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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - September 2019

Sep 2019

Sep 28, 2019

Railways Mulls over Plan to Run 50 Routes for Private Players

Indian railways' plans of privatisation of its routes in a bid to increase its revenue may include 50 origin destination routes.
It was deliberated that modern passenger trains would be introduced by private operators who would be selected through a transparent Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Request for Proposal (RFP) process.
Some of the proposed routes for long distance travel include Delhi Mumbai, Delhi-Lucknow, Delhi-Jammu/Katra, Delhi-Howrah, Secunderabad-Hyderabad, Secunderabad-Delhi, Delhi-Chennai, Mumbai-Chennai, Howrah-Chennai and Howrah-Mumbai.

UDAY Express from Vizag to Vijayawada

Taking one more step in improving passenger services, Indian Railways launched the much-awaited train service AC double-decker UDAY Express connecting Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada.
Suresh C Angadi, Minister of State for Railways flagged off the train number 22701/22702 Vishakhapatnam- Vijaywada UDAY Express from Vishakhapatnam railway station in Andhra Pradesh.
The UDAY Express or the Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri service offers business travellers a comfortable and luxurious train travel experience with a slew of swanky on-board features.

Saudi Arabia to Open Itself Up To Foreign Tourists for First Time

Saudi Arabia would begin offering visas for the first time to non-religious tourists, days after the country was criticised at the UN for its grim human rights record.
The kingdom – which imprisoned and tortured women's rights activists, carried out regular public executions, and was responsible for the high-profile murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Kashoggi –said that it is opening up to holidaymakers as part of a push to diversify its economy away from oil.
The new visa programme for citizens of 49 countries, include the UK and the US.

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.

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