Category: India Travel News
India Travel & Tourism News for visitors. India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world.
India Tourism: Change at the top
Anil Mathur - eTN India- January 26, 2021 02:15The Ministry of Tourism for the Government of India announced a new Secretary has been named. Arvind Singh will step into the position beginning February 1, 2021. Read More
Russia resumes passenger flights with four countries
Harry S. Johnson- January 26, 2021 00:35Russia re-launches air service with Qatar, India, Vietnam and Finland Read More
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts expands in India
Harry S. Johnson- January 25, 2021 15:09Wyndham Hotels & Resorts opens Wyndham Ahmedabad Shela hotel in Gujarat Read More
Ayurveda Tourism: The right time for healing is now
Anil Mathur - eTN India- January 22, 2021 02:28The Government of India is pushing for Ayurveda Tourism which focuses on healing and wellness as the absolute right time to be promoted considering the global health issues due to ... Read More
India skies in need of expansion
Anil Mathur - eTN India- January 19, 2021 02:45India must welcome increased air capacity in order for tourism to receive a much-need boost. To this end, a few carriers have indicated the beginning of new service. Specifically, the ... Read More
India travel agents appeal for urgent vaccinated travelers protocol
Anil Mathur - eTN India- January 16, 2021 19:58The officers of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) are making an urgent appeal to the Minister of Civil Aviation and Minister of Tourism to establish protocols for travelers ... Read More
Russia resumes Qatar, India, Vietnam and Finland flights
Harry S. Johnson- January 16, 2021 16:45Russian airlines restart flights to four more countries Read More
India aviation manufacturing: Time to move from generics to specifics
Anil Mathur - eTN India- January 8, 2021 02:40India is looking at beefing up the aviation industry through aerospace components manufacturing. As aircraft need to be maintained and repaired, this industry can grow exponentially as the country is ... Read More
India asks airlines not to fly Chinese passengers into the country
Harry S. Johnson- December 31, 2020 19:45Indian authorities have informally requested all domestic and international air carriers not to fly any Chinese passengers into India. India's strong retaliatory move comes after China’s not-so-subtle push to stop ... Read More
India Bids Farewell to Madame Tussauds
Anil Mathur - eTN India- December 31, 2020 01:35Madame Tussauds, the world famous wax museum, is closing up shop in Delhi, India, where it entered just 3 years ago in 2017. The popular museum is located in the ... Read More
AirAsia India Stakes Sold for $38 Million
Anil Mathur - eTN India- December 30, 2020 22:51Air India has been in the news recently regarding being sold by the government. Air India, headquartered in New Delhi, India, is the flag carrier airline of the country. It ... Read More
India, COVID and Travel: Leaders on 2021
Anil Mathur - eTN India- December 29, 2020 02:55Call it kite flying, a gut feeling, studied analysis, or just a shot in the dark. Any description of how India, COVID and travel will behave in the coming year ... Read More
Maharashtra Tourism: Mission Begin Again
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- December 26, 2020 19:01“We wanted to build the hospitality industry as a core industry for the state. Likewise, with the event industry. Maharashtra has no dearth of talent and no dearth of audiences ... Read More
Star Air flies nonstop to Surat from Belagavi and Ajmer
Harry S. Johnson- December 26, 2020 15:42Star Air, after running successful operations in Ahmedabad, has now expanded its wings further, by launching its services to one more city of Gujarat. This airline vertical of prominent Indian ... Read More
Minister Comments on Maharashtra Tourism Post-COVID
Anil Mathur - eTN India- December 17, 2020 02:00Minister for Tourism, Environment, Protocol, Government of Maharashtra, Aditya Thacker Mr. Aditya Thackeray, today said that the region will see a major boost in tourism in the post-COVID era. Addressing ... Read More
New India-Nepal Travel Bubble
Anil Mathur - eTN India- December 12, 2020 20:30Continuing its efforts to boost air connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new India-Nepal travel bubble has been added to India's network under air travel bubble agreements. The Himalayan nation ... Read More
Tourism Benefits from Agra Metro Project
Anil Mathur - eTN India- December 8, 2020 01:34Agra, the city of the iconic Taj Mahal, will be nearer the metro route as Prime Minister N. Modi launched the Agra Metro project, today, December 7, 2020. The project ... Read More
Indian Diaspora Studies in India
Dr. Kumar Mahabir- November 27, 2020 05:33Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) who live in the Caribbean, and in the Caribbean diaspora, are descendants of indentured, immigrant labourers. They were brought by the British, Dutch, Danish and ... Read More
Accor expands with new hotels in India and Turkey
Harry S. Johnson- November 23, 2020 22:53Accor, an augmented hospitality group, has added India and Turkey to its Middle East & Africa region. The newly expended region will now comprise of a portfolio of more than ... Read More
