New cruise terminal in Goa to boost tourism, local economy: OfficialThe Mormugao Port Authority anticipates further growth in cruise passengers with the construction of an International and Domestic Cruise T...
15 Sep, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
Tourism Ministry, Airbnb join hands to promote Indian culture through heritage homestaysUnion Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy and a senior official of the company were present when the agreement took place in the presence of a ...
20 Jun, 2023, 07.43 PM IST
Govt working to upgrade ports, give e-visa facilities to promote cruise tourism in India: G Kishan ReddyToday, the Ministry of Tourism through central financial assistance scheme has been supporting tourism infrastructure development-related p...
19 Jun, 2023, 08.25 PM IST
143 passengers on board cruise ship test COVID-19 positive in MumbaiOut of 1,827 passengers on board Cordelia cruise ship that has returned to Mumbai from Goa, 143 have tested positive for coronavirus in add...
06 Jan, 2022, 11.42 AM IST
41 COVID-19 infected passengers shifted so far from cruise ship to quarantine facilities: BMCThe other 19 passengers who had tested positive for the viral infection were still on the ship, he said, adding that the Brihanmumbai Munic...
05 Jan, 2022, 02.41 PM IST
Goa: 66 of 2,000 people on board Cordelia cruise ship test Covid positiveAs many as 66 of the over 2,000 people on board the Cordelia cruise ship, which came to the coastal state from Mumbai, have tested Covid po...
03 Jan, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
Mumbai gets ready for cruise control"Cruise services can be operated only when the weather is fair. So, it would be between October and May," MbPT chairman Sanjay Bhatia said ...
18 Oct, 2018, 12.09 PM IST
Mumbai Port Trust to build Rs 300-crore projects by JuneCruise services are slated to begin shortly between Mumbai and Goa. There are plans to inaugurate a domestic cruise terminal with restauran...
01 Jan, 2018, 04.49 PM IST
Plans afoot for five cruise terminals worth Rs 1500cr: Nitin GadkariIndia, with a 7,500 km of coastline, has taken some key steps to promote cruise that includes relaxation of policies and roping in global c...
28 Jun, 2017, 12.07 PM IST
Coastal circuit plan: Goa, Mumbai and Kochi identified as possible ports of call for global cruise linesThe Centre has finally got moving on the coastal circuit policy, identifying Goa (Mormugao), Mumbai and Kochi as possible ports of call for...
14 Dec, 2015, 03.46 AM IST
Mormugao Port asked to focus on cruise terminal, other businessThe shipping ministry has instructed the government-controlled port to develop the port as a cruise terminal to tide over the crisis.
06 Jun, 2013, 03.52 AM IST
- Mormugao port plans to invest Rs 1,000 cr for capacity expansion
Goa’s Mormugao Port Trust, which accounts for nearly 40% of the country’s total iron ore exports, plans to invest over Rs 1,000 cr for boos...
12 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Prospects of cruise tourism in India
The tremendous potential of cruise tourism need to be exploited to make it accessible to millions of people.
22 Oct, 2007, 02.25 AM IST
- Star Cruises weighing cruise terminal options in Mumbai
Malaysia-based Star Cruises, the third-largest cruise line operator in the world, behind Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean, may fora...
13 Dec, 2006, 02.13 AM IST
- Pondicherry may host India's first int'l cruise hub
Indians cruising on international high seas registered a three-fold increase in 2006.
11 Dec, 2006, 02.27 AM IST
- Goa to build global cruise terminal
Goa is to soon set up an International Cruise Terminal at Aguada beach in north Goa.
09 Sep, 2006, 03.05 AM IST
- Goa port issues EoI for cruise terminal
The Goa-based major port Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has issued an “expression of interest” for the construction on a build-operate-transfer ...
11 Mar, 2003, 02.19 AM IST