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You don’t have to wait for long to check-in your baggage at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, anymore. The whole process of baggage check-in will take only 45 seconds from now on as the airport has deployed fully-automated self bag drop machines at the airport. The self bag drop machines will accelerate the baggage transaction and reduce check-in queues. Bengaluru Airport is the first in the country to introduce a large deployment of fully automated baggage drop-off units. The system, called Air.Go, has been designed and installed by Materna IPS. To begin with, this self-drop baggage system will be available ... Read more

Osaka, Japan As part of the efforts to increase the inflow of tourists from Southeast Asia, Tourism Bureau in Osaka has partnered with private company JCB, one of the original credit card companies in Japan. Despite the fact that the number of foreign tourists coming to Osaka, the merchant town; the Tourism Bureau have been in the process of a number of initiatives to attract more tourists, especially from Thailand. “We would like to offer the campaign called ‘Otoku Osaka’ till the end of March next year, and to convey the appeal of Osaka to Thai members. JCB has many ... Read more

Tourism Secretary Rashmi Verma at the roll out of the Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC) Programme. Rashmi Verma , The Union Tourism Secretary rolled out the  Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC) Programme in New Delhi on 15th November 2018. The programme was launched in Septet by the Union Tourism Minister, K J Alphons on the occasion of National Tourism Awards function & World Tourism Day. The participants will now be able to register for this programme through an online digital platform.  IITFC will enable Indian citizens to develop and enhance the skills associated with tourism, and where one ... Read more

China International Travel Mart (CITM) 2018 has kick-started at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, with 2,245 booths from 107 countries and regions participating in the event. The mart will be open to public on November 18, 2018, on the concluding day, via online reservations. A series of business forums, trainings, promotions, releases of new tourism routes as well as cultural activities are expected to be held during the event. Tourism organizations from the European Union, the US, Thailand, South Korea, Singapore and Indonesia have a strong presence at the event. With the development of China’s tourism industry, CITM has grown ... Read more

As part of the beatification programmes of the capital city on the occasion of the Men’s Hockey World cup, a team of four international artists were assigned by the authorities for painting 3D murals on five walls Bhubaneswar. Tracy Lee Stum from Southern California and her team members Julio, G Dler and Ana Ronen painted murals in five different areas of the city. The artists have arrived to the city 16 days back to carry out the beatification process.  They were assigned one design each in different areas. Tracy painted a 3D mural of children playing swings and slides in ... Read more

Association of Tourism Trade Organizations, India, in association with Tourism News Live is planning to conduct a one-day seminar on Modern Trends in Tourism Marketing on November 27, 2018. The seminar, scheduled to be held at the KITTS Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram, will be inaugurated by Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran. The inaugural session of the seminar will be conducted by Rajeev Devaraj, Editor, News18 Kerala. Rajeev will give Digital Marketing Tips to the travel trade associates attending the seminar. Anish Kumar P K, Past President of ATTOI and Managing Director of Travel Planners will take a session on ‘Need of Instagram ... Read more

Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers of the Indian Army has undertaken a unique Ultra Cycling Expedition as part of its Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Expedition was flagged off on 15 Aug 2018 from Secunderabad and will cover a distance of 25,000 kilometres across the country passing through all states, attempting at creating the Guinness World Record of most extended distance cycling through the country. The expedition has covered 18,350 kilometres till date. The team started its next phase by aiming to cycle around the ‘Golden Quadrilateral’- a total distance of 5,918 kilometres. The Expedition was flagged off on August ... Read more

The India International Cherry Blossom Festival 2018, celebrating the unique autumn flowering of Himalayan Cherry Blossoms kick started in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, with several cultural events. Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya inaugurated the event at Polo 5th Ground (Dalang Open Stage) on Wednesday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the CM said Cherry Blossom festival is one of the greatest aspects to promote tourism in Meghalaya and the festival will attract explorers to the State. “The trees have blossomed three weeks earlier. We can witness 70 per cent of the Cherry Blossom. It will be a great opportunity for the scientists and other ... Read more

Photo for representative purpose only India Travel Mart, Jammu, is all set to begin on 16th November 2018. The three day event is organized in association with the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department. The event is taking place at Hotel Ramada, Jammu City Centre, Gulab Singh Marg, Near Exhibition Ground, Jammu. Several state tourism boards, travel operators, agents, travel portals, hotels and resorts will participate in the event. The Travel Mart will cater the needs of tourists in terms of vacations, weekend getaways, family holidays, honeymoon, business trips, adventure, wildlife, desert safari and pilgrimage tourism. The exhibition timings are between ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: Emirates24/7 Operations at Kuwait International Airport have come to a halt as weather conditions remain unstable and heavy downpour continues. “All flights departing from Kuwait international airport are suspended ‘Precautionary’, and arriving flights will be redirected to Dubai international airport, Bahrain international airport and Dammam airport” the Kuwaiti civil aviation said in a statement by state news agency KUNA. Photo Courtesy: Emirates 24/7 Flights were redirected to Saudi Arabia’s Dammam and Riyadh airports, and to Bahrain’s airport as well. The volatility in weather conditions is expected to continue until Friday, the report said. Kuwait is currently witnessing unstable weather ... Read more

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, are set to explore deeper cooperation following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Bahrain International Airshow. MOU scope includes provision for joint codeshare operations as preferred partners between and beyond hubs; development of commercial agreements to enhance guest experience; coordinated Engineering and Cargo services in Abu Dhabi and Manama; plans to offer reciprocal ‘earn and burn’ on frequent flyer programmes. The wide-ranging MOU covers scope to introduce joint codeshare operations between Abu Dhabi and Manama, ... Read more

Tourists visit in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has declined to more than half after the high court order banning night stay at the forest rest houses and restricted movement of vehicles in the reserve area. It was in August 10, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court had said, “We are of the view that no tourist should be permitted to stay overnight in national parks, protected forests and reserve forests in order to protect wildlife.” In an earlier order the same bench of the court had restricted the number of vehicles entering different zones in the reserve ... Read more

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has inaugurated the 5th North East Connectivity Summit at Tawang, organised  by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Tourism Connectivity’. “North East has unique and distinctive culture.The people are known for great hospitality.The Ministry of tourism wants to advertise it globally and put everything related to North East on the Global Map. Let #NorthConnectivitySummit be a good start #SustainableTourism,” tweeted Alphons K J, Union Minister for Tourism. The two-day summit is being attended by representatives and delegations from neighboring countries such as Bhutan and Bangladesh, ... Read more

Photo courtesy: Travel to Blank Colombian tourism sector is in a coming back after the peace agreement signed by Juan Manal Santos, the President in 2016 to end five decades of violent civil war, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos receives 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. Though the country is still struggling to carry out the agreement amid a new government, Colombia is seeing massive growth in its tourism sector. As per reports from the trade ministry more than 3 million people visited Colombia in 2017, marking a 200 per cent hike since 2006, as ... Read more

The state government of Tamil Nadu has banned trekking between February 15 and April 15 every year in the aftermath of the Kurangini forest fire, which killed almost twenty tourists earlier in March this year. The rules have been notified based on an expert committee report on the Kurangini fire. According to ‘Spatial and temporal analysis of decadal forest fire data (2006-2015)’ released by the Tamil Nadu Forest department, forest fires start in January, increase in February and reach its highest point during March. Nearly 48 per cent of forest fires in Tamil Nadu were reported during March and February, which ... Read more