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Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has inaugurated the first Mega Food Park in Gujarat. Promoted by Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, the Park is located at Village Shah and Vasravi, Taluka Mangrol, District Surat. A second Mega Food Park has also been sanctioned by the Ministry in Mehsana District of Gujarat. The Gujarat Agro Mega Food Park will benefit the people of Surat District and the people of nearby Districts of Navsari, Tapi, Narmada & Bharuch. This Mega Food Park has been set up in 70.15 acre of land at a cost of ... Read more

Rs 7 crore project to restore the beauty of Shankhumukham beach in Thiruvananthapuram, which was totally destructed during the recent monsoon showers.  The new project includes protecting the coastline constructing protection walls thereby preventing damaging the coastline in the future. The project, developed by the Project Wing of Irrigation Design and Research Board under the Irrigation department, was submitted to the state government. Though it was planned as a Rs 4 crore project initially, the new report is designed to withstand possible future resistance from the destructive waves. As part of the project, there will be a 400 metre long ... Read more

  Pansy Ho, group executive chairman and managing director of Shun Tak Holdings, and co-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, has been appointed by the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation as a Tourism Ambassador, on making her the first ever ambassador in the region. Ho will be promoting global tourism development alongside other appointed Tourism Ambassadors, in her role as UNWTO Tourism Ambassador. Ho has been given the title for her contributions in promoting regional and global tourism cooperation and sustainable tourism. She currently oversees the Global Tourism Economy Research Center, which was created in 2011. She is ... Read more

  Kaling Moyong , West MLA of Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, has launched boating in the majestic Siang river for tourists and visitors at Komlighat as part of the tourism promotional activities  in Siang region, The tourist season begins with the beginning of winter in Siang Valley and Arunachal Pradesh in general.  With the new boat service, the organizers aim at providing more attractions at the valley during the tourism season. “Nature has bestowed the Valley with scenic beauty and splendour. The tourists and visitors visiting the Valley also look forward to various outdoor experiences like boating and rafting etc. in ... Read more

Kerala Tourism has launched a micro website with the details of ecotourism centers in Kerala. Kadakampally Surendran, Tourism Minister inaugurated the website on 27th October 2018. The web site has information of 47 eco-tourism centers and hundreds of details in 35 eco-tourism centers, 75 videos, over 200 images and e-brochures containing more than 30 pages of 10 centers. The website has more than 500 pages. The web site also gives details of various trekking routs, which will be beneficial to adventure lovers. It also provides information of popular tourist centers like, Silent valley, Eravikulam National Park, Parambikkulam, Periyar tiger reserve, ... Read more

Bollywood director Imtiaz Ali Saturday expressed interest in Arunachal Pradesh as a location for his future films to promote film tourism in the state. He was speaking at the launch of the northeast chapter of Old Students Association (OSA) of Hindu College, New Delhi, at Tawang. “Arunachal offers some promising locations for film shooting with its breathtakingly beautiful and scenic landscapes,” said Imtiaz Ali, the maker of hit films like Rockstar, Highway, Jab We Met etc. Ali said he was deeply touched by the hospitality and generosity of the people of Tawang and thanked the Chief Minister for inviting him ... Read more

Somkid Jatusripitak, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand said on Saturday, 27th October 2018 that new measures will be announced next month to lure tourists back to the country, especially those from China. Somkid said measures in the package would include a tax measure for jewellery purchases, a tourism package with free flights to second-tier tourist provinces and a waiver fee for visa-on-arrival. “The cabinet to approve a stimulus package in the second half of November. It would be effective until the end of December,” said Somkid. “The measures would involve the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Finance Ministry and Thai ... Read more

Winter flight schedule for the Cochin International Airport will be effective from Sunday, 28th October 2018. This will continue until 30th March 2019. As per the new schedule CIAL will have direct flights for 8 more cities. New services will be started for Goa, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Lucknow and Guwahati. Two cities with connection flights – Jaipur and Kolkata will have direct flights as per the new schedule. As per the current schedule there are 1360 services per week; this will be increased to 1734 as per winter schedule. There will be 124 landing and 124 take-off per day. Indigo ... Read more

