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Visa waivers, luxury hotels and a hit TV show: Why Thailand is the top travel destination for 2025
2 days, 12 hours ago

Visa waivers, luxury hotels and a hit TV show: Why Thailand is the top travel destination for 2025

Hindustan Times  

Thailand saw foreign tourist arrivals jump 26% last year after the tourism-reliant nation eased entry rules and waived visas for Chinese, the largest group of visitors to the Southeast Asian country. An estimated 35.5 million tourists visited Thailand last year, up from 28.2 million in 2023, according to provisional data from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. The country had …

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India’s drought of foreign tourist arrivals: Is there an end in sight?
3 weeks, 6 days ago

India’s drought of foreign tourist arrivals: Is there an end in sight?

Live Mint  

India, as the world’s most populous nation, teems with people. By contrast, with the peak season still ahead, Vietnam received 14.4 million foreign tourists in the first 10 months of the year. In comparison to both these popular Southeast Asian destinations, India’s better hotels look expensive partly because of a hefty 18% goods and services tax on luxury hotel bills. …

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Goa Tourism files case against X user for ‘false data’ on foreign tourist arrivals
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Goa Tourism files case against X user for ‘false data’ on foreign tourist arrivals

Hindustan Times  

PANAJI: The Goa Tourism Department has lodged a police complaint against an X user, Ramanuj Mukherjee, accusing him of disseminating “false data through his social media handles, thereby causing significant annoyance to local businesses and inducing fear or alarm within the local community.” The Goa Tourism Department said the X user had shared wildly inaccurate data to make the case …

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Go, Goa and gone. Foreign tourist arrivals drop by 60% in big worry
2 months ago

Go, Goa and gone. Foreign tourist arrivals drop by 60% in big worry

India Today  

Goa, a global tourist hotspot, is grappling with a significant drop in foreign tourist arrivals following the pandemic. Local tourism stakeholders argue that addressing the issue of taxi mafias and introducing app-based taxi services is crucial for Goa’s recovery. Goa welcomed nearly 9.4 lakh foreign tourists, but by 2023, this figure had dropped to just 4.03 lakh DOMESTIC TOURISM STEPS …

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Despite air travel boom, foreign tourist arrivals still lower than pre-Covid days
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Despite air travel boom, foreign tourist arrivals still lower than pre-Covid days

Hindustan Times  

Indian carriers are adding new destinations by the day and increasing frequencies to existing ones. With Goa as the tourist capital of India, the appeal by the prime minister to visit domestic destinations may not have yielded results as we headed into a pandemic post that call in 2019. But even as new peaks are reached in air travel, the …

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Chinese tourist arrivals to Cambodia's Angkor up significantly
10 months ago

Chinese tourist arrivals to Cambodia's Angkor up significantly

China Daily  

Located in Northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the 401-square-km Angkor Archeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in Cambodia. Officials hope that the 2024 Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year starting in January would help bring Chinese tourists to Cambodia, especially to the Angkor. …

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Visa-free travel opens 'big door' to region
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Visa-free travel opens 'big door' to region

China Daily  

For millions of people across the Asia-Pacific region, traveling to and out of China is becoming easier than ever before. "The introduction of the visa-free policy, coupled with promotion on social media, holds significant importance as it is expected to attract a larger pool of potential Chinese tourists, igniting their interest and willingness to explore these four nations," Puvaneswaran Kunasekaran, …

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Visa-free travel opens 'big door' to region
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Visa-free travel opens 'big door' to region

China Daily  

By PRIME SARMIENTO in Hong Kong and YANG WANLI in Bangkok| China Daily| Updated :2024-02-18 For millions of people across the Asia-Pacific region, traveling to and out of China is becoming easier than ever before. "The introduction of the visa-free policy, coupled with promotion on social media, holds significant importance as it is expected to attract a larger pool of …

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Singapore witnesses a surge in Indian tourist arrivals
1 year, 2 months ago

Singapore witnesses a surge in Indian tourist arrivals

Hindustan Times  

India is one of the fastest growing markets for tourist arrivals in Singapore post-pandemic, says Mark Shaw, Chairman of Orchard Road Business Association. Singapore witnesses a surge in Indian tourist arrivals “In fact, we saw a huge surge of Indian tourists to the Republic this year,” Shaw told PTI. “We are confident that members of Orchard Road Business Association will …

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Sri Lanka approves free tourist visas for visitors from India, six other countries
1 year, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka approves free tourist visas for visitors from India, six other countries

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka on October 24 waived visa fee for Indians and tourists from six other countries, as part of its efforts to boost tourist arrivals and help rebuild the island nation’s battered economy following last year’s financial crash. As part of its decisions this week, the Cabinet announced implementation of a pilot project to issue free tourist visas to tourists …

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Foreign tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir increased by 350 per cent this year post G-20 meeting: LG
1 year, 2 months ago

Foreign tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir increased by 350 per cent this year post G-20 meeting: LG

Hindustan Times  

The foreign tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir have increased by 350 per cent this year post the G20 meeting held in May, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Thursday. The foreign tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir have increased by 350 per cent this year post the G20 meeting. “Srinagar hosted the G20 meeting and post that, the number …

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Sri Lanka’s Tourism Industry Revives Despite Public Protests
2 years ago

Sri Lanka’s Tourism Industry Revives Despite Public Protests

The Diplomat  

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has commenced its recovery after setbacks suffered due to this year’s economic and political crisis, alongside protest campaigns that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In March 2022, approximately 106,500 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka, a massive increase in tourist arrivals compared with March 2021, when only 4,581 tourists entered the country. Meanwhile, “Russian tourists have boosted October …

