTM 2020 will be a four-day event starting on September 24, with two days packed with sessions involving ... Read more

If you have a Schengen visa, you can now apply for Saudi Arabia’s new Tourist e-Visa. Last month, Saudi Arabia launched a Tourist e-Visa, a first for the Kingdom which so far did not allow foreigners to enter simply for tourism purposes. Those eligible for Saudi Arabia’s new Tourist e-Visa included all Schengen Area nationals as well as the USA, Australia, Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. However, according to new regulations that were announced last week, the list of who can apply for the new Tourist e-Visa has been extended to include all visa holders of the ... Read more

The 2019 Annual Conference of International Mountain Tourism Alliance is scheduled to be held from 27 to 29 October. The focus of the conference will be on ecology, green, environmental protection, poverty alleviation and innovation. With the theme “Working Together to Build a Community with a Shared Future in Mountain Tourism”, focusing on major issues such as ecology, green, environmental protection, poverty alleviation and innovation, the conference will explore a path for the sustainable development of world mountain tourism in a global context. The conference has three key activities: IMTA Council Meeting, Inaugural Ceremony of IMTA Headquarters Building, and Opening ... Read more

Kottappuram, near Kodungallur, will be the new venue for the seventh race of the Champions Boat League (CBL) this weekend, as organisers changed the original plan to hold the October 19 leg at Ponnani in Malappuram district. Citing logistical reasons that have made it extremely difficult for the CBL snake-boats to be brought to upstate Ponnani, the officials informed that the league’s races this Saturday will be held at the Muziris Kottappuram Waterfront that was the venue for the previous leg on October 12. The district of Thrissur thus gets to host two rounds of the pioneering CBL that was ... Read more

Tinder, the world’s most popular app for meeting new people is dedicated to you living your best single life, and they know the city you live in might make a difference. So, they crunched some numbers, pulled some data and did some digging to find the cities in India with one thing in common: the most active community on Tinder. Since they were doing the digging, they also decided to check which cities Swipe Right the most. And the results are in. The first list is the list of cities with the most activity on Tinder (this means they are ... Read more

Popular television couple Sanaya Irani and Mohit Sehgal took some time off to enjoy romantic moments in the Seychelles Islands before the hectic promotions for her movie Ghost. Blessed with pristine beaches and breathtaking natural beauty, Seychelles islands are ideal for those who like less crowded beaches for some private moments together. These stunning Instagram photos and stories showcase their amazing and luxurious stay at a Private island resort Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort & Spa and Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort & Spa located in Mahé. Their romantic pictures of floating breakfast in the villa’s private pool, candle light dinner setup ... Read more

The thrill quotient around Champions Boat League (CBL) registered a massive surge halfway the three-month event, as the sixth of the 12-round League saw Tropical Titans regaining their winning track with a timing of 3:44.51 amid a sustained trend of close results. In the first and only CBL leg in this district, Backwater Knights apparently came a surprise second in the evening’s final, but were subsequently declared third after judges imposed an additional five seconds on the team for track violation. Thus, Raging Rowers were officially declared the runner-up, clocking 3:47.56 along the 900-metre track at the Kottappuram backwaters near ... Read more

The Fern Hotels & Resorts, India’s leading environmentally sensitive hotel chain, has opened The Fern Ranthambhore Forest Resort, in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. This is the 8th hotel which the company is managing in the state. Overall the company’s count has extended to 67 hotels across the country and in Nepal and Seychelles. “We are very happy with the company’s growth. We are increasing our presence in key leisure destinations as well which is a very good indicator of the company’s overall progress,” said Suhail Kannampilly, the CEO of the company. Located amidst the backdrop of mountains and lush green forest, ... Read more

Ar. Madhav Joshi, Madhav Joshi & Associates won the prestigious IIA Awards for Excellence in Architecture 2018 for Backpackers’ Hostel, Panchgani in the ‘Hospitality and Recreation’ category. The hostel for backpackers is situated near a hill station Panchgani, the strawberry capital of India in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. The design has evolved in response to the need for backpackers (18 to 40 years of age) for a safe, comfortable and hygienic place to stay at a scenic location while traveling on a shoestring budget. Since its opening last year, this place has been re-visited by many, in different seasons ... Read more

The 3rd Cambodia Travel Mart (CTM), the Kingdom’s first premium Travel Trade Show, which concluded at the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel today, witnessed increased participation from more countries this year. Thousands of local and international tourism stakeholders attended the largest and most important event in the Kingdom’s tourism industry, held from October 11 to 13. The tourism minister, Thong Khon, has announced their long-term plans to improve the tourism sectors in different provinces of the Kingdom, including Siem Reap, Mondulkiri and Kep at the inaugural function. He has also announced some of the major upcoming tourism events like the Sea Festival ... Read more

GoAir has launched non-stop flights to Singapore from Bengaluru and Kolkata. Starting October 18, 2019, GoAir will operate Bengaluru – Singapore – Bengaluru flights four days in a week. Effective October 19, 2019, GoAir will operate the Kolkata – Singapore – Kolkata flights three days in a week. Apart from the new international destination, GoAir also announced daily flights to its 25th domestic destination- Aizawl in Mizoram. “We are excited and happy to welcome GoAir to Singapore. In expanding its flight network by connecting Kolkata and Bengaluru with Singapore, it will give wider flight choices and travel time options to ... Read more

MakeMyTrip has signed an agreement with TripAdvisor to offer choices for local experiences at international destinations to outbound Indian travellers. Indian travellers looking to discover the world will now have over 250,000 bookable tours and activities from the online travel firm to choose from when they visit MakeMyTrip’s ‘Experiences and Activities’ section, the company said in a statement. “With the rollout of international experiences with TripAdvisor on our platform, we are confident that we can now empower Indian travellers with more choices when they travel overseas which they can book online,” said Deepak Tuli, Chief Business Officer, MakeMyTrip India, New Business. ... Read more

Backed by significant amount of research, innovation and development, the UAE is slowly, but surely undergoing a green transformation. Today, it stands on the threshold of establishing itself as a global leader in the green arena. Having already secured internationally recognised honours for sustainability within its modern transport infrastructure, the emirate is now powering ahead with solar expansion and thereby raising the standard on lifestyles of the future. Ski Dubai is designed for efficiency, like a giant refrigerator, so it only consumes as little energy as an average-sized hotel. The Facility’s snow and its penguin water filtration systems are completely free ... Read more