Thursday, 17 November 2011

World Tourism Day focuses on Tourism & Biodiversity

On the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27th September, 2010, the Union Minister of Tourism, Kumari Selja administered a pledge to various stakeholders of the tourism, travel and hospitality industries to abide by the Code of Conduct for Safe and Honourable Tourism and to promote sustainable tourism. The Pledge is a follow-up of the efforts of the Ministry of Tourism to take these two initiatives forward. The theme of World Tourism Day, 2010 was Tourism and Bio-diversity.  With an increasing number of people travelling every year, the need...

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

India Heritage and Culture Tourism

INDIA TOURISM            The year 2006 has been a highly successful year for India. For the fourth successive year, India witnessed a positive growth in foreign tourist arrivals, reaching a level of 4.43 million against 2.38 million during 2002. The growth rate of 13.04 % during 2006 was achieved over 2005 and the share of...