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Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited’s Trujet, said it is planning to double its fleet size and destinations served in India by end of this year. Truejet currently has five ATR-72 carriers in its fleet serving 14 destinations in the South. The airline will be adding six more ATRs into its fleet by this year-end, enabling it to start operations to 10 more destinations which were allotted to the company under the second UDAN bidding. Trujet was allotted five destinations under the first UDAN bidding and was the first carrier to connect all the five destinations allotted to it. These ... Read more

Considering the disastrous situation of rain and flood in the state, the inauguration function of Jatayu Earth’s Center at Chadayamangalam, Kollam, has been postponed until further notice. It was informed by Kadakampally Surendran, Tourism Minister of Kerala. “The helicopter of Jadayu Earth’s Center will be used for rescue operations in the flood affected areas,” said Rajiv Anchal, Managing Director, Jatayu Earth’s Center. Earlier, it was planned to inaugurate on 17th August 2018.  

Poland and Karnataka are joining hands for promotion of tourism in Poland.  Adam Burakowski, Ambassador of Polund has urged the Karnataka Cehief Minister HD Kumara Swami to ask the film industry to shoot their films in Poland. Burakowski, a big fan of Hindi films and the Kannada super star (late) Rajkumar, said that his country was ready to offer an upfront 30 per cent subsidy of the cost of a movie if Kannada filmmakers shoot their films entirely in Poland. He was talking to the Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru, on Tuesday, 15th August 2018 The Poland Ambassador ... Read more

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand government is conducting ‘Destination Uttarakhand,’ an Investors’ Summit in Dehradun on October 4 and 5, 2018. The ministry will also organize sector-specific Mini Investors Conclaves in different parts of the State in August. Two mini conclaves, specific to tourism sector will be held in Tehri and Nainital on 7th and 10th August respectively. While the agenda of Tehri conclave is tourism and wellness, the Nainital Conclave will explore investment opportunities in film shooting and tourism. “The government will also organize an Ambassadors’ Meet in Delhi on August 30 to present the vast investment potential in the tourism sector ... Read more

While Kerala has been experiencing devastating rain, which it has not been witnessed in recent years, thousands of people come forward from around the world to help the state to overcome the havoc. Salila Sukumaran during Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 Salila Sukumaran, a yoga teacher and resident of USA, who has visited Kerala recently as part of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018, has urged  in her facebook post to help Kerala to overcome the disastrous situation. She was describing, how the KSEB people has rescued an elephant, which stranded in the flooding river. We share her facebook post for the ... Read more

Travelyaari has partnered with Yes Bank’s domestic remittance service, to offer a seamless payment method to customers through Yes Money’s API. With this partnership Yes Money is adding bus bookings to its portfolio in order to bridge the only visible missing piece from its assorted platter of financial services. Moreover, it aimed to promote financial inclusion among people who have access to a formal bank account at the terminating point, usually one’s native village, but not at the originating point which is the city to where they migrate for work. Through Yes Money’s extensive base of 80,000 business correspondents and ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: thefabulousscript.com As per the recent reports from the Australian tourism authorities, the country has received around 277,100 Indian tourists during the period from June 2017 to May 2018. This is 19 per cent more than that of the previous year. India has become the eighth largest inbound market for Australia, after China, New Zealand, the US, Britain, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. Average spending by Indian tourists increased by 14 per cent between April 2017 and March 2018, with visitors spending AUD 1.53 billion (around Rs 7,650 crore) in Australia. Last year it was AUD 1.33 billion. In terms ... Read more

First project under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme ‘North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom’ in Manipur inaugurated today. The major restoration, reconstruction and development works taken up under the project was at a cost of nearly Rs 69 crore. The Governor of Manipur, Dr. Najma A Heptulla inaugurated the project “Development of North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom” implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India at a function held at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal, Manipur today. This is the first project to be completed under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of the Government of ... Read more

