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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - March 2019

Mar 2019

Sep 27, 2019

World Tourism Day

Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day as international observances on September 27.
This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The adoption of these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism.
The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.
The theme of the day was "sustainable tourism", in 2017. In 2018 the theme was "Tourism and the Digital Transformation".
This time (in 2019), the theme of World Tourism Day is "Tourism and jobs: a better future for all". This year India is hosting the World Tourism Day 2019.
India was chosen as a host because it has a different geographical entity than the rest of Asia. India can offer a tourist different tourism choices, diverse cuisines, arts, faiths, music forms, adventures places, history and even language.

Sep 26, 2019

Air India To Commence Mumbai-Dehradun-Varanasi Service

National carrier Air India said that it will connect temple town Varanasi with Mumbai with a twice-weekly flight via Dehradun, starting September 28, 2019. A company will deploy an Airbus A319 on the new route.
The flights scheduled to operate every Wednesday and Saturday will fulfill a long-standing demand of tourists and pilgrims to connect Dehradun and Varanasi with the country's financial hub.
The new flights are also a part of the Air India's plans to provide connectivity to tier 2 and tier 3 cities with metros.

Sep 25, 2019

Western Railways Not To Serve Non-Vegetarian Food On Oct 2

The Western Railways has decided not to serve any non-vegetarian food including eggs on 2nd October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
A circular to this effect has been issued by Commercial division of Ahmedabad. According to official release, the Railway board desired that the Gandhi Jayanti- should be celebrated as a totally vegetarian day, where no non-vegetarian food will be served anywhere on the Western Railway premises. All station masters have been advised to follow the instructions.
About 510 railway stations and 939 trains under the western railway will be the part of this 100 percent vegetarian day celebration to mark the Gandhi Jayanti.

Sep 24, 2019

Railways To Introduce IRCTC's Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express From October 5

The railways announced the introduction of IRCTC's Tejas Express train from Delhi to Lucknow which will run six days a week except Tuesdays starting October 5, 2019.
The New Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express train will depart from New Delhi at 3.35 pm to reach Lucknow at 10.05 pm the same day.
The regular service of the Lucknow-New Delhi express will commence from October 6, 2019.

Sep 22, 2019

Railways Install First Plastic Bottle Crushing Machine

The Western Railway for the first time has installed a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Express.
This machine can crush up to 3,000 bottles per day. The PET bottle crusher machine was installed in the train as part of the Indian Railways' Swachh Bharat and Go Green missions and ties in with an impending ban of single-use plastic by the Centre.
The move by the Western Railway of installing a PET bottle crushing machine is expected to reduce carbon footprints by 100 per cent recycling and will also avoid littering in landfill from bottle waste.

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