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Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu top two destinations for foreign tourists in 2021: Union ministry report
2 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu top two destinations for foreign tourists in 2021: Union ministry report

Hindustan Times  

The Union Tourism Ministry released a report on Tuesday which revealed that Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu registered the most number of foreign tourist visits with 1.26 million and 1.23 million respectively in 2021. The report also stated the number of foreign tourist arrivals during 2021 decreased to 1.52 million - a nearly 44 per cent decline compared to 2020 - …

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Data | Taj Mahal is India’s top-grossing monument, despite rapid decline in foreign tourists
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Taj Mahal is India’s top-grossing monument, despite rapid decline in foreign tourists

The Hindu  

July 21, 2022 02:15 pm | Updated 04:22 pm IST The Taj Mahal continued to be the most visited monument in India, raking in over ₹25 crore in FY22, despite a 73% decrease in revenue compared to FY20 due to COVID-related restrictions. Due to the COVID-related travel restrictions, foreign tourist arrivals crashed to just about one lakh in 2021 from …

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Kashmir's tourist arrivals set to touch a ten-year high as travel curbs ease
2 years, 9 months ago

Kashmir's tourist arrivals set to touch a ten-year high as travel curbs ease

Hindustan Times  

India's Kashmir region is attracting record tourists after the easing of pandemic restrictions and some improvement in the security situation, bolstering local businesses. Girls take a selfie inside Kashmir's tulip garden on the foothills of the Zabarwan mountain range in Srinagar Tourist arrivals are set to touch a ten-year high this year after more than 340,000 tourists have come since …

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Roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka is in the news for all the wrong reasons. However, China’s share in Sri Lanka’s total foreign debt was less than 10 per cent in 2020. “The linchpin of the reform programme", as the IMF termed it, was that Sri Lanka must cut its fiscal deficit from 6.9 per cent of the GDP in 2015 to 4 per …

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Second Wave of Covid Hit India’s Tourism With Fewer Foreign Tourist Arrivals Up To May 2021
3 years, 5 months ago

Second Wave of Covid Hit India’s Tourism With Fewer Foreign Tourist Arrivals Up To May 2021

News 18  

The deadly second wave of Covid-19 in India made a significant dent in the tourism industry, with fewer lakh tourists arriving in the country up to May 2021 as compared to the same period last year, when the outbreak had actually started, according to the government data. Around 3.89 lakh foreign footfall, of which March alone saw more than one …

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The app that helped IMF accurately estimate correct number of Bahamas tourists
4 years, 11 months ago

The app that helped IMF accurately estimate correct number of Bahamas tourists

Live Mint  

Online searches can help countries predict tourist visits more accurately and give governments a better read on economies that depend on the industry, an International Monetary Fund analysis showed. Combining Google Trends data with traditional forecast models improved accuracy of predicted tourist arrivals to the Bahamas from the U.S by about 30%, according to a working paper by IMF senior …

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Kashmir tourist arrivals down 86 per cent in August-November
5 years ago

Kashmir tourist arrivals down 86 per cent in August-November

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The abrogation of Article 370 and the subsequent lockdown of Kashmir brought down tourist arrivals to a halt in the region. Arrivals between August and November fell 86 per cent against the same period in 2018 and 93 per cent compared with the same months in 2017. In the four-month period after the Article 370 was revoked in Kashmir, …

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Sri Lanka extends free tourist visa facility until April 30
5 years ago

Sri Lanka extends free tourist visa facility until April 30

India TV News  

Sri Lanka on Thursday extended the free visa-on-arrival scheme till April 30 for the citizens of 48 countries, including India, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said, as the country tries to revive the tourism sector which was hit by the Easter Sunday bombings. Tourism which contributes 5 per cent to the island's GDP was dealt a severe blow after the ISIS …

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Domestic, foreign tourist arrivals go up in Kerala after floods
5 years, 5 months ago

Domestic, foreign tourist arrivals go up in Kerala after floods

Live Mint  

Thiruvananthapuram: Riding on a swift recovery from one of the worst natural calamities, Kerala has regained the pre-floods tourist footfalls, registering an impressive growth rate of 14.81 per cent in the second quarter of the current year. Particularly satisfying for Kerala Tourism was the fact that it bucked the negative trend in foreign tourist arrivals in the aftermath of last …

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Leh tourism drops by 50% in 2019; industry experts cite Lok Sabha polls, curtailed flight services, late highway openings as reasons
5 years, 6 months ago

Leh tourism drops by 50% in 2019; industry experts cite Lok Sabha polls, curtailed flight services, late highway openings as reasons

Firstpost  

Tourism in Leh is going through a rough phase as tourist footfall has declined by over 50 percent this year Leh: Tourism in Leh is going through a rough phase as tourist footfall has declined by over 50 percent this year due to a host of reasons like Lok Sabha elections, curtailed flight services and late opening of Leh-Manali road, …

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Why are tourists staying away from Leh-Ladakh this season?
5 years, 6 months ago

Why are tourists staying away from Leh-Ladakh this season?

Live Mint  

Tourism in Leh is going through a rough phase as tourist footfall has declined by over 50 per cent this year due to a host of reasons like Lok Sabha elections, curtailed flight services and late opening of Leh-Manali road, according to hotel industry players. Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district is among one of the favourite destinations for foreign tourists …

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Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updates
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

A series of bombings struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killing more than 250 people. Sri Lanka to resume mass on Sunday: cardinal Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church said public mass will resume on Sunday, two weeks after Easter Sunday bombings killed 253 people at three churches and three luxury hotels. Sunday, April 28: Cardinal fears attacks …

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