Bengaluru/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. …
Karnataka Tourism at Crossroads: Jalapathotsava fiasco. Whose money is it anyway!
January 30, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The latest fiasco of our Tourism Department: The much-hyped Gaganachu-kki Jalapa-thotsava, a waterfall festival plan-ned for viewing the falls sans water. These waterfalls are a beauty to watch during the monsoon but in other periods, it is just another hillock. The farmers were right. Why waste precious water…
Get set for Virtual Tour of architectural marvels
December 8, 2019Mysuru: Travelling the world and visiting its most amazing sites is every architect’s dream. However, time and money could delay the architect from achieving that dream. As a solution, websites of some famous historical sites offer free online Virtual Tours, which one can enjoy from the comforts of homes. Virtual tours may not be as…
Chamundi Hill, Palaces of Mysuru among top 20 tourist destinations
August 22, 2019Bengaluru: With 20-million-odd Indian tourists travelling abroad on vacation every year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged them to visit 15 tourist destinations within the country by 2022 to give a fillip to the domestic tourism sector. He was addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day on…
Tourist Taxis: Financial aid
August 21, 2019Mysuru: Tourism Department has invited applications from SC/ST/Backward Classes and Minorities for availing financial assistance of Rs. 3 lakh to purchase tourist taxis. The break-up will be SC-8, ST-4, Backward and Minorities-11. Applications can be obtained from the Office of Deputy Director, Tourism Department, JLB Road, Mysuru and submit the filled forms with relevant documents…
Sudha Murty to head State Tourism Task Force
August 5, 2019Mysuru: Philanthropist Sudha Murty of Infosys Foundation has been appointed as the Chairperson of the State Task Force for Tourism Development to be formed by the State Government, said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Sunday. The decision of constituting an exclusive Tourism Task Force was announced during a review meeting of the Tourism Department and…
International Travel Expo in Bengaluru from Aug.25
July 24, 2019Mysuru: The Department of Tourism and Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) have jointly organised a three-day Karnataka International Travel Expo (KITE) from Aug.25 to 27 at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bengaluru. As a prelude to the Expo, a ‘Connect’ programme was organised at Hotel Lalitha Mahal Palace here this morning in which Tours and…
Works on to beautify Brindavan Gardens
June 6, 2019Mysuru: The State Government that had announced grandiose plans to convert Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir into a Disneyland-type amusement park has sanctioned money to develop a stretch of the garden near the Cauvery Statue. Horticulture Dept. is developing the Garden in front of the Royal Orchid Hotel near the Cauvery Statue…
Tourism Brand Ambassador: Things begin to shape up with Yaduveer’s role defined
December 29, 2018Mysuru: On September 20, 2018, titular head of the Mysore royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar was invited by the Tourism Department to be the brand ambassador for Mysuru region. The invitation was extended by Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh at Yaduveer’s residence in Mysore Palace. The Tourism Minister had invited Yaduveer on the hope of…
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