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More countries are opening borders for Indian tourists who have taken two doses of the covid vaccine. Sri Lanka is one of the last countries on this list. Another feature is that Sri Lanka approves both covishield and covaxin vaccines. Most countries are only accepting the Covishield. Those who have taken a single dose or have not been vaccinated cannot enter Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, those who have taken a single dose of the vaccine and later recovered from covid can come to Sri Lanka. This facility is available to those who have recovered within 28 to 90 days. They should ... Read more

Sri Lanka bans travelers from India. The Director General of Sri Lanka Civil Aviation has said that passengers from India will not be allowed to land in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing an increase in covid-19 cases. About 2,000 new cases have been reported in the last five days. From early to mid-April, an average of 200 cases were reported here. Health officials said the current wave was from the fastest spreading UK variant. Meanwhile, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had given instructions to allow Sri Lankan migrant workers to return home. Sri Lanka ... Read more

Indians are the most confident in the world about resuming international travel once they are allowed to do so, according a travel survey. They also top the list of people most eager to travel internationally in the next 12 months with 77% saying they are keen to travel, followed by Thais at 70% and Indonesians at 60%, said news agency ANI, quoting the new survey. Singapore is the most favoured destination for people living in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines when it comes to post-lockdown travel, said the newly released study conducted jointly by social research agency ... Read more

Jordan Tourism Board has recently announced that it has witnessed the growth of 30.40 per cent in 2018 from the Indian market. “The Jordanian-Indian relationship has witnessed a tremendous positive shift throughout 2018,” said Dr. Abed Al Razzaq Arabiyat, Managing Director of the Jordan Tourism Board. “His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein’s visit to India in February 2018 has had a cascading effect on the whole dynamics that connect both countries. Granting Indian visitors an upon-arrival visa was one of these changes that helped increase the number of Indian tourists visiting Jordan for its remarkable religious and historic sites, such as ... Read more

Dubai Tourism expects a steady growth of 13 to 15 per cent in Indian tourist visits in the state. As per reports, India remained the top source market for Dubai during the year 2017 and it is expected to be a crucial contributor to their targeted 20 million international visitations by 2020. “The priority is to get the messaging tailor-made for each market in India to attract every segment of travellers to Dubai,” said Khalid Al Awar, Manager – India & Pakistan (International Operations), Dubai Tourism. He was interacting with the media in an informal chat on the side-lines of ... Read more

UAE to have major visa policy changes, which will came in to being from today, 21st October 2018. It is expected that the new visa rules will not just benefit expatriates, but boost the local economy as well. The visa policy changes include the extension of entry permits for visitors and visas for women. The Federal Authority for identity and Citizenship confirmed last week that it will begin extending the residency visa for widows and divorced women and their children for a year without a sponsor. The residency visas of students sponsored by the parents will also be renewed. The ... Read more

New Zealand is becoming one of the favourite destinations for Indians. During the past four years, number of Indian tourists to New Zealand has doubled from 33,000 to 66,000. Considering this remarkable growth in the inbound tourists from India, New Zealand tourism has expanded its annual travel trade event, Kiwi Link India, this year. “It is a platform for Indian travel agents, product managers and planners to interact with New Zealand operators and understand the new developments and market perceptions in the tourism sector,” said Steven Dixon, Regional Manager, South and South-East Asia, Tourism New Zealand, on his recent trip ... 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

India, being one of the best source markets for Egypt, has contributed to the Egyptian tourism with over 30 per cent growth in the tourist arrivals in 2017. Realising the potential of its source market and draw more tourists to the country, Egypt Tourism is conducting roadshows in Indian cities to promote its cultural, Christian pilgrimage and MICE offering. Christian pilgrimage is one of the important focus areas of Egypt Tourism and they are focussing mainly on Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kochi for promoting this. The tourism department is organising roadshows in Mumbai, Kochi, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru.  Egypt Tourism has conducted four-city ... Read more

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha have deployed tourist police. “Fourteen states have deployed tourist police in one form or the other,” informed Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons. Listing out the measures taken by his ministry to ensure the safety of tourists, Alphons said it had launched a 24×7 Multi-Lingual Tourist Info-Helpline (toll-free number 1800111363, short code 1363) in 12 languages (Hindi, English and 10 international languages) in February, 2016. The helpline was launched to provide support to the tourists in terms of information relating ... Read more

