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Sairaj Iyer Bosnia and Herzegovina may not be a common tourist place but it has certainly been one underrated in the tourism avenue. The country along with Armenia and Georgia came to be discussed as one among the top new-age-destinations commonly discussed by customers for a vacation or a short-visit at the recently concluded Travel and Tourism Expo at Mumbai. Formerly referred to as Yugoslavia, the country was the centre-stage to events such as political unrest, clashes and even a war prior to 1990s. Sadly these negative things have stayed on in people’s minds, but the beautiful country with its warm and affectionate people have been forgotten. Referring to an incident, Dr. Sabit Subasic, H.E, the Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina ...

PTI  An international convention of travel and tourism professionals from 88 countries would be held in Hyderabad next year. The Skal International Congress, International Association of Travel and Tourism Professionals comprising 1,000 operators from 88 countries, would be held from October 5-8, 2017, the Telangana government said. Skal is a professional organisation of tourism leaders from around the world, promoting global tourism and friendship. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry, it said. Its members, the industry's managers and executives meet at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss and pursue topics of common interest, it said. The convention would promote Hyderabad to the international tourism circuit, it added.

Sharath Chowdary Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) to India have increased 7.3% at 5.50 lakh during the month of June, 2016 when compared to 5.12 lakh FTAs in the same month last year as per the Ministry of Tourism monthly estimates released on Monday. The ministry compiles this with the data from Bureau of Immigration and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The FTAs rose 8.9% at 41.86 lakh during the period January-June 2016 as against 38.45 lakh FTAs in the corresponding period previous year. The share of FTAs in India was highest from US (22%), followed by Bangladesh, UK, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia, China, Canada, Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Nepal, Pakistan and Korea during the last month. According to RBI, Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism grew ...

Source: PIB, Government of India Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism and Culture has said that the Ministry of Tourism has set up a target to achieve 1.00 % share of international tourist arrivals by 2016-17 which is at present 0.68%. He was addressing the Meeting of Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in New Delhi on Monday. The theme of the meeting for M/o Tourism was “Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive) Schemes” and the theme of M/o Culture was “Working of Zonal Cultural Centres. The Minister said that India’s rich cultural, historical, religious and natural heritage provides a huge potential for development of tourism and job creation. He said ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In a move towards enhancing tourism cooperation with China, the Government of India expressed its willingness to extend the Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) scheme to China. The statement to this effect was made by Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of Tourism, Government of India, on Wednesday. A six-member Chinese delegation led by Wang Zuoan, Minister of Religious Affairs of China, was in New Delhi on Wednesday, where they discussed the exchange of culture, among other issues, for enhanced cooperation with India. Welcoming the delegation, the Indian Minister said that India is keen to further its relation with China and is exploring the possibility of extending the TVoA scheme to China, in this background. Responding to the ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Union Minister of Tourism, Mahesh Sharma, in a meeting with the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, raised concerns over the issues affecting the Tourism Ministry’s Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) scheme. In this regard, the Union Home Minister approved the formation of a Committee under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary (Foreigners), which contains three Joint Secretaries from Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Civil Aviation, as members. The Committee approved was expected to have periodic meetings and work seriously on resolvation of issues concerning Visa facilitation and tourism promotion. On the issue of biometric collection at airports, it was also informed that during the next one year, 150 countries would ...

Vanita Peter D’souza| The Dollar Business In what could be a game changer for Indian tourism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has extended the ‘visa on arrival’ facility to citizens of 150 countries. “After the success of VISAs on arrival issued to travelers of 43 countries, I propose to increase the countries covered to 150, in stages,” Jaitley said while presenting the first full budget of Modi Sarkar on Saturday. According to data released by Ministry of Tourism, those availing Tourist Visa on Arriva (TVoA) saw a stupendous jump of 1,214.9% (YoY) in January 2015, as 25,023 foreign tourists made use of this convenience. Reacting to this budget announcement, a delighted Dr. Mahesh Sharma, MoS for Tourism, said, “It’s a ...

Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business The Indian Ministry of Tourism’s latest official release says that the Indian Tourism sector has witnessed a growth rate in January, 2015. According to the Ministry’s monthly estimates released on Tuesday, the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTA) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) in terms of rupees, have increased to 4% over the corresponding year. According to statistics, FTAs, by accounting to a total of 7.90 lakh during January, 2015, over 7.59 lakh in the corresponding year, has achieved 4% growth rate. The FTAs during January 2013 were at 7.20 lakh in number. Coming to the FEE statistics, the FEE earnings during January, 2015 stood at 11,529 crore as compared to 11,082 crore in January 2014 ...