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UP to launch Buddhist, Sikh pilgrimage schemes with Rs 10,000 aid per person: CM Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has initiated the 'Buddhist Tirtha Darshan Yojana' and 'Panch Takht Yatra Yojana' to support s...
Congress announces free 'tirth yatra' to Buddhist sites if elected in DelhiThe Congress party announced that if elected in the upcoming Delhi assembly polls, they will offer free pilgrimages to Buddhist sites, whic...
Religious Tourism spots like Varanasi and Ayodhya may soon outshine Goa and AgraIndia experiences a surge in religious tourism post-COVID. Kashi Vishwanath corridor boosts UP tourism with 10 crore tourists in 2023. The ...
How temple tourism competes head on with beach tourismA boom in spiritual tourism is gathering strength in India. Tourism ministry data shows over 60% of tourism in India is in the religious an...
PM Modi inaugurates Kushinagar international airport, says aviation sector getting new energy"Journey of Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, Shravasti, Rajgir, Sankisa and Vaishali of Buddhist circuit will be covered in lesser t...
Tourism ministry sanctions projects worth Rs 190.46 cr in 3 statesA meeting was held between tourism minister K J Alphons and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on 10th January 2019 to discuss the plan for ...
Budget: Rs 1,840.77 crore allocated to tourism ministryThe ministry would be receiving a little over Rs 250 crore more in the 2017-18 fiscal as compared to the ongoing financial year for which i...
Rs 11.7k crore project to link Hindu pilgrimages near char-dhamThe extended circuit include Bodh Gaya and Vikramshila in Bihar besides Sarnath, Kushinagar, Kapilvastu, Sankisa and Piparvah in Uttar Prad...
Varanasi gets Rs 20 crore tourism packageVaranasi is one of the cities that comes under the ministry's PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive) scheme.
Tourist arrivals up, forex earnings went down in 2015With new tourism policy which is in the process of finalisation, the Indian tourism sector may witness robust growth in the sector.
6 things Modi government is doing to make India a tourist hubIndia will also launch the 'Incredible India 2.0' campaign and for that, eminent ad filmmaker Prasoon Joshi has been roped in.
Arunachal to be developed as tourism hub of NE: Mahesh SharmaSharma, who arrived at the state capital on a two-day maiden visit along with Union MoS (Home) Kiren Rijiju, earlier inspected a DoNER mini...
Tourism fetches Rs 3.22 lakh crore foreign exchange in three yearsIndia earned over Rs 3.22 lakh crore worth of foreign exchange through tourism in the last three years, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Government to use 'Spiritual Tourism' to attract visitorsUnder the 'Spiritual Tourism' programme, the government has drawn up plans to develop holy places and heritage monuments.
Government keen to promote pilgrimage tourismThe government is preparing a multi-pronged programme to attract tourists to the country's pilgrim sites, modeled on world famous pilgrim s...
Budget 2014: Rs 500 cr for creation of 5 tourist circuitsGovernment will fully support this initiative to develop the facilities in PPP mode through VGF scheme, the Minister added.
- Nitish Kumar takes Gujarat's help for Patna makeover
Nitish Kumar may have whipped up a storm with his attacks on Narendra Modi, but when it comes to giving Patna a makeover, he doesn’t mind a...