100 Helipads across the State and Seaplane facility mooted Bengaluru: Talks will be held with Kerala and Goa Governments to form a Tourism Circuit to attract more and more tourists to Karnataka, Goa and Kerala. Memorandums would be signed and modalities would be chalked out in this regard. The Tourism Circuit idea would benefit South…
Survey to identify space for Heli Terminal begins
April 1, 2021Forest Department approval needed to cut vegetation near Lalitha Mahal Palace Mysore/Mysuru: A survey to identify the most suitable spot for the location of a Helicopter Terminal (Heli Terminal) in Lalitha Mahal Palace Grounds began this morning to pave way for Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeeshwar’s dream project of launching Heli Tourism with adequate space for…
Tourism Department to provide basic amenities at Bandipur
March 21, 2021Bengaluru: The State Tourism Department is mulling providing basic facilities like toilets, drinking water and good accommodation facilities at Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Though the Tiger Reserve is governed by the Forest Department, Tourism Department would provide the facilities with an eye on revenues in co-ordination with the Forest Department. This was announced in the Legislative…
Each district’s USP will be branded to boost tourism: Minister
March 3, 2021Mysuru Haat at an estimated cost of Rs. 125 crore on cards, says C.P. Yogeeshwar Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Tourism, Ecology and Environment C.P. Yogeeshwar said that the State was committed to boost tourism to earn handsome revenue and to provide direct and indirect employment to lakhs of people. “In any profession, there is a minimum…
Heli Tourism in Mysuru
March 2, 2021Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeeshwar on two-day whirlwind tour of city Heli Tourism planned in four tourist places: Meeting at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel today at 4 pm Six ‘Ambaari’ double-decker buses to be flagged off at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel at 5.45 pm Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is seriously considering introduction of Heli Tourism at…
Coronavirus scare hits city tourism
March 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: March-April is a peak time for Indians and foreigners to make travel plans. It is Spring in the northern hemisphere with a pleasant weather in many countries. In a few days, exams will also be over and schools will break for holidays. For the travel and tourism industry, the coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak couldn’t…
Do we need to stoop to Casino Tourism?
March 6, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My morning newspaper today says that our State Budget does not have much funds earmarked to boost tourism except for a very modest allocation to promote it in the North and the Coastal belt. Yes, the Northern reaches of our State do have some of the finest places of…
Casi-NO! Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi does a volte-face
February 23, 2020Bengaluru: Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi has said that he has not announced the opening of casinos in Karnataka. However, he said casinos are common in foreign countries. Yesterday morning he had stated that there was a proposal before the Tourism Department to open casino parlours in Karnataka to rake in revenues and also to retain…
15 Las Vegas model Casinos planned in Karnataka
February 22, 2020Bengaluru/Mysuru: To facilitate industrialists to explore newer business avenues and at the same time to enable the State to rake in more revenues, the Tourism Department is considering opening Casinos, following the model of Las Vegas. These Casino Centres (Gambling Centres) will help the State retain tourists who otherwise escape to Goa or Sri Lanka…
Dasara 2020 publicity blitzkrieg from April
February 22, 2020Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi hopes to attract more international tourists enabling them to plan their itinerary in advance Bengaluru/Mysuru: In order to provide a boost to sagging tourism in Mysuru, the State Tourism Department will launch Dasara publicity blitzkrieg in April this year, six months ahead of Dasara, to attract local, national and international tourists. …
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