As per the first six months’ reports of 2018 by the Immigration Department of Nepal, almost one lakh Indians visited the Himalayan Nation, out of the total 5,20,000 foreign tourists. Chinese came second with 71,379 visitors, while US became third 43,816 visitors during the six months. The total number of foreign visitors during this period shows an increase of 13 per cent, when compared to the same period in the previous year. Other foreigners who visited Nepal were from South Asia and European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden etc. “The number of foreign ... Read more

Sri Lanka has recorded a growth of 15.3 per cent in tourist arrivals during the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year. According to the statistics from the Tourism Ministry, 1,164,647 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka between January and June. 1,010,444 tourists visited the country during the same period previous year. In June, 146,828 tourists arrived in the island country, registering 19 per cent increase from the arrivals recorded in June 2017. India remains the largest market for Sri Lanka in June, followed by China and Britain. Visitors from India grew 18.4 per cent to 32,971, and arrivals from ... Read more

In a move to attract Indian tourists, Tourism Australia has made association with eight airlines as part of the ‘Great Australian Airfare Sale’, with all airlines offering tickets at great discounts. Air India, Jet Airways, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, Air Asia, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways and Scoot are the eight airlines joined in the endeavor. Travellers can make use of booking offer till 21st of this month, with the travel validity till June 30, 2019. The return fares start from Rs 23,000 on a budget airline for connecting flights, and will go up to Rs 55,000 for direct flights. Australia’s ... Read more

വിനോദസഞ്ചാര മേഖലയില്‍ വികസനത്തിനൊരുങ്ങി ഖത്തര്‍. ഇന്ത്യയില്‍നിന്ന് കൂടുതല്‍ വിനോദസഞ്ചാരികളെ ആകര്‍ഷിക്കുന്നതിനായി മുംബൈയില്‍ ഖത്തര്‍ ടൂറിസം അതോറിറ്റി പുതിയ ഓഫീസ് തുറന്നു. ഇന്ത്യക്കാര്‍ക്ക് ഖത്തര്‍ സന്ദര്‍ശിക്കാന്‍ വിസയുടെ ആവശ്യമില്ല എന്ന തീരുമാനം കഴിഞ്ഞ വര്‍ഷം ഓഗസ്റ്റിലാണ് നിലവില്‍ വന്നത്. തുടര്‍ന്ന് ഖത്തറില്‍ എത്തുന്ന ഇന്ത്യന്‍ സഞ്ചാരികളുടെ എണ്ണത്തില്‍ വന്‍വര്‍ധനവുണ്ടായി. ഒരുമാസത്തെ താമസത്തിനാണ് വിസ ആവശ്യമില്ലാത്തത്. രാജ്യത്തെത്തുമ്പോള്‍ ആറു മാസം കാലാവധിയുള്ള പാസ്‌പോര്‍ട്ടും റിട്ടേണ്‍ ടിക്കറ്റും വേണമെന്ന് മാത്രമാണ് നിബന്ധന. പിന്നീട് 30 ദിവസത്തേക്കുകൂടി ഈ വിസ നീട്ടാനുള്ള സംവിധാനവുമുണ്ട്. കൂടുതല്‍ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ സഞ്ചാരികളെ ആകര്‍ഷിക്കാനാണ് ഖത്തര്‍ ടൂറിസം മുംബൈയില്‍ ഓഫീസ് തുറന്നത്. ഇന്ത്യയില്‍നിന്ന് വിദേശരാജ്യങ്ങള്‍ സന്ദര്‍ശിക്കാന്‍ പോകുന്നവരുടെ എണ്ണം വര്‍ധിച്ച സാഹചര്യത്തില്‍ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ പ്രതിനിധി ഓഫീസ് ഏറെ ഗുണകരമാകുമെന്ന് ഖത്തര്‍ ടൂറിസം അതോറിറ്റി മാര്‍ക്കറ്റിങ് മേധാവി റാശിദ് അല്‍ ഖുറേസ് പറഞ്ഞു. സംസ്‌കാരംകൊണ്ടും പാരമ്പര്യംകൊണ്ടും ഇന്ത്യക്കാര്‍ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്ന നിരവധി സവിശേഷതകള്‍ ഖത്തറിനുണ്ടെന്നും റാശിദ് അല്‍ ഖുറേസ് പറഞ്ഞു. ടൂറിസ്റ്റ് ഓപ്പറേറ്റര്‍മാരുമായി പങ്കാളിത്തം, ശില്‍പശാലകള്‍, ... Read more