India Travelers More Likely to Fly this Holiday Season
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 21, 2020 20:06A recently-conducted study to identify the travel intent among India travelers reveals that while the demand for travel post COVID-19 has been recovering slowly, there is optimism for travel over ... Read More
IATO Asks Government for Restoration of Tourist Visas
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 21, 2020 01:16India travel industry players continue to make great efforts to see that tourism gets back on track once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In the latest news, the Indian Association of ... Read More
India Travel Industry: No relief, no incentives
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 19, 2020 02:14The India travel industry continues to be disappointed at the way it is being treated by its own government, even though travel and tourism is one of the largest employers ... Read More
How to Survive and Revive Travel and Hospitality
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 18, 2020 01:59The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has come up with a list of recommendations on how to survive and revive travel and hospitality in the current ... Read More
Branded Hotels Revival Looking Up
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 10, 2020 03:44Branded hotels are becoming the front-runners to capture the first tranche of demand revival. The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in one of the biggest setbacks for the global economy. Although ... Read More
India Travelers Already Have Plans
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- November 7, 2020 02:44Conducted in October 2020 with most respondents belonging to major metropolitan cities in India, a survey conducted by FICCI and Thrillophilia across India was aimed towards understanding the post-COVID preferences ... Read More
Skal International Goa named Skal Club Of The Year 2020
Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- November 5, 2020 15:46The 81st Skal World Congress was held on 17th October 2020 where Skal International Goa ( 691 ) was announced as the best of the best winning Skal Club Of ... Read More
India Economy Set to Bounce Back After COVID-19
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 3, 2020 03:18President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Dr. Sangita Reddy, said yesterday that the India economy and the strategy of dealing with the COVID-19 crisis ... Read More
Alliance Air Appoints First Woman CEO
Anil Mathur - eTN India- November 2, 2020 21:21Harpreet Singh has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India (AI). She becomes the first woman to head an Indian airline. Harpreet Singh was ... Read More
India Air Travel Enters New Era
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 31, 2020 21:02India air travel entered a new era today, October 31, 2020, with the launch of a seaplane service. This is the first ever water aerodrome at Kevadia, a town in ... Read More
Indian hotelier chiefs: Paradigm shift in global hospitality trends but its only temporary
Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- October 31, 2020 19:06Key players in the Indian hotel market came together at a recent Industry awards event - they shared their experiences and spoke of the way forward. The key take-aways one ... Read More
The India-Germany Tourism Connection
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 28, 2020 02:55The Director for India of the German National Tourist Office (GNTO), Romit Theophilus, said they are planning a series of events in the latter part of the year to tell ... Read More
India Bids Farewell to Tourism Leader
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 24, 2020 02:45The passing away of B. Venkataraman in Delhi, India, on October 20 removes from the scene an IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, who headed the Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry ... Read More
Reviving India Tourism: Taking it to the Streets
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 23, 2020 03:45The India Minister of Tourism, Government of Odisha, Mr. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi and the Minister of Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Government of Odisha, yesterday said that effective coordination ... Read More
‘Worst rains in 100 years’ kill 15, displace hundreds in India’s Hyderabad
Harry S. Johnson- October 14, 2020 08:43India's Hyderabad, the capital of southern Telangana state, and home to some of the country’s major IT companies and over 6.8 million people, has seen nearly 10 inches of rainfall over ... Read More
FICCI Launches Taskforce on Ayurveda Tourism
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 9, 2020 15:38India Tourism stakeholders believe that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need for promoting the use of natural remedies to boost immunity and stay healthy. This ... Read More
Delhi Restaurants Get Reprieve from COVID-19
Anil Mathur - eTN India- October 8, 2020 16:14It seems that years of sustained efforts on the part of Delhi restaurants and the hospitality industry are finally showing positive results, which will help with job creation and boost ... Read More