The Kerala government aims to develop South India as an important tourism circuit and is working out travel packages in association with its neighbouring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
“We have already started a South zone committee with Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. There are road facilities between Munnar and Kodaikanal, and techies from Bangalore come to Wynad,” said K C Venugopal, minister for tourism and devaswoms, Government of Kerala. The South Indian Tourism Council was founded in Kovalam three years back.
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Mozambican Tourism Minister Fernando Sumbana said on Saturday that Mozambique's strategy to turn the country into one of the world's preferred tourism destinations will soon come to fruition.
He made this statement on welcoming a group of 250 South Africans, including business people and tourists who, among other objectives, are seeking business opportunities in Mozambique.
One of the priorities in the government's Five Year Plan (2005/09) is to adopt measures to establish local and regional partnerships, and to facilitate access to business opportunities in view of the World Cup 2010, to be held in the neighbouring South Africa.
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Indaba, the South African Tourism's annual exhibition will take place at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, from May 7 - 10, 2005.
Billed to be the largest tourism event of its kind on the African continent, Indaba is ranked among the top three exhibitions on the global travel trade calendar alongside the World Travel Market in London, UK and Berlin's ITB.
The exhibition showcases a comprehensive range of products from different sectors of Southern Africa's travel and tourism industry. Products will range from airlines, car rental and destination management companies to game lodges.
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Having done the necessary research required for a new tourism board, the recently appointed Lance Bradley Littlefield, country manager - India, South African Tourism has set plans in place for the Indian market. In an exclusive with Express Travel & Tourism, he outlined his three-pronged approach to tap the avid Indian traveller.
"As a new tourism board, our primary focus will be firstly to focus a lot of energy on the Indian travel trade. Secondly, we will increase our levels of market research to further understand the needs of the Indian traveller and create the right product and last but not
The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, today brushed aside the resentment over the stalled construction of the terminal of Sri Guru Ramdass International Airport and assured the public that a bigger and modern complex would be built.
Addressing a gathering during the flag-off ceremony of the inaugural Air-India’s Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto flight here today, Mr Patel said top priority was being given to restart the construction of the ultra-modern airport. He, however, said the project could be delayed by another six months as the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in consultation with the Airport Authority of India (AAI), was preparing a
PHUKET, May 8, (TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is teaming up with leading tour operators to attract Malaysian golf enthusiasts to the resort island of Phuket, where tourism has been flagging since the December tsunami.
Driven by the need to revive the island’s tourism fortunes, the TAT’s Kuala Lumpur office joined hands with Benoa Tourplan to lead a delegation of Malaysian golfers to take part in a Phuket-based tournament last week.
Known for its high purchasing power, the golfing market is a niche market which the TAT is particularly keen to attract, particularly as golfers generally bring their families