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Those who don’t have parking area nearby their home cannot buy a car in Bangaluru now onwards. It was followed by an instruction from the state, the Minister for Transport D D Thamanna has made such an announcement.  However, the minister said that an awareness campaign will be launched before imposing this rule in the city.

The stakeholders in the Mysuru tourism industry have suggested measures to encourage tourists to stay longer in Mysuru in lieu making it a one-day thing.  Evening cultural shows, shopping festivals, and late-hour food hub etc. could be introduced for extending the night life. Another key issue that was raised at a stakeholders’ meeting here on Tuesday was revival of Brindavan Gardens, which they said was in a jumbles, with nothing new to offer to the tourists.

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap) has lifted the travel advisory to Kerala it had issued in mid-May where a Nipah outbreak has claimed over 17 lives.

Switzerland’s tourism board has once again appointed Ranveer Singh as their brand ambassador to enhance the number of tourists form India. Bollywood block busters, Sangam, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Jab Tak Hai Jaan have showcased Bollywood’s fascination with Switzerland. The Swiss government is trying to cash this fascination to promote their tourism sector. Director of Switzerland Tourism India Claudio Zemp said, “Ranveer showcased the fun and adventurous side of Switzerland in last year’s campaign, while this time around we have highlighted the Lake Geneva Region, one of Switzerland’s hidden gems. It focuses more on the finer things of life ... Read more

Transit passenger flying to other international destinations will enjoy a short stay over of two days at Dubai and Abu Dhabi without paying any visa fee. United Arab Emirates has decided to grant free transit visas for two days, which can also be extended for up to 96 hours by paying 50 Dirham (nearly Rs 930). The implementation date has not been decided. Furthermore, a number of express counters at the passport-control hall across UAE airports will be set up for obtaining quick transit visa.\ India is already the number one international tourist source market for Dubai. According to Dubai ... Read more

The yoga ambassadors were feasted on the massive sadya (traditional vegetarian meal of Kerala) meal in Thekkady at the Carmelia Haven hotel. The delegates were surprised an enthused by the potpourri of distinct flavours. The Sadya, prepared at the hotel, was a grand meal spread across on a banana leaf, with close to 24 traditional Kerala dishes. The all-vegetarian meal is one of the highlights of the Malayali harvest festival Onam. The sadya included plain brown rice, with a range of pickles, pachadi, erissery, pulisherry, kalan, olan, aviyal, sambar, parippu, rasam, buttermilk, papad, jaggery coated bananas, banana chips and payasam. ... Read more

IRCTC Tourism came up with a nine-night and ten-day trip from Mumbai to Australia and back, starting October 21. The program covers two nights in Melbourne, two in Sydney and three nights in Gold Coast. The package named as ‘Astonishing Australia’, includes all the costs like meals, hotel stays, air-fare, among other things.   The 10 day program will be carried out in cooperation with Qantas Airways will be as follows: Day 1: Flight leaving from Mumbai to Melbourne. Day 2:  There will be orientation tour, admission to Eureka Skydeck in Melbourne, dinner at local restaurant. Day 3:  Visits to Melbourne Cricket ... Read more

First quarter of the tourism year depicted substantial increase in the number of tourists in Kerala. Number of tourists (local and foreign) during the first three months of the year shows 17.87% increase than the previous year. 6,54,854 more  tourists visited Kerala during this period, which is the highest rate of increase since a decade. Same period in the last year, the number of tourists visited Kerala was only 36,63,552; while it is 43,18,406 in 2018. The number of indigenous tourists shown 18.57% increase so far. In 2017, increase in the number of local tourists for the whole year was ... Read more

Photo courtesy: Syed Shiyaz Mirza The first electric bus of KSRTC will be launched on 18th June 2018. The trial run will be at Trivandrum for 15 days. Later it will be extended to Kochi and Calicut. Gold Stone Infratech Ltd, Secunderabad is the manufactures of the bus. Their BYD K9 model of the e-bus is opted by KSRTC. It is a 40 seater bus with modern amenities like CCTV camera, GPS and other entertainment facilities. These buses have already been in the fleet of Andhara Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana public transports. Buses are manufactured with the technological ... Read more

The third day of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour, organised by ATTOI, has also been special with the yoga sadya or satvic lunch offered for the yoga ambassadors at the houseboats in Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala. The lunch was served after the team boarded the Spice Routes’ houseboats. The delegates got a warm welcome by the crew of the houseboat lead by its Managing Partner, Jobin J Akkarakkalam. “We are having the time of our life. We are enjoying the magnificent beauty of the backwaters. Everyone is so friendly and kind. The Kerala backwaters are just unique and wonderful,” ... Read more

By catering the indigenous tastes of Kerala, Hotel Uday Samudra, Kovalam, delighted the delegates of the Yoga Tour on the second day of the tour. The yogis were taking their dinner, after an eventful day in Kovalam and Kanyakumari. Muthirakkanji, drumstick leaves thoran, vazhachudu mezhukkupuratti, (dish made of plantain stem) pavakka varutharachath (bitter gourd dish) etc. were the main course of dinner. Appam and wheat dosa were also served to the delegates. Juices were made of bitter gourd, carrot and cucumber.   Serving of the food was also exciting. Instead of steel spoons the delegates were provided with spoons made ... Read more

While addressing the foreign delegates from different parts of the world during the International Conference on yoga, organised as part of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 at Leela Raviz Hotel, Dr. B R Sharma from Kaivalyadhama Yoga Research Institute, Lonavla, advised that we should live like lotus. He was talking about yoga in the ancient scriptures, highlighting verses from Bhagavat Geetha where Lord Krishna explains different yogas to Arjuna, answering his queries regarding happiness and sorrow. “When our desires are fulfilled, we attain happiness,” says Lord Krishna. If we cannot fulfill our desires, it will cause grief. Then, how can we ... Read more

Kochi Metro to celebrate it’s first birthday on 19th June 2018. It was on 19th June 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged of the long awaited dream project of Kochi. As part of its first birthday, Metro declared free travel to its passengers on 19th June 2018. People can travel on this day from 6am to 10 pm, free of charge. Metro named the offer as ‘Free Ride Day’. There is no limitation for the number of travels. The offer also aims at giving opportunity for those who could not travel in metro so far. Kochi Metro has started functioning ... Read more

Day two of the yoga tour started with a yoga session at the Leela Raviz Kovalam. All the sixty yoga ambassadors took part in the one hour long morning yoga session.   The session was lead by Dr Arun Tejas of Sri Chithra Institute, Thiruvananthapuram. “I’m following the techniques and asanas as prescribed by the AYUSH ministry’s common yoga protocol,” said Dr Arun after the session. Jady Cladwell from the US is all excited about the tour and says she’s very happy learning new techniques of yoga from the master and the fellow ambassadors. Though Kerala has witnessed mass yoga sessions ... Read more

Guests and ministers congratulated ATTOI for conducting the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 – first of this kind in the country. While talking at the inaugural event, Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, (I/C), Ministry of AYUSH Government of India, congratulated ATTOI and stated this is an inimitable attempt from the part of the organizers and can be followed by others. ATTOI has organized this practically difficult event within record time. Ayush Minister also congratulated the Kerala Tourism Ministry for the generous support extended by them for making the event happen. In his keynote address, Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism, Government ... Read more