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Processed & organic certified jackfruit from Bengaluru, exported to Germany

In a boost to exports of organic products, a consignment of 10.20 MT of value-added products of organically certified gluten-free jackfruit powder & retort-packed jackfruit cubes were exported to Germany from Bengaluru yesterday via sea route. The has been processed in the APE jackfruit DA assisted packhouse owned by Phalada Agro Research Foundations (PARF), Bengaluru. […]

German band turn van into rocking club

German two-piece rock band Milliarden has turned a van into a club where they stage gigs for one fan at a time as a way of reaching music-lovers during the pandemic. Separated by a plastic sheet, Milliarden www.milliardenmusik.de, which translates as Billions, treats fans to acoustic versions of their songs, recreating a club atmosphere with […]

Demand for houseboats goes up as Germans prefer holidays close to home

As arctic temperatures frozen rivers and lakes in northern Germany, workers at houseboat charter companies were already gearing up for what they expect to be a busy summer season. Cross-border travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic last summer prompted a run on domestic tourism, including on floating accommodation. Many expect that 2021 will be […]

Panda It’s Pandas Vs Pandemic at German Restaurants during Lock down

The owner of a Frankfurt restaurant is staging a protest against the coronavirus lockdown in Germany by filling his tables with a hundred stuffed toy pandas, in a play on the word “pandemic”. German officials are expected on Wednesday to agree to extend until Dec. 20 a “lockdown light” they imposed on Nov. 2 which […]

Wanted criminal leaves after spending nearly two months at Delhi airport

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Edgard Ziebat is not your regular tourist. He is a wanted criminal in his home country of Germany and had landed in New Delhi on March 18 from Vietnam. That’s where his luck ran out. He was looking to get to Turkey, but India ended up cancelling all flights to that country on the same […]

The Marvels of Berchtesgaden

Bavaria in Germany is famous for its beer and the October Fest in Munich. But, there are unexplored places hidden in the Bavarian landscape. This week, Tourism News Live is taking you to a small, picturesque, and historical town in Bavaria. Famous for its salt mines, Berchtesgaden is located within a small territory surrounded on […]

സ്‌ട്രെസ് ഫ്രീ ആയ അഞ്ച് നഗരങ്ങള്‍ ഇതാ

തിരക്ക് വിട്ടൊന്ന് ആശ്വസിക്കാന്‍ കൊതിക്കാത്തവര്‍ ആരാണുള്ളത്. പിരിമുറുക്കവും ജോലി ഭാരവും മൂലം ആളുകള്‍ പരിതപിക്കുകയാണ്. വല്ലാത്തൊരു സ്‌ട്രെസ്, എന്തൊരു കഷ്ടമാ…എല്ലാത്തില്‍ നിന്നും ഒന്ന് ഒഴിഞ്ഞു നിന്നാല്‍ മതിയായിരുന്നു…ഇങ്ങനെയെല്ലാം പറയാത്തവര്‍ ചുരുക്കം. പല മെട്രോനഗരങ്ങളുടെ ജീവിതവും ആളുകള്‍ക്ക് സ്‌ട്രെസ് സമ്മാനിക്കാറുണ്ട്. അതുപോലെ തന്നെ ചില നഗരങ്ങളിലെ ജീവിതം സ്‌ട്രെസ് ഇല്ലായ്മയും സമ്മാനിക്കാറുണ്ട്. സിപ്‌ജെറ്റ് എന്ന സ്ഥാപനം 150 നഗരങ്ങളില്‍ നടത്തിയ ഗവേഷണത്തിന്റെ ഫലമായി സ്‌ട്രെസ് കൂടുതലുള്ളതും ഇല്ലാത്തതുമായ നഗരങ്ങളെ ലിസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്യുകയുണ്ടായി. ഏറ്റവും സ്‌ട്രെസ് ഇല്ലാത്ത അഞ്ച് നഗരങ്ങള്‍ […]

Berlin Airport plans to build additional terminal

The Berlin airport is all set to open in 2020 and an expansion is already planned in time to be completed for the opening. The airport, BER, has announced its plan to build another terminal before it’s opening date. With the new terminal, the airport will be able to handle an additional six million passengers every year. […]

China’s Hainan offer ‘free visa’ for tourists from 59 countries

Hainan, a small southern island province of China, plans to offer visa-free on arrival for over 59 countries. According to media reports, the policy might come into force from 1st May in which the travellers are permitted to stay for over 30 days. As part of the new policy, individual tourist and groups from countries […]

Germany expects 5-8% growth in Indian tourist arrivals

Germany welcomed 8, 52,224 visitor overnights in 2017 registering a 13.8 per cent growth over 2016. Owing to this steady growth, the German National Tourist Office (GNTO) in India forecasts a 5-8 per cent growth in tourist arrivals this year. With experiential travel becoming the most sought after genre in leisure travel, GNTO is promoting ”Culinary […]

Foreign tourist arrival exceeds over 13.4 % in March 2018

It was a happy news for the tourism industry, as the foreign tourist arrival exceeds to over 13.4 per cent more than that of the previous year statistics. Foreign tourist arrival for the period of January-March 2018 was 31.27 lakh, while January-March 2017 recorded only 28.45 lakh arrivals. The statistics can be further dissected as […]

Rajasthan marks 10.50% rise in tourist arrivals

Rajasthan tourism marks a remarkable increase in tourist arrival, as in 2017 around 475.27 lakh, tourists visited the state which is higher in number when compared with the previous statistics. Around 16.10 lakhs arrivals, out of the total number were foreign tourists with the other half being domestic tourists. More foreign tourists are getting attracted […]

Indian’s prefer happiness besides health and money, Linkedln

According to a survey by LinkedIn, famous social networking site dedicated to business and employment-related services, had revealed that Indian’s prefer being happy besides health and money. About 72 per cent Indians in the survey states that being happy is the ultimate achievement of success in their life. Survey also reveals that about 65 per […]

German Tourism Board accepts Bitcoin payments

The German National Tourism Board said it accepts cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin for its services. GNTB also intends to implement blockchain technologies in its finances. “We want to be a global innovation driver in the tourism industry. Services offered by the German National Tourism Board (GNTB) can now be paid in cryptocurrency. The organization which promotes […]

Kerala Blog Express flagged off

The fifth edition of the much awaited, annual two-week-long bus trip, the Kerala Blog Express, organised by state Tourism Department has been flagged off from Mascot Hotel by Minister for Tourism Kadakampally Surendran. “The two-week journey by ‘Kerala Blog Express’ would cover all the important destinations in Kerala and would conclude the trip in Kochi […]