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A Peek Inside the World of Destination Marketing: A Guide to the Roles and Responsibilities of DMOs

Strategies  Words by Prem Kumar Unarguably, a tourism economy thrives on visitor arrivals. In order to enhance their appeal among visitors and attract them in large number, destinations market and

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Kick-start marketing now to regain pre-Covid FTA number

For inbound, India’s immediate target should be to regain its pre-Covid level of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs), according to Sarab Jit Singh. The country can achieve this target within two

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Budget 2021: No end to official apathy towards the tourism industry

The industry is deeply disappointed with the Union Budget 2021-22 as it could not live up to their expectations. The Budget did not offer any immediate and direct support to

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Budget 2021: What Tourism Industry Expects

As India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Government’s budget for FY 2021-22 on 1st February, there is rare curiosity about and greater expectations from the Budget, which

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Madhya Pradesh Tourism Hosts Its First Virtual Road Show

Madhya Pradesh Tourism recently organized a virtual road show for travel agents and tour operators of Pune. “Madhya Pradesh the Heart of Incredible India is truly honoured and privileged for hosting this virtual

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VFS Global wins contract to provide visa, OCI and passport services for India across the United States

• VFS Global has been appointed as the exclusive service provider for visa, OCI, passport, renunciation of Indian citizenship, and Global Entry Programme (GEP) verification services for the Government of

Visa FAQs: VFS Global Addresses Travel and Visa Queries

The travel and tourism industry, unarguably, is one of the most affected sectors since the onset of COVID-19. With country borders sealed, cities brought to a standstill and all transportation

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Will develop Maharashtra as a quality tourism state: Aditya Thackeray

“We have to take the state of Maharashtra ahead, pitch it to the world. I am really keen that Maharashtra will be the first to declare and deliver something for

FAITH revises tourism loss from ₹ 5 lakh cr to ₹ 10 lakh cr

FAITH has revised its earlier estimate of the loss to India’s travel and tourism sector due to the Covid-19 crisis.  The federation has doubled loss guidance on tourism from ₹

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LIFE IN THE ERA OF COVID-19

Following is the text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thoughts which was shared on Linkedin. “It has been a topsy-turvy start to the third decade of this century. COVID-19 has