Karipur Airport has been reinstated as an embarkation point for Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, 2019. It was informed by Alphons KJ, Union Minister of State for Tourism. Earlier, the embarkation point was changed from Kozhikode to Cochin airport following the runway enhancement works in Kozhikode. In a press release on Friday, 26th October, the minister stated that Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister for Minority Affairs, took the decision following his request to reinstate Kozhikode airport’s status as an embarkation point for Hajj. Now, pilgrims from Kerala will have a choice to opt either Cochin or Kozhikode as an ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: Autocar The Hyundai Nexo has scored a maximum five-star Euro NCAP safety rating to become the first hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to achieve this safety standard. The large SUV achieved the result in the latest round of testing conducted by Euro NCAP, with a 94 per cent rating for adult occupant safety. As well as the Hyundai, the Lexus ES hybrid, Mazda 6 and Mercedes-Benz A-Class also achieved maximum five-star scores. “Nexo’s five-star rating should dissipate concerns around how hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars perform in a crash,” said Matthew Avery from Thatcham Research, the only British ... Read more

The sixth edition of the popular North East Festival, Delhi’s largest cultural festival in terms of footfall and variety, begins today at the IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts), Janpath. The festival, which will be concluded on October 28, promises to be a colorful extravaganza, greater spectacle, bringing together the magnificent North East under one forum. One of the main attractions of North East Festival will be the spectacular presentation of cuisines from the region. This year, there will be more than 40 food stalls which will present varieties of North Eastern Food from Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal, ... Read more

Nyamar Karbak flag of the rafting championship Arunachal Water Sports Association (AWSA) in collaboration with the state government’s department of sports and youth affairs, organizes a three day R6 national level rafting championship on Thursday, 25th October 2018. The first edition of Arunachal Cup-2018, was flagged off by Liromoba legislator Nyamar Karbak from the Yomgo river in West Siang district’s Kamba circle. The event aims to promote adventure tourism and boost inflow of domestic and international tourists in the state. There will be five events in the championship – time trails sprint, head-to-head spirit, Salom round I & II, Marathon ... Read more

Arusha International Conference Center Tanzania is plans to utilize the country’s positive features like favourable environment, good weather, good accommodation, modern meeting facilities and improved communication infrastructure to promote MICE tourism in the country. “We are bringing together hoteliers, tour and travel agents as well as representatives from local and International Airlines to hatch new means of capitalizing on conference tourism,” said Devotha Mdachi, Director General of the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB). “Leisure tourism is gradually being replaced by ‘working visits,’ where people travel not just to enjoy sceneries but also making use of the time in being productive away ... Read more

Foreign tourist tries rubber tapping “It is time to focus on responsible tourism development in north Malabar” said V. Thulasidas, Managing Director, Kannur International Airport Ltd. (KIAL). “Tourism potential of the region still remains untapped” he added.  Thulasidas was speaking on inauguration function of the three-day international conference on ‘Augmenting tourism infrastructure, assurance of quality standards in tourism services and opportunities in the context of sustainable tourism in India’. The event was organised by the Department of Economics of the Central University of Kerala at Neeleswaram in Kasaragod on Tuesday.  Thulasidas said money spent on tourism development would generate much ... Read more

360Rize introduces the 360Penguin, officially launched on Kickstarter, an amazingly lightweight camera that shoots 6K, 4K, 360° VR video and 24-megapixel 360 photos designed for all ages. Through its mobile app, users can easily share and live stream directly to Facebook and YouTube via cellular Wi-Fi or directly through a local network, without being tethered. Attach its add-on accessories, the 360Penguin can live stream endlessly and connect to a whole array of action camera accessories. On National Penguin Day, the 360Rize celebrated its release at the Detroit Zoo’s Polk Penguin Conservation Center, the largest penguinarium in the United States. 360Rize ... Read more