Indian Railway has issued notification on re-scheduling, cancelling and delaying of trains due to the uninterpreted rain Kerala region. Nagercoil-Thiruvanananthapuram section. A landslide occurred between Kuzhithurai and Eraniel stations. Trains are delayed in the section. Trains delayed Train No 16128 Guruvayur-Chennai egmore express, Train No 16382 Kanniyakumari-Mumbai CSMT express, Train No 15906 Dibrugarh-Kanniyakumari vivek express and Train No 19424 Gandhidham-Tirunelveli humsafar express is delayed. Trains fully cancelled. Train No 56318 Nagercoil-Kochuveli passenger and Train No 56317 Kochuveli-Nagercoil passengers are fully cancelled on 15.08.2018. Trains partially cancelled. Train No 56311 Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil passenger is partially cancelled between Kuzhithurai-Nagercoil and Train No 56310 ... Read more

The sharp drop of the Indian Rupee against major currencies will have a positive impact on inbound tourism, experts say. “A weakened rupee has made India a cheaper foreign destination and we expect to have around 10 per cent hike in inbound tourism,” said Subhash Goyal, Chairman, Assocham Tourism Committee. However, the decline in rupee will have an adverse effect on outbound tourism, which may lead to a negative growth in tourism this year. Another travel agent states, Indian travellers would have taken note of the falling rupee, but so far they had not changed their international travel plans. “Indian ... Read more

The Indian Railways said it will not provide free travel insurance to its passengers starting September 1. Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to stop free travel insurance starting September 1 and “the option of free insurance will be optional”. Travellers, while booking tickets through its website or mobile application, will have to choose from two options: to opt-in or opt-out of travel insurance. IRCTC has been giving free travel insurance to passengers since December 2017 with an aim to promote the digital transaction. The Railways had earlier also waived off ticket booking charge for users who make payments via debit ... Read more

Photo for representative purpose only (Photo Courtesy: Outdoor Journal Radio) As part of women safety awareness, an underwater live show is coming up in Hotel Uday Samudra in Kovalam. The show is organized by Bond Ocean Safari  in association with Big FM, as part of their programme named ‘Vande Keralam Season 6, aiming at protecting women and children from abuses and atrocities. The show is happening in the swimming pool of Uday Samudra on 16th August 2018 at 10 AM. Kidilam Firoz, RJ of Big FM will be presenting the show. Through the event the organizers plan to accumulate 50,000 ... Read more

Kochi international airport has suspended its operations for four days. It was informed by the airport authorities in a notification issued. The notification states, “Kochi airport operations temporarily suspended till 18th Saturday 2 PM since the inflow of water is still on a raising trend. We are working hard to drain out the storm water. All are requested to co-operate.” All the suspended services of Kochi will be operated from Thiruvananthapuram Airport. An Emergency control room has opened in the airport to assist the passengers. Control room contact numbers are – 0484 3053500, 2610094. Red  alert has been declared in the ... Read more

Kerala is amidst an unprecedented flood havoc. The calamity has caused immeasurable misery and devastation. Many lives were lost. Hundreds of homes were totally destroyed and many more were damaged. For the first time in history, 27 dams in the State had to be opened. Never before had the State witnessed a calamity of this scale. In the fight against the flood, we have braved the odds. Now it is our duty to help the affected rebuild their lives. The path to recovery can be long and strenuous, but you can make a difference by joining the rebuilding efforts. Contribute ... Read more

Pune, Maharashtra Maharashtra’s Pune ranked top in the Ease of Living Index released by the Central government here on Monday.  The survey has conducted to find the best city to live based on four parameters— governance, social institutions, economic and physical infrastructure. The findings of the survey were released by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister While, Maharashtra’s Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai have become the top three cities, the country’s capital, New Delhi ranked 65 out 111 cities. Pune is the second largest city of Maharashtra, next to Mumbai. It is considered to be the ... Read more