Nearly one-fifth of Indians (18 per cent) admitted leisure as their primary purpose for travel, followed by 10 per cent acknowledging business as their primary purpose for travel. Some of the other pr…
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Where To Eat Near Waterloo
World class theatre and cinema, award-winning architecture, top attractions and one of the nicest strolls in London await you in Waterloo .You’ve got everything that makes up the Southbank Centr…
Soon you won’t need to carry multiple documents for air travel
Airline solutions and technology provider SITA is exploring the potential of newly-emerging ‘blockchain’ technology to provide travellers with a ‘secure single token’ which was…
Planning a trip abroad: How to map the tour to save as well as enjoy
“Studies on international travel trends have provided interesting insights. One of them is that those travelling abroad typically prefer to split their expenses between card and cash. (Reuters) …
Taj Hotel’s Dubai property is cosmopolitan, but Indian at heart
The overall mood of the hotel is modern and contemporary. Indian motifs are omnipresent, but subtle. Though a luxury property, nothing in the hotel is over the top or intimidating. DURING A recent vis…
Rs 300 crore for developing Ramayan, Krishna, Buddhist circuits
The massive investment aimed at encouraging tourism in a big way comes under the Swadesh Darshan Yojna, Secretary, Union Tourism Ministry Vinod Zutshi said here today (UP State Tourism Website) With a…
180 per cent rise in tourist arrival on e-visa in May
The scheme, however, was extended for citizens of 37 more countries from February 26. (PTI) Over 43,800 people arrived in India on e-tourist visa in May as compared to 15,659 during the same month las…
Common taxi scams, and how to avoid them
Taxi drivers are a diverse lot. From the white-gloved drivers of Japan to the proud professionals of the United Kingdom and Ireland that must pass rigorous local geography tests before taking to the w…
Andhra Pradesh govt to launch 33 hotels to boost tourism
To cater to this ever-rising group of tourists and to make Andhra Pradesh the most preferred destination, the state is all set to launch a host of water sports and adventure tourism facilities. (Sourc…
Italy Nerd Alert: Piedmont is the Tuscany you always imagined
By Julia Pond, Managing EditorExcept you went to Tuscany, ready for a revelation, last year, and basically met a bunch of British and American tourists looking for the same thing. Enter Piedmont, situ…