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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - August 2019

Aug 2019

Oct 22, 2019

Piyush Goyal Launches Jaipur-Sikar- DEMU Passenger Service

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurated 79603/04 Jaipur-Sikar-JaipurDEMU (6 days a week) Service between Jaipur and Sikar through Video-conferencing.
Member of Parliament from Sikar Shri SumedhanandaSaraswati participated in the inaugural ceremony from Ringus.
This service will operate on the newly Gauge converted Jaipur – Ringus section.

Siachen, World's Highest Battlefield, Now Open For Tourists

The world's highest battlefield, Siachen Glacier, is now open for tourists, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced. Tourism will be allowed from Siachen base camp to Kumar Post that lies above 15,000 feet.
Meanwhile, while explaining that India and China have handled the boundary issue with maturity, Singh added that Kashmir is India's internal matter and Chinese President Xi Jinping didn't mention it during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai.

IRCTC To Pay Around Rs 1.62 Lakh As Compensation For Late Running Of Tejas Express

A delay of more than three hours in the running of Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express on October 19, 2019 has cost IRCTC around Rs 1.62 lakh which the railway subsidiary will pay through its insurance companies as compensation to around 950 passengers, a first in the history of Indian Railways.
While from Lucknow to Delhi there were 450 passengers who will get Rs 250 as compensation each, from Delhi to Lucknow there were around 500 passengers who will be paid Rs 100 each.

Oct 18, 2019

Railways Buddhist Circuit Train Covering 26 Sites In India, Nepal To Run From Oct 19-26

The Railways will run its first Buddhist Circuit train from this October 19 to October 26, 2019 covering sites related to Gautam Buddha in India and Nepal.
IRCTC will run the train covering destinations like Lumbini, where Buddha was born; Bodhgaya, where he gained enlightenment; Sarnath, where he gave his first sermon; and Kushinagar, where he attained nirvana.
The package will cost Indians Rs 1,23,900 per couple in AC first class and Rs 1,01,430 per couple for AC two tier.
It will include road transport by AC deluxe coaches for the Nepal tour, visits to monuments and locations, accommodation, meals, services of tour manager, guides, entrance fees and travel insurance.
However, passengers will have to pay their visa fee for the Nepal leg of the journey and any other expenditure like laundry and other services.
The train will have four first AC coaches with 96 seats, two second AC coaches with 60 seats, two exclusive dining cars with a capacity of 64 guest in each and a pantry car.

Sirisena Inaugurates Lanka's 3rd International Airport

An Alliance Air flight from Chennai landed at the Jaffna International Airport as Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the country's third international airport, upgraded with India's assistance, in the Tamil-dominated Northern Province.
The inaugural flight from Chennai was the first to land at the new international airport in Jaffna. The ATR 72-600 aircraft was accorded water salute as it landed at the Jaffna airport, about 400-km from capital Colombo.
The Jaffna International Airport was earlier known as Palaly airport which was used as a military air base and for domestic flights.
President Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe formally unveiled a plaque commemorating the inauguration of the airport. Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu was also present.

Oct 16, 2019

Air India Becomes First Airline In World To Use Taxibot on A-320 aircraft

Air India has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on an A-320 aircraft with passengers on board.
Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway and vice-versa. Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani flagged off flight AI665 and it was carried to runway using Taxibot at Terminal 3 of the Delhi Airport - to Mumbai. It is a pilot-controlled semi-robotic towbar-less aircraft tractor used as alternate taxiing equipment.
Mr Lohani said it is the first such usage on any Airbus aircraft worldwide. It is a giant step forward towards a cleaner environment.
It will bring down the consumption of fuel by 85 per cent and reduce engine wear and tear. The ignition will be turned on only when the aircraft reaches the runway.

Railways To Be 'Net Zero' Carbon Emitter By 2030

As part of India's strategy to combat climate change, Indian Railways will become "net zero" carbon emitter by 2030.
India is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China, and is among countries most vulnerable to climate change.
Meanwhile, the national carrier has a rail network of around 125,000km, making it the world's largest railway network under a single management. It also has large tracts of land along its network, which will be used to set up solar power generation capacities.
As the country prepares to curb pollution and cut its dependence on foreign oil, India has become one of the top renewable energy producers globally with ambitious capacity expansion plans.
The country has an installed renewable energy capacity of about 80 gigawatts (GW) and is running the world's largest renewable energy programme, with plans to achieve 175GW by 2022 and 500GW by 2030, as part of its climate commitments.

Qantas Airways To Embark On World's First 20-Hour Airline Flight

Fresh insight into the physical and emotional toll of ultra-long haul travel should emerge when Qantas Airways Ltd. flies direct from New York to Sydney.
No airline has ever completed that route without stopping. At nearly 20 hours, it's set to be the world's longest flight, leaving the U.S. and landing in Australia.
This will be more than an endurance exercise. Scientists and medical researchers in the cabin will turn Qantas's brand-new Boeing Co. Dreamliner into a high-altitude laboratory.
They'll screen the brains of the pilots for alertness, while monitoring the food, sleep and activity of the few dozen passengers.
The aim is to see how humans hold up to the ordeal.

Oct 15, 2019

Railways to launch new Sewa Express trains from Delhi, Coimbatore, Bengaluru

In a big stride towards achieving last-mile connectivity for people travelling between small towns and major cities, the Indian Railways will launch 10 'Sewa Service' trains on 15th October.
Out of these, 5 trains will run on a daily basis, whereas the rest of them will have 6 days a week service.
The Ministry of Railways had recently approved 10 trains under its 'Sewa service' initiative for better connectivity between smaller towns and important cities.
The Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce daily Sewa Express trains between Delhi and Shamli, Bhubaneswar and Nayagarh town, Murkongselex and Dibrugarh, Kota and Jhalawar City and Coimbatore and Palani.
It will run as a daily train with effect from October 15, 2019. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will start the 'Sewa Service' trains by inaugurating Delhi-Shamli daily passenger train from New Delhi. He will also flag off other trains through video-conferencing.

Oct 14, 2019

Direct Flights From Sri Lanka's Jaffna To Several Indian Cities Soon

Sri Lanka's domestic military airport in the Tamil-dominated northern Jaffna peninsula has been upgraded from where direct international flights will be operated to several southern Indian cities from October, 2019.
The Ministry of Aviation said that the Palaly Airport was converted into an international airport following the work which commenced in July, 2019. It will be formally declared as an international airport on October 17, 2019.
The regional flights operations service from Palaly to Indian destinations and the Maldives is expected to commence from October 15, 2019 with the completion of the first phase of the development.
Out of the total cost of investment of rupees 2,250 million, the government was to allocate rupees 1,950 million while the Indian assistance will provide 300 million rupees.

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