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The Madeira Carnival in Portugal officially begins on the Friday before Lent (February 26, 2019) and ends on Shrove Tuesday (March 10, 2019), with the whole island being caught up in the intense and contagious liveliness. The Carnival festival in Madeira is one of the region’s liveliest festivals. Funchal city wakes up on the Friday morning to the sound of brass bands and carnival parades bringing their good humour to the whole of the downtown area, which is then continued at night with concerts and shows in the Praça do Município for five consecutive days. On Saturday night, it’s time ... Read more

Kerala Tourism has unveiled a new global brand campaign in Delhi on 19th February 2019 to replace the nine-year-old brand campaign ‘Your Moment is Waiting’. The new campaign – ‘Human by Nature’ – celebrates both people and nature equally in a seamless fashion. Kerala Tourism has premiered a short film of three minutes summarizing the way of life of the people, the inclusiveness, peace and harmony, and also rolled out snapshots capturing the vivid aspects of life, culture and nature during the launch of the campaign. Drawn from powerful human stories and set across five different terrains, this film is ... Read more

Japan National Tourism Organization along with Thomas Cook & All Nippon Airways is conducting a joint promotional activity to promote tourism to Japan from the Indian Market at both domestic and international airports of Mumbai. The promotional activity, which started from 15th February 2019, will end on 21st February. This Joint Promotion Project is aimed to increase and develop the number of Indian travellers to Japan and to improve the degree of private travellers’ recognition between the age of 30 – 50 as a travel destination by holding an exhibition at Mumbai Airport. A booth will be set up that ... Read more

Meghalaya government reiterates the importance of Responsible Tourism in the state on the increased tourist footfall in the state during last year. As per reports, inbound tourism has recorded 80 per cent growth in the tourism during the last 10 years – which is a thing to celebrate, at the same time arouse the thoughts on responsible tourism. Dawki River A one-day workshop was organized by Outlook Responsible Tourism in association with the Meghalaya Government to discuss the issues of responsible tourism. Speaking on the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary Rebbeca V Suchiang mentioned the huge footfall of tourists into the ... Read more

Thailand’s Phuket has been well renowned domestically and internationally for its charms. From spectacular beaches, local cuisine, tropical lifestyle, marine sports, health and retreat resorts, friendly locals to rich natural resources, Phuket has everything we can imagine to offer.  Recently a new tourism attraction has added to its list of the sought after tourist destinations in the world. Stretching across the 10,000 square meter space in front of Floresta Zone of Central Phuket, ‘TRIBHUM – The Mystical Three Worlds’ is the newest theme park, inaugurated on 1st February 2019. THRIBHUM is actually not just an ordinary theme park as it ... Read more

A panel of Union environment ministry made recommendation for clearance of two luxury tourism projects consisting of tents and tree houses in two of the Andaman Islands that are in the ecologically fragile zone and in the vicinity of turtle nesting sites. The ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) for projects related to coastal regulation zone (CRZ) discussed three projects in three islands for the second time. They made recommendation for two of them — at Lalaji Bay on Long Island and at Smith Island to get clearance from the Island Protection Zone (IPZ) with some riders. A third project in ... Read more

Kerala has been the favourite destination for Telugu people during 2018. As per records, around 1.26 lakh tourists from Telangana visited Kerala during the year, citing an increase of 27 per cent tourist footfall from the state, when compared to the previous year. It was informed by VS Anil, Deputy Director, Kerala Tourism Department, while talking in a B2B meeting in Hyderabad. “Meanwhile, 13 per cent increase in tourist base was registered from the neighboring State of Andhra Pradesh to Kerala during 2018,” he added. The B2B meeting was attended by around 50 hoteliers from Kerala, who had an opportunity ... Read more

The Department of Tourism has invited proposals from eligible sports/event management agencies for branding, promoting, marketing and revenue generation activities of the Champions Boat League. The last date of submitting proposals has been extended till 3 pm, February 21, 2019. The selected agency will be responsible for promotional activities for five years. From this year onward, the famed snake boat races of Kerala are to be held in a league format on all Saturdays from August to November 1. The races will kick-off with the Nehru Trophy Boat Race at Punnamada Lake, Alappuzha, on August 10. This will be followed ... Read more

In a bid to expand its presence in the Mediterranean countries, Kerala Tourism has participated in the International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) in Tel Aviv P Bala Kiran, Tourism Director led the State delegation at the two-day IMTM held last week. IMTM is the largest annual professional tourism fair of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean and the official and only professional exhibition for the tourism trade market in Israel. “In the highly competitive global marketplace, we need to scout for new source markets to attract tourists. Our participation in a prestigious event such as IMTM will act as a ... Read more

Kerala’s much awaited Champions Boat League (CBL) is scheduled on 10th August 2019. The IPL style boat league was planned to conduct last year, but postponed due the unprecedented rain and floods. The event envisages to make the state’s hugely popular boat races into a world-class experience for tourists and creating an international sporting atmosphere for participating clubs and their oarsmen, CBL will start during the festive season of Onam in August with the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race in Alappuzha and end with the President’s Trophy Boat Race in Kollam on November 1, with 12 races during the intervening ... Read more

With an objective to curtail the mushrooming illegal hotels, the Goa government is planning to make registration of hotels with the tourism department mandatory. It was announced by Goa tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar  after chairing a meeting of tourism industry stakeholders  at the secretariat. “Whether big or small, all hotels will have to get registered with the tourism department or face legal action. We will impose a fine for non-registration and can even file court case,” said the tourism minister. The minister also noted that compulsory registration would also help the tourism department correctly ascertain the number of tourist arrivals. ... Read more

The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) has plans to set up a Miniature Park with an objective to attract more visitors to tourist spots in Mysuru. Mysore Palace The walk-through park of miniature models has been planned to be setup on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway close to the city. It is reported that the land for the same will be identified soon so that tourists, can have an idea about the places they are going to visit before seeing the actual attractive sites in Mysuru. The park will likely have hand-crafted models of tourist destinations, such as Chamundi Hills, ... Read more

The Sharjah Light Festival has been captivating spectators at the landmark buildings and public places in the city since 6th February 2019. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah and under the theme ‘Culture and Family, the festival will conclude on 16th February 2019. This year, the lighting arrangements are based on various themes, implemented by renowned light and sound artists from across the globe. The light festival illuminates the city’s landmarks with spectacular music and light shows, using the latest techniques in lighting, ... Read more

The Sharjah Light Festival has been captivating spectators at the landmark buildings and public places in the city since 6th February 2019. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah and under the theme ‘Culture and Family, the festival will conclude on 16th February 2019. This year, the lighting arrangements are based on various themes, implemented by renowned light and sound artists from across the globe. The light festival illuminates the city’s landmarks with spectacular music and light shows, using the latest techniques in lighting, ... Read more

The Sharjah Light Festival has been captivating spectators at the landmark buildings and public places in the city since 6th February 2019. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah and under the theme ‘Culture and Family, the festival will conclude on 16th February 2019. This year, the lighting arrangements are based on various themes, implemented by renowned light and sound artists from across the globe. The light festival illuminates the city’s landmarks with spectacular music and light shows, using the latest techniques in lighting, graphics, ... Read more