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A 46-day Grand Kerala Shopping Festival (GKSF) will open Dec 1, at 14 district headquarters across the state, to attract foreign tourists and buyers.
Emirates airlines will start its six-flights-a-week service to Ahmedabad in western India from Oct 28, senior officials have said.
Construction of India's most modern airport at Hyderabad is in full swing with over 82 percent of the work completed. Flight tests are scheduled in January 2008.
The Rajasthan government plans to set up electronic tourist information kiosks at important locations in the state.
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'Incredible' India has been voted as the favourite country to travel to by readers of Conde Nast Traveller, a major travel magazine, during its 10th annual awards that honour the most popular destinations at home and around the world.
With more and more Indian pilgrims visiting Pakistan, the authorities are now focusing on promoting religious tourism and have identified 32 temples, gurdwaras and Sufi shrines for improvement.
India's national carrier Air India will soon operate more international flights from Kolkata and replace its Boeing aircraft with Airbus to connect most of the important capital cities in the northeast, officials said here Monday.
Dubai is eyeing Indian tourists, especially those from second rung cities like Chandigarh, Nagpur and Coimbatore, and intends to push up the number of visitors from India by 32,000 this year.
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan wanted it to be a place of peace and tranquillity. But the 17th century Taj Mahal today suffers a daily invasion of nearly 12,000 visitors.
It is not enough to open up the skies without also opening up the land and creating more hotels and resorts for the heavy inflow of tourists, according to participants at the India Summit of Aviation and Tourism.
SpiceJet, one of India's fast growing low-cost airlines, would induct 20 more aircraft by 2009 and will soon add Port Blair as its 16th destination, the carrier said Wednesday.
An Indian festival on the streets of London, rural, medical and wildlife tourism, and now helicopter travel to remote areas... Tourism Minister Ambika Soni is simply brimming with ideas to make India more visible on the world map writes Azera Rahman.
China is looking forward to more Indians visiting the country during the current year, which it has declared the 'China-India Year of Friendship through Tourism'.
Medical tourism, helped save Kevin Stewart's life. He had a liver transplant in India in just $55,000 as against $350,000 in the US.
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