Tourism industry of Hawaii islands has been gloomy, due to the recent eruption of Kilauea volcano. The cumulative expenditure loss to the tourism of Hawaii’s Big Island inflicted by the eruption may turn out to be as high as approximately 200 million U.S. dollars, a study found. According to the latest study, the Big Island […]
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Tourism has been one of the major revenue earners of Uttarakhand, the northern state of India. The state government is optimistic about the future of the state through development in the tourism sector. “The tourism sector has the potential to create jobs. The existing tourism hot-spots like Nainital and Mussoorie, which were established centuries […]
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Myanmar Vice President U Henry Van Thio has urged cooperation among tourism organizations to promote the tourism industry, as per reports from Global New Light of Myanmar. In the meeting of the Central Committee for the Development of National Tourism Industry, held on Friday, 3rd August 2018, the Vice President reiterated the need to provide […]
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Andhra Pradesh government is planning to implement a Cine Tourism Project, to exploit the available resources in the state. The project will cover all the beautiful locations and gardens in the state. Nandamuri Balakrishna , Hindupur MLA and actor, film director Krish Jagarlamudi and actor Daggubati Rana (Bahubali fame) met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu […]
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Madhya Pradesh’s tin-toy advertisement with the tag line ‘MP me Dil Hua Bachhe Sa’ is getting more recognition in foreign countries. The advertisement was bagged the best advertisement award in 2016. It also received the Graphite Pencil Award from the famous D & AD of England for the innovative concept in advertisement. The commercial was made […]
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The Sikkim government is constructing a road from Uttarey in West Sikkim to Chiwa Bhanjyang in Nepal. The road coming up is at an altitude of about 10,500 feet from sea level. This will be the first road link between Sikkim and Nepal which share almost 100 Km long common border. Nepal already has a […]
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Jet Airways confident of growth, despite reports of financial issues
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Jet Airways clarifies the recent news regarding financial issues in the airline company. As per a tweet in the name of Vinay Dube, CEO of Jet Airways, it denies the statement came in the media that Jet Airways is in a conjecture of a stake sale. The tweet says Jet Airways is well placed to […]
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Jet Airways Ltd has told its pilots that the airline may be grounded in 60 days unless cost-cutting measures including pay cuts are put in place, as reported by Reuters on Friday, 3rd July 2018. Following the acute financial stringency, the authorities had requested the pilots for a 15 per cent pay cut for two […]
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Hariyali Teej, an all woman festival, will be celebrated on 13 August this year. The festival is celebrated on the third day of the first fortnight of Shravan or Sawan month of Hindu Calendar, which usually falls between July and August every year. Hariyali Teej is also known as Chhoti Teej and Shravana Teej. This […]
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The Tourist Reception Center in Srinagar would be made a WiFi zone to provide free and easy internet access to the employees and the visitors. It was announced by Tasaduq Jeelani, Tourism Director of Kashmir during his maiden meeting with the employees in his department on Thursday, 2nd August 2018 During the meeting, the director […]
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Rajasthan tourism department is going to have a new tourism policy with priority to Destination Weddings and MICE activities (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions). It also focuses on encouraging film shooting in the state. The state expects to have improved private participation in its tourism projects. As per a recent report, wedding and MICE activities […]
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A six member all-women biker team has started their expedition from Kochi to Delhi today. All the team members are Federal Bank employees, of which five are Malayalis. The team, christened ‘Motor Cycle Angels’ will cover a distance of 3000 km from Kochi to Delhi within 20 days. The trips, as part of ‘Federal Motor […]
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The Oberoi group is planning to start three resorts – one in Kenya and two in India- to explore benefits of wild life tourism. As per reports, The EIH group, one of the giants in the hospitality industry, will start a luxury resort on the outskirts of Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Named […]
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In the forthcoming Durga puja, which is to be celebrated in October, a puja committee at Santosh Miitra Square in Kolkata is planning to use a chariot made of silver, priced at over Rs 40 crore, to carry its Durga idol. The offering is planned in relation to the committee’s 83rd year of celebrating Durga […]
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A new tourist township, ‘Navya Ayodhya’ is coming up in Uttar Pradesh, near Ayodhya. The township will be spread across 500 acres of land on Faizabad-Gorakhpur National Highway with an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The initial project report is being prepared by a London-based consultancy. The proposal from the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department […]