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Pakistan agrees on soft visa regime but not yet signed

Indo-Pak meeting

Pakistan agrees on soft visa regime but not yet signed

By By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - The apparent lack of interest of the Foreign Office of Pakistan ... read more

Hotels: complementing or overtaking destinations?

Hotel experiences

Hotels: complementing or overtaking destinations?

By Hector Dsouza, eTN India

(eTN) - Current trends of travel indicate tourists and travelers are willing