The highest number of tourists arrived from Bangladesh (20.12 per cent), followed by the US (16.26 per cent), the UK (10.88 per cent) and France (3.01 per cent) in the month of July
Read MoreInternational tourist arrivals stood at 10.38 lakh and domestic tourists at 1.32 crore during 2016, generating revenue of Rs 7,749.51 crore and Rs 29,658.56 crore
Read MoreTalking to BW Businessworld, Rakesh Bansal, CEO, Amadeus India shared that the travel industry is doing good and the growth in this segment will grow with coming years
Read MoreUnder the new Swadesh Darshan and Prasad scheme of the union government, the Centre has invited proposal from every state in the range of Rs 250 crores to boost tourism
Read MoreThe National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board was constituted under the Chairmanship of the Minister for Tourism in October 2015 to provide dedicated institutional framework to take forward Medical Tourism and position India as competent and credible medical and well tourism destination
Read MoreHaving travelled to five of the seven continents in the world, Africa was always an aspirational place for me - often relegated to the movies and TV series. I missed being posted there narrowly as a part of my earlier assignment
Read MoreThis strong performance meant that while growth in all other regions was down, this rise tipped global sales into the positive and the global travel retail sector saw a modest growth of 2.5%
Read MoreGrowing international tourist arrivals and local tourists — eager to experience incredible India — indicate the positive turn the sector has taken
Read MoreRahul Chandra, Managing Director, Helion Venture Partners speaks on how RailYatri has achieved positive unit-economics and monetised business
Read MoreTravel and hotel aggretators are in for a windfall this summer as there is no stopping the Indian tourist
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