Travel

New Delhi, November 26  (Financial Express):  Statistics given by the Ministry of Tourism to parliament show that the top three countries whose tourists arrived in India in 2018, are Bangladesh, the United States and the United Kingdom. The data provided by the Ministry also highlights the consistent increase in overall foreign tourist arrivals as well as the earnings of foreign...

November 13 (Reuters) - Venice’s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water. A local man from Pellestrina, one of the many islands in the Venetian lagoon, died when he was struck by lightning while...

October 25 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday the South American nation will drop its requirement that visiting Chinese and Indian tourists or businesspeople obtain visas. Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, came to power at the beginning of the year and has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries. But the...

Through India's National Knowledge Network, Lankan Universities have digital access to 1600 universities in India & beyond, Taranjit Singh Sandhu said.

Tourist hot spots were deserted and shops were empty while in the past Golden Week meant bonanzas for trade and tourism.

September 27 (Reuters) - Qatar wants to make alcohol accessible for visiting fans when it hosts the 2022 World Cup and will use cruise ships to ensure it can accommodate an expected one million visitors, the head of the organising committee told reporters on Thursday. Nasser Al Khater, chief executive of the 2022 World Cup, also promised that fans from...

September 24 (Reuters) - After the collapse of Thomas Cook left tens of thousands of Britons reliant on the government to bring them home, Prime Minister Boris Johnson questioned whether the travel firm’s bosses should have paid themselves so much ahead of its demise. Running hotels, resorts and airlines for 19 million people a year, Thomas Cook currently has around...

The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge connects the present and the future by opening up new avenues in every walk of life.

Tourism Minister John Amaratunga pointed out that the only unfortunate aspect now for the tourism industry is the State of Emergency, which is still continuing.

What the battle-weary country seeks to do through its war museums — remind, forgive, but not forget, writes Kanishkaa Balachandran in The Hindu.