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32 Swiss tourists to set sail on ‘MV Ganga Vilas’

32 Swiss tourists to set sail on ‘MV Ganga Vilas’

🕔16:44, 11.Jan 2023

Varanasi, Jan 11 (IANS) Thirty-two Swiss tourists will be part of the inaugural sail of ‘MV Ganga Vilas’ that will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on January 13. The Swiss tourists will be a part

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Sri Lanka removes Covid curbs for foreign arrivals

Sri Lanka removes Covid curbs for foreign arrivals

🕔16:50, 7.Dec 2022

Colombo, Dec 7 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry on Wednesday said it has removed Covid-19 restrictions that were in place on for foreign arrivals. In a statement, the Ministry that the requirement to produce a Covid-19 vaccination certificate by any person

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Cambodia receives over 1.57mn foreign tourists in 10 months

Cambodia receives over 1.57mn foreign tourists in 10 months

🕔16:31, 30.Nov 2022

Phnom Penh, Nov 30 (IANS) Cambodia has received more than 1.57 million foreign tourists in the 10 months of 2022, according to a Tourism Ministry report on Wednesday. During the January-October period, Thailand topped the chart of the international tourist arrivals

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First charter flight from Kazakhstan arrives in Goa

First charter flight from Kazakhstan arrives in Goa

🕔19:31, 26.Oct 2022

Panaji, Oct 26 (IANS) The first charter flight of tourist season with 180 passengers from Kazakhstan arrived in the coastal state on Wednesday with more to follow from November. After welcoming the guests at Dabolim airport, Protocol Minister Mauvin Godinho said

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NZ records highest visitor arrivals since Covid pandemic

NZ records highest visitor arrivals since Covid pandemic

🕔07:13, 28.Sep 2022

Wellington, Sep 28 (IANS) New Zealand’s tourism recovery is on its way with international visitor arrivals reaching the highest level since the borders were closed in March 2020 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tourism Minister Stuart Nash said on

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UP to host 37th IATO convention in December

UP to host 37th IATO convention in December

🕔17:30, 20.Sep 2022

Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will be hosting 37th Indian Association of Tour Operators’ (IATO) convention in Lucknow in December. The event is being seen as a huge booster for the state which will get a chance to

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Bhutan set to reopen Assam gate for tourists

Bhutan set to reopen Assam gate for tourists

🕔07:16, 16.Sep 2022

Guwahati, Sep 16 (IANS) Nearly two and half years after the Covid pandemic’s outbreak, the India-Bhutan border gate along the Assam frontier are set to reopen for tourists next week. Samdrup Jhongkhar and Gelephu border gate will be opened on September

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Japan to exempt vaccinated travellers from pre-entry Covid test

Japan to exempt vaccinated travellers from pre-entry Covid test

🕔17:02, 24.Aug 2022

Tokyo, Aug 24 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday said that in-bound travellers will be exempt from taking pre-entry Covid-19 tests if they have received three vaccine shots. The eased restrictions will come into effect on September 7, Xinhua

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Tourism to get ‘industry’ status in UP

Tourism to get ‘industry’ status in UP

🕔18:48, 21.Aug 2022

Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) The tourism sector in Uttar Pradesh is all set to get an industry status. Official sources said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given his consent to the proposal. “A decision in principle to award industry status

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India likely to record 827 mn air passenger traffic by 2032-33

India likely to record 827 mn air passenger traffic by 2032-33

🕔14:26, 9.Aug 2022

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian airports are likely to record a significant rise in the number of air-passengers in the coming years. As per an assessment made by Airports Authority of India (AAI), all India total air passenger traffic is

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Germany sees 214% rise in Indian tourist in 2022 so far: GNTO

Germany sees 214% rise in Indian tourist in 2022 so far: GNTO

🕔18:59, 4.Aug 2022

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) With tourism making a marked recovery post the pandemic, the German National Tourist Office, India, on Thursday announced a rise of 214 per cent in Indian tourists in 2022 so far. In its annual conference, GNTO,

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Mumbai airport records revival in passenger footfall

Mumbai airport records revival in passenger footfall

🕔17:29, 19.Jul 2022

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) As the first half of the year 2022 comes to an end, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has witnessed robust growth in passenger movements with nearly 17 million passengers travelling between January to June

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Int’l arrivals to Vietnam hike in Jan-June

Int’l arrivals to Vietnam hike in Jan-June

🕔20:19, 30.Jun 2022

Vietnam received nearly 602,000 international arrivals in the first six months of this year, a seven-fold increase from the same period last year, thanks to its reopening of tourism activities and resumption of international flights, the General Statistics Office said

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Include UK, Canada in e-visa for tourism growth: Goa tourism association

Include UK, Canada in e-visa for tourism growth: Goa tourism association

🕔11:41, 15.Jun 2022

Expressing concern over the low footfall of foreign tourists due to Covid pandemic and other issues, the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) has urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to convince the Centre to issue e-visas to the citizens

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PM talks about tourist arrivals in Ladakh, Digital India

PM talks about tourist arrivals in Ladakh, Digital India

🕔15:34, 31.May 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday talked about the arrival of tourists in Ladakh, Central government schemes like Digital India and did a pep talk while complimenting a beneficiary for her excellent way of communicating and jokingly saying she should

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Vietnam to resume international tourism from March 15

Vietnam to resume international tourism from March 15

🕔10:24, 17.Feb 2022

Hanoi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Vietnamese government has agreed to reopen the country’s borders for international tourism starting from March 15. On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam gave the nod to a proposal by ministries on the time of

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SL bans travellers of 6 African countries over fear of new Covid variant, Omicron

SL bans travellers of 6 African countries over fear of new Covid variant, Omicron

🕔08:04, 29.Nov 2021

Colombo, Nov 29 (IANS) Amidst fear of newly discovered South African Covid-19 variant, ‘Omicron’, travellers from six African countries, including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland are to be banned from entering Sri Lanka from Saturday night. Dr.

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India allows foreign tourists as Covid cases decline

India allows foreign tourists as Covid cases decline

🕔21:27, 15.Nov 2021

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) India on Monday decided to reopen the entry of all foreign tourists following a sharp and sustained decline in Covid-19 cases. According to the officials, now the foreign travelers will be allowed to visit India without

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Domestic air passenger traffic accelerates in October: ICRA

Domestic air passenger traffic accelerates in October: ICRA

🕔07:37, 10.Nov 2021

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Lower Covid-19 infections, along with festive demand, boosted domestic air passenger traffic growth on both sequential as well as on year-on-year basis in October, ratings agency ICRA said. Domestic air passenger traffic grew by 24-25 per

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NZ imposes new vaccination requirement for non-citizen travellers

NZ imposes new vaccination requirement for non-citizen travellers

🕔08:10, 4.Oct 2021

Wellington, Oct 3 (IANS) Full vaccination against Covid-19 will become a requirement for non-New Zealand citizens arriving in the country from November 1, a Minister said here on Sunday. In a statement, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said that travellers will

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