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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - June 2019

Jun 2019

Jan 13, 2021

Gujarat Unveils new Tourism Policy, Focus on 'High Priority' Areas

With a special focus on attracting new investments in the state's high priority tourism centres by offering lucrative incentives, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani declared its new tourism policy for 2021-2025.
"We want to give more importance on tourism this time, and tourism of world-class. And I am confident that with this policy, Gujarat will be a global choice for tourism," Rupani said. He added that he wanted amusement parks, like Disneyland, to come to Gujarat.
The new policy promises special incentives on large-scale tourism projects while aiming to introduce new avenues like caravan tourism, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) tourism and rural-based experience tourism. Incentives for setting up tourism projects in the state will be applicable to only those projects that come up in the high priority tourism centres identified across 25 districts of the state under the policy.

Jan 12, 2021

Sushma Group Unveils First Holiday Home Project in HP

Real estate developer Sushma Group has ventured into Himachal by launching a residential project 'SushmaElementa'.
The project offers an ideal destination for holiday home in Kasauli. Spread across six acres, the project will be developed with an investment of Rs. 50 crore.

Jan 08, 2021

Building Frozen Castles at China's Harbin Ice Festival

The festival in Harbin, a city in China's north-east Heilongjiang province, is one of the biggest of its kind.
It features towering ice and snow structures, and will host activities like sledging, ice hockey, ice football, speed skating and Alpine skiing competitions.
With entry to China restricted due because of the coronavirus pandemic, domestic tourists are expected to make up the majority of visitors. The festival began in 1963 and was interrupted during China's Cultural Revolution, resuming again in 1985.

Jan 05, 2021

Sagarmala Seaplane Services Project

The Government of India is to initiate the project of Sagarmala Seaplane Services on selected routes.
Ministry of sports, shipping and waterways is implementing the Sagarmala Seaplane services.
The project aims to provide air connectivity to numerous tourist, religious, remote and unexplored locations near water bodies. This is to make the journey easier and simulate tourism on these new locations. Ultimately the project will contribute to boost the GDP of the country in the long run.
The seaplane services will operate under Udan, "Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik Scheme".

Dec 31, 2020

India Tourism Mumbai Launches Seven-Day Brand Activation Event

The Ministry of Tourism's Regional Office, India tourism Mumbai launched its domestic tourism marketing campaign 'Dekho Apna Desh' under the theme 'Explore Incredible India' with a successful brand activation event in Reliance Mall from 25th Dec. 2020 to 31st Dec. 2020.
In time when destinations in India are unlocking and with objective to woo the domestic travellers to choose their preferred destination for their upcoming holiday season and weekend holidays, mall visitors of all ages were provided travel information through promotional staff and special promotional packages prepared by local travel agents and tour operators located in Borivali, Mumbai.
The seven-day event was designed to capture the essence and unique atmosphere of the many holiday options that India offers including the driving holidays, weekend destinations around Mumbai.
The Incredible India Installation in Reliance Mall, Borivali also showcased the tourism potential of Odisha which is paired with Maharashtra under the 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat initiative of Government of India.'

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