Travel News

Tourism Malaysia offers 'live-it-up @ KL' package for festive season

Offering the glitzy cosmopolitan attractions of Kuala Lumpur, Tourism Malaysia is reaching out to Indian travellers with its 'live-it-up @ KL' to coincide with the upcoming festival season.10:02 PM on October 16

Hospitality, tourism education gets boost

Taking note of the growing demand for trained manpower in the hospitality and tourism industry, the government Thursday cleared a proposal for setting up new educational institutes and strengthening of the existing ones in these key areas.3:30 PM on October 16

India for global cooperation against terrorism

Calling for international cooperation to meet the challenge of terrorism, India Tuesday said issuing travel advisories against individual countries was not a solution.9:01 PM on October 14

Soni leaves for Spain for UN meet on tourism

Tourism Minister Ambika Soni Monday left for Madrid to attend the meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) during which the impact of global meltdown on tourism would be dicussed.6:03 PM on October 13

Kerala village produces film to promote tourism

A village panchayat (council) in Kerala has produced a docu-fiction to promote tourism.6:00 PM on October 13

German mother, Goa police trade charges

A German woman who has complained that her daughter was being sexually harassed by the Goa education minister's son, says police would 'prefer' her to withdraw the complaint, though police said she was evading them.12:32 AM on October 13

Australian tourist's death: knife recovered from Goa bar

Police Saturday recovered a knife from a popular bar in Calangute, Goa, where 65-year-old Australian tourist John Kelly had a scuffle with waiters before his death this week.12:30 AM on October 12

Australian tourist racially abused waiters: Goa pub

Australian tourist John Kelly, who died after a pub brawl here Wednesday morning, had hulred racial abuses at Indian customers and waiters that might have provoked the scuffle, the bar management said in a statement Saturday.8:01 PM on October 11

Scarlett Keeling's mother under scanner for neglect

The Goa police have started formal investigations into complaints of neglect against deceased British teenager Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown.6:02 PM on October 10

Week-long Kullu Dussehra celebrations begin in Himachal Pradesh

The week-long Kullu Dussehra which is one of the biggest traditional, religious and cultural festivals of the country began in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu town Thursday.8:32 PM on October 09

Government will run tourism in Munnar: Achuthanandan

A master plan to turn Munnar into planned tourist destination will soon be ready, and the tourist activities in the hill station will be run by the state government, the state government said Thursday.8:31 PM on October 09

Three held in connection with death of Australian tourist in Goa

Three men have been arrested in connection with the death of 65-year-old Australian tourist John Kelly at a beachside bar in north Goa, the police said here Thursday.2:30 PM on October 09

Attari border gets a tourism complex

The Attari joint border checkpost Tuesday got its first tourism complex named the Aman Umeed (hope for peace), at this border town in Punjab.7:00 PM on October 07

ADB to invest $90 mn in Himachal Pradesh's tourism

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed to invest over $90 million in tourism-related infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh, a government statement said here Sunday.8:30 PM on October 05

'Travel mart helping Kerala tourism sustain growth'

The Kerala Travel Mart (KTM), a biennial event that showcases the state, will help sustain the 20 percent growth that Kerala tourism has registered over the years, organisers here claim.10:02 PM on October 03