Tag: Indian Tourists

Daniel Chuburu: We support India’s inclusion in NSG

In an e-mail interview with Rakesh Kumar, the ambassador spoke about India-Argentina relations, economic ties and Argentina’s proposal to introduce direct flights to enhance people to people contact.

December 10, 2018

Rupee fall no deterrent, nearly 27 mn Indian tourists travelled abroad in 2018

40 per cent of the total Indian travellers were leisure tourists, with 2 per cent of them cruising; Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore and Colombo most preferred destinations

December 10, 2018

Kenya looks for Indian investments on strategic areas

India is the third largest source of inbound tourists to Kenya. Over 60,000 Indian tourists visited Kenya in 2017.

November 16, 2018

Indian tourist dies in Bangkok mall shootout, another Indian seriously injured

The tourists who went shopping after dinner, were waiting for their coach when the shootout happened.

October 8, 2018

Israel Ministry of Tourism to conduct roadshows in four Indian cities

Some of the most visited places in Israel are the historical city of Jerusalem, the beach city of Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and the Red Sea in Eilat known for its marvellous underwater marine life.

July 6, 2018

Denmark, Sweden, Norway bullish on India, woo Indian tourists

Denmark, Sweden and Norway are expecting Indian tourists to consume more than 3.5 lakh hotel room nights in a year as the three Scandinavian nations are going all out to attract travellers from the country by promoting their tourism destinations. The Scandinavian Tourist Board (STB) has been actively holding promotional events in India in its...

November 17, 2017

Travel to Japan to get easier, visa for Indians to be relaxed from Jan 1

Japan will simplify its visa rules from January 1 next year for Indians and issue multiple-entry-visa for short-term stay, a move which is expected to benefit tourists and business persons as well as repeat visitors, the Japanese Embassy said on Tuesday. The relaxed visa regime will not only have simplification of visa application documents but...

November 14, 2017

Oman relaxes visa rules to attract Indian tourists

Oman has relaxed its visa rules to attract tourists from India, China and Russia, it was announced on Thursday. Now onwards, non-sponsored tourist visas will be granted to citizens of India, China and Russia who reside in or hold an entry visa to the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and Schengen states, the Oman Airports...

October 5, 2017

‘Indian tourists spent nearly $12 billion in US in 2015’

Over 1 million Indian tourists have spent a whopping $12 billion in the US in 2015, a tourism industry official has said here. “Those 1.12 million Indian visitors spent nearly $12 billion dollars in the US in 2015 and that ranks seven as far as a source market in spend. Our Indian friends when they...

April 11, 2017

Israel plans to ease visa norms to woo Indian tourists

Seeking to attract Indian tourists, Israel plans to ease visa norms for India and has hiked its marketing budget for the country by ten times to $ 2.5 million in the last two years. "We realise that India is going to be one of the top three countries sending tourists to Israel and so we have...

March 2, 2017

Malaysia steps up to attract more Indian tourists

Concerned over Malaysia losing Indian tourists to other South-East Asian countries in recent years, the Malaysian Government has come up with certain measures to check the fall in numbers and plans to make further investment to attract more tourists. Malaysia's Tourism Minister Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz, talking to IANS, said they were in the...

February 16, 2017