Incredible India Newsletter

Incredible India- campaign wins World Travel Award

The 'Incredible India' campaign, an initiative by the Indian government to promote tourism, has won the World Travel Award 2009 for being the best campaign of the year.The reigning Miss World, Ksenia Kukhinova of Russia, presented the award to India's Tourism Minister, Kumari Selja at a gala function held at the Grosvenor House in London during the World Travel Market.

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Bihar receives its first Cruise Tourism guests

The ship Pandawa Cruise created history on Sunday when it entered Bhagalpur via Sahebganj sailing on the river Ganga from Kolkata on its way to Varanasi, carrying 50 foreign tourists heralding the entry of the state on the map of cruise tourism. The first group of foreign tourists from Europe and USA are undertaking a 14-day voyage from Kolkata to Varanasi. This two week tour provides a deep insight into the way of life, history and culture of Bihar. The expedition takes in a number of the most...

Incredible India Newsletter Aug/Sept 2009

The Union Tourism Minister, Kumari Selja called upon all stake-holders in the tourism sectorto reach out to new and potential markets, to broad-base visitor profile and augment tourist arrivals to India

'Caravan' tour packages - Home on wheels to hit the Indian shores soon.

'Caravan' tour packages, popular in Europe and USA, will soon hit the Indian shores to attract elite segment tourists specially Foreign tourists. Caravan tourism , a new concept in India, is a new tourism product to be launched in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh in the first phase.Under the Caravan or a 'home on wheel' packages, tourists are provided air-conditioned vehicles with all modern facilities such as Wi-Fi connectivity, mini bar, TV besides bed and toilets....

Ganga Water Rally to take place from 28-30th November in Uttar Pradesh

Ganga Water Rally would be organised from November 28 and it would terminate on November 30. The rally provides a unique opportunity to explore scenic beauty along river Ganga with its historical Ghats of Ganga from Allahabad to Varanasi through Mirzapur and Chunar. It is an event of complete adventure and fun. The participants use kayaks, canoes or row boats. Ganga Water Rally is the first major water sporting event of its kind in Uttar Pradesh. Seven teams will be participating in the Ganga...

Hotel Industry in India witnesses tremendous boom

The Economic Times: August 26, 2009   New Delhi: A touch of tenderness, a helping hand, a welcoming visage... the Indian hospitality sector is certainly the most apt replication of the belief 'Atithi devo bhava'. Good quality products and services at affordable prices should be the USP of any successful venture - and hotels in the country boast of exactly this! According to the world travel and tourism council, the growth in the hospitality industry is pegged at 15% every year, and...

Indian tourism Minister Kumari Selja calls for reaching out to new and potential source markets to broad base visitor porfile and augment tourist arrivals from all countries

The union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja has called upon all stakeholders in the tourism sector to reach out to new and potential source markets, to broad base visitor profile and augment tourist arrivals from all countries to India. Inaugurating a two day Overseas Marketing Meet here today she said, While continuing with our thrust in our traditional source markets, we should target all those countries from where the growth in tourist arrivals has been encouraging. She said, as an initiative in...

100 day agenda: Minister Tourism Selja rolls out Caravan tourism

Besides, new policy guidelines would be announced for promotion of 'wellness tourism' in India, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja told reporters in the national capital today.     She said new policy guidelines for promotion of caravan tourism and facilitating infrastructure for the project would be announced soon. "It will be developed as a niche tourism product."     Under the project, tourists will enjoy the countryside on a caravan — a home on...

Two central projects to upgrade tourism in JK

The Centre will take up two mega projects at a cost of Rs 50 crore to upgrade tourism infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir.The Centre has asked the state tourism authorities to prepare the project reports of the tourist destinations where the infrastructure is required to be upgraded, Union Secretary of Tourism S Banerjee today said.

The funds would be released for early execution of these mega projects soon after receipt of the project reports by the Centre, he said.Banerjee, who arrived here...

Kerala to restore 400-year-old Indian synagogue

Kerala to restore 400-year-old Indian synagogueCOCHIN, India - Local authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala have decided to renovate one of the oldest synagogues in the region as part of a larger heritage conservation and tourism development project.The Parur synagogue, located in the village of North Paravur, approximately 18 km. north of Cochin, dates to the early 17th century. It was believed to have been built on the ruins of a previous synagogue from the 12th century. Along...