By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Just one look at the stats released by the Ministry of Tourism for the year 2016 says it all. Surprise, surprise, Tamil Nadu has emerged as the premium destination for both domestic and international tourists, beating the much-touted Uttar Pradesh with its Taj Mahal and other talked about…
Tourism in the country benefits people in three ways; it creates employment, helps infrastructure development and generates revenue in foreign exchange. Mysuru, though has always been touted as a tourist destination, needs more push and the effort of a private enterprise, Mysore Travel Mart, in this direction is quite laudable. Union Minister of State for…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC One crore or 10 million arrivals! We Indians should be proud. We have crossed this magical figure this year. Of course, this arrival figure includes tourists, business people, medical tourists and students. An achievement no doubt but nothing to brag about. Singapore, our neighbour gets about 15 million…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The recent stats released by the Ministry of Tourism has indicated that tourism is on the rise and this bodes well for this sun-rise industry which has both direct and indirect benefit for millions across the country. In the year 2000, the tourist arrivals were 2.65 million and…
The Department of Tourism has invited applications from eligible SC/ST, backward class and minority community candidates to receive a grant of Rs. 2 lakh to run tourist taxis. The candidates should be in the age group of 20 to 40 years, passed 10th std. and posses an LMV driving licence from at least an year….
A meeting of District Tourism Development Committee to evolve city as a Model Tourist Centre was chaired by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep at his office here this morning. In the wake of assault on a foreign tourist on the steps of Chamundi Hill recently, Randeep said that it was being planned to install gates at…
Tourism Dept. to roll out ‘Vision Document’ drawing a road-map on tourism-promotion activities In an effort to boost tourism in Mysuru, a vision document with short, medium and long-term objectives will come out soon. The document, proposed to be prepared by the Tourism Department, apart from listing out ideas and action plans to promote tourism,…
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