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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - December 2020

Dec 2020

Apr 18, 2022

Alliance Air Starts Direct Flight Service Between Mumbai And Keshod In Gujarat Under Udan Regiona...

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia flagged off the first flight from Keshod Gujarat to Mumbai and vice-versa under UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme. Alliance Air has commenced the first flight from Keshod to Mumbai and vice-versa. Mr. Scindia has also inaugurated upgraded facilities at Keshod Airport. Keshod airport was set up by the then Nawab of Junagadh in 1930 and was lying unused before Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to revive it.
Keshod airport has been revived by the Airports Authority of India -AAI at an investment of 25 crore rupees. UDAN-RCS under the National Civil Aviation Policy was launched in 2016. The objective of the UDAN Scheme is to connect small and medium cities with big cities through air service.

Apr 17, 2022

Saudi Arabia to Allow one Million Pilgrims to Perform Hajj this Year

Saudi Arabia announced that it will allow one million pilgrims to perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year. Muslims from within and outside the country will be able to perform the Hajj as long as they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are under the age of 65.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few thousand domestic pilgrims were permitted to perform the Hajj in 2021.

Apr 16, 2022

"Amrit Samagam" Conference of Tourism and Culture Ministers

The Amrit Samagam, a summit of the country's cultural and tourism ministers was launched by Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah. This summit was launched in New Delhi.
This is a two-day conference that was hosted by the Ministry of Culture as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM).
The topics of discussion at this conference included landmark initiatives of AKAM like Swatantra Swar, Har Ghar Jhanda, Digital District Repository, and Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar.
Also, in this conference, the Ministry of Tourism focused on the significant contributions made by the organization to the AKAM campaign.
The Utsav Portal website was launched by G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Tourism, Culture, and DONER during this conference. It is a Ministry of Tourism's digital initiative that will be used to showcase all festivals, events, and live darshans across the country with the aim of promoting different regions of India as popular tourist destinations across the world.

Apr 15, 2022

Ahmedabad Airport Re-carpets 3.5 km Runway in 75 Days, Claims Record

The Adani Group-managed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) at Ahmedabad announced completing re-carpeting--a work to resurface roads with fresh asphalt--the 3.5-kilometre-long runway in 75 days. The group said that an asphalt equivalent to 200 km stretch of road was used for re-carpeting along with concrete sufficient to build a 40-storied structure. It said the work was an all-time best for a brownfield runway in India.
The busiest airport in Gujarat with over 200 flights every day before the coronavirus pandemic, SVPIA kept the runway open daily for 160 flights on an average during the remaining 15 hours of the day during the 75 days of re-carpeting work.

Apr 14, 2022

14 Indian Airports Get Ambulift to Aid Physically Challenged Passengers

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) equipped its 14 airports with ambulifts to help flyers with reduced mobility in boarding an aircraft. Made-in-India ambulifts have been deployed at these airports as they do not have aerobridge facilities. The 14 airports where this facility is available are in Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Patna, Bagdogra, Darbhanga, Imphal, Vijayawada, Port Blair, Jodhpur, Belgaum, Silchar, Jharsuguda, Rajkot and Hubli.
The ambulifts can cater to six wheelchairs and two stretchers with an attendant at a time and is fitted with heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system. The AAI took the initiative of providing ambulifts under the central government's Accessible India campaign to facilitate passengers with reduced mobility, divyang travellers on wheelchair and passengers on stretchers during their air travel.

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