$800mn Ben Hur-based theme park to be built in Italy A theme park, costing 800 million dollars, is being built in Rome based on movie classic Ben Hur.
UP wooing expatriates with discover your roots schemeUttar Pradesh tourism department
is wooing tourists not only with picturesque locales but also helping descendants of expatriates
locate their native places.
Incredible India campaign scores, tourism hopes soar Incredible India has done it again! Another international award for the campaign - showcasing major holiday destinations - has given a fillip to Brand India and is expected to pull in global tourists in times of recession.
Marooned in November snow in Himachal`s Lahaul valleyIt`s just November and the tribals in this Himachal Pradesh town in the Lahaul valley have been cut off from the rest of the world.
Monuments to have signages detailing their historyBoards detailing history and significance of historical sites will be put across monuments in the capital by early next year.
River tourism makes a mark in India For the first time in India, a tourist cruise has started from Kolkata to Varanasi with 50 foreign tourists. The 14 day trip, took them to several places of historical and tourist interest.
`Incredible India` campaign wins World Travel AwardThe `Incredible India` campaign, an initiative by the Indian government to promote tourism, has won the World Travel Award 2009 for being the best campaign of the year.
`Incredible India` campaign wins World Travel AwardThe `Incredible India` campaign, an
initiative by the Indian government to promote tourism, has won the World Travel Award 2009 for being the best campaign of
the year.
‘Walks’ for creating awareness about heritage sitesTo create an awareness and concern for our heritage by designing ‘walks’ of well-known and lesser-known areas of Delhi and its surroundings – Missions 3G-Gauri and Delhi-based ‘Heritage walks’ have joined hands.
Swiss Muslims open mosque doors Swiss Muslims have now invited the common man to mosques in many parts of the country.