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From boom to budgeting as reality bites for Saudi footballSaudi Arabia's football league, which saw a huge influx of top players in 2023, is now focusing on more cautious spending. The league's inv...
Jan-Jun FTAs in India 4.78 mn; Bangladesh, US top two source countries: Tourism ministryForeign tourist arrivals in India from January to June reached nearly 4.78 million, with Bangladesh and the US being the top source countri...
Inbound tourists trail pandemic levels, but forex earnings are up: ReportInbound tourism in India is still recovering from the pandemic, with foreign tourist arrivals at 90% of 2019 levels in the first half of 20...
Amid Maldives Boycott, here is Modi govt's big plan to turn Lakshadweep into a tourist and defense hubEfforts are underway to improve aerial connectivity between Lakshadweep and mainland India, as well as other parts of the world. A proposed...
No plans to increase convenience fees going ahead: Rajni Hasija, IRCTCIf you ask me, the numbers, the revenue in this year has been to the tune of Rs. 3540 crore, which is all-time high in the history of IRCTC...
Why Goa's government doesn't talk to taxi driversThe taxi agitation could be solved if the government made a real effort to listen to concerns and find locally appropriate solutions. Taxis...
As hotels struggle, Street finds a winner in Mahindra HolidaysWhen the traditional hotel industry is struggling to shrug off the Covid blues, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts emerged as the biggest winner a...
Covid impact of tourism: 14.5 million jobs lost in 2020’s Q1 aloneA study on the impact of coronavirus on tourism conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has reported that the pandem...
Dubai ruler approves $15.5 bn budget for 2021 as economic recovery seenThe statement did not give a comparison to actual spending in 2020, but the size of the 2021 budget is below the 66.4 billion dirhams it ha...
Shortage of ideas or funds? 'City's Visvesvaraya museum is way off global standards'“The museum authorities are wallowing in self-pity . They have a limited ability to understand what's best. It is a sad reflection of how m...
Tourist arrivals with e-visa jumped over 9 times in January-June 2015Tourist arrivals to the country under the e-visa facility have jumped over 9 times during January-June 2015 when 1,26,214 tourists used the...
Tourist arrivals grew by 1.8 per cent in June 2015 over June 2014India received 5.13 lakh foreign tourist arrival (FTA) during the month of June 2015, registering a growth of 1.8% during the same period l...
Tourist arrivals with e-visa jump over 10 times in January-May 2015Only 9,841 tourists used the earlier ‘Visa on Arrival’ scheme during January- May of 2014, according to tourism ministry data.
Tourist arrivals with e-visa jumped almost 11 times in January-April 2015In comparison, only 8,008 tourists used the earlier ‘Visa on Arrival’ scheme during January- April 2014, according to tourism ministry data.
- Hospitality: Cost control, tourism growth aid recovery
The hospitality players are reporting a strong recovery after the sluggish trend in the past two years.
- Travel companies cash in on long weekends this year
With 2009 having the maximum of long weekends, as many as 14, compared to the last two years, tour operators are cashing in on this opportu...
'Shortage of skilled manpower in services worrisome'In fact, there is a grave shortage of skilled people in all sub-sectors of the services industry, including health and hospitality. In Pics...