Gopanjali Roy
Gopanjali Roy
Korea Tourism organises shopping tourism festival
January 24, 2017
Korea Tourism Organisation holds a shopping tourism festival for foreign tourists, Korea Grand Sale, in order to increase consumer spending and the number of foreign tourists visiting Korea.
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UNWTO identifies Indian NGO for sustainable tourism practices
January 23, 2017
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development recalling the potential of tourism to advance the universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Seychelles witnesses annual growth in Indian tourist arrivals
January 19, 2017
Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 beautiful islands in the Indian Ocean, witnessed an impressive number of visitors from India. The destination is hassle free with visa on arrival, gratis and very good flight connectivity.
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Sicilia Convention Bureau appoints Venture Marketing in India
January 18, 2017
Venture Marketing collaborating with Sicilia Convention Bureau will give them an immediate and transparent access to the entire island’s novelties, the new openings, the hidden corners, and the solutions that offer the best quality-price ratio.
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Air India announces special fares to consolidate position
January 18, 2017
Air India has slashed fares and has brought its flyers the joy of booking air tickets at the price of AC II tier of Rajdhani Express. Passengers travelling on select domestic sectors in the economy class can avail this exclusive offer.
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Bahrain Tourism appoints Good Relations India as India representative
January 17, 2017
Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) has appointed Good Relations India (GRI) as its official representative in India to conceptualise, implement and promote marketing strategies for Bahrain in India.
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Yatra.com introduces Unified Payment Interface on its website
January 12, 2017
Yatra.com has introduced Unified Payment Interface (UPI) as an alternate payment option on its website which will allow its customers to pay directly from a bank account to different merchants both online and offline.
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Indian government announces new tourism body for the North East
January 10, 2017
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region announced the formation of the exclusive North-Eastern Tourism Development Council (NETDC) on a public-private partnership (PPP) mode under the auspices of Union Ministry of Do...
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Assam Tourism and MakeMyTrip partners to promote homestay
January 10, 2017
In order to promote local tourism in the state, Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) intends to encourage organised, community-based, environmentally and socially responsible homestays across the region. ATDC and Rightstay recently signed a MoU to promote homestays in the...
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Mumbai sees first ‘open’ transgender wedding
January 7, 2017
The city of Mumbai saw the most unique kind of marriage as Madhuri Sarode, a transgender, married her boyfriend of five years, Jay Kumar Sharma. Though this is not the first transgender marriage in India, their marriage is unique as this wasn’t held in secret.
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India’s Expatriate Evacuation Operations discussed
January 7, 2017
FICCI, in partnership with Carnegie India, launched a report to bring awareness in India’s evacuation operations for its diaspora abroad. As the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2017 is set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, in Bengaluru, the Federation of In...
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India’s first museum on Indian Diaspora to open in New Delhi
January 7, 2017
The Indian government is looking for curators to design and build India’s first museum on the Indian diaspora. Over the centuries, this community has made countries across the world its home.
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