Mussoorie may soon require tourists to pre-register visits to tackle overcrowding, traffic jamsUttarakhand authorities are planning a mandatory pre-registration system for tourists visiting Mussoorie during peak seasons to combat traf...
06 Jul, 2025, 05.47 PM IST
High temperature takes travel to a fever pitch, pushing up airfaresInternationally, short-haul destinations such as Vietnam and long-haul ones like Europe are seeing increased interest, say travel industry ...
01 May, 2024, 07.48 AM IST
Uttarakhand government held a meeting with senior railway officials to strengthen the railway network in the hill stateThe Chief Secretary underlined the need for expediting all works relating to the development of Harrawala railway station. He asked the off...
30 Nov, 2023, 09.10 PM IST
Centre supports idea of limiting tourists at hill stations across all 13 Himalayan states in IndiaThe Indian government has supported a plea to determine the carrying capacity of hill stations, cities, and eco-sensitive zones in the Hima...
05 Sep, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
Summer of discontent: Climate change is crippling tourism in the Himalayan beltWhile increased tourism and infrastructural development is critical, it should not be at the expense of the environment. Recent events in 2...
12 Aug, 2023, 09.57 AM IST
Char Dham Yatra: Environmentalists flag concerns over threat to Uttarakhand's exotic herbsFurther, with an increase in tourism activities in the state, heaps of plastic waste and garbage have been seen piled up on the stretch lea...
22 May, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
R-value above 1 in all metros, barring Mumbai and Pune: IMS dataIMS lead researcher Sitabhra Sinha said this ‘nation-wide coordination’ suggests that it may be ‘the precursor of a new (Covid-19) wave’, u...
03 Aug, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Nainital and Mussoorie must test every tourist for COVID-19 before allowing them to enter, directs Uttarakhand HC11 Dec, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Burning fires singe Uttarakhand tourismLarge stretches of forests across the state being ablaze has led some worried travellers to cancel or delay their vacation in hill stations...
03 May, 2016, 12.20 PM IST
Over Rs 5,000 crore loss to J&K economy due to floods: AssochamDevastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir have caused an immediate loss of Rs 5,400-5,700 crore to the state's economy, with heavy damages to...
14 Sep, 2014, 01.22 PM IST
- Jim Corbett, Rajaji National Park opened for tourists
CTR receives nearly 2 lakh tourists annually, of whom 8,000-10,000 are foreigners.
15 Nov, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
Uttarakhand rehabilitation to take more than a year: Piyush Rautela, Disaster Management Centre chiefMotor roads in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh districts still blocked at places making it difficult to take relief materi...
28 Aug, 2013, 03.41 PM IST
Two months of Uttrakhand calamity, struggle on to put life back on trackFrequent rains at most places is another factor hampering road restoration work which alone can bring life back to normal in the affected a...
16 Aug, 2013, 03.17 PM IST
Kedarnath devastation badly hit tourism in Uttarakhand: GovernmentThe Uttarakhand government today said continuous coverage of the recent devastation at Kedarnath, by various television channels has badly ...
07 Aug, 2013, 08.10 PM IST
A new Kedarnath will come up from the rubble: Vijay BahugunaBahuguna shared his plans for a new temple-town that won’t be cluttered around the shrine and will be built using scientific and modern tec...
29 Jun, 2013, 06.01 AM IST
- Climate shift: Hill stations not ‘cool’ anymore
Call it the effects of global warming with the cool climes in the hills now giving way to unusually hot weather conditions. Tourists are fl...
14 Jun, 2012, 01.52 AM IST
- Foreign exchange earnings to touch $16.91 bn by 2010: Assocham
India's foreign exchange earnings from the tourism sector is likely to grow by 20 per cent to 16.91 billion dollar in the next two years, p...
30 Jan, 2009, 04.47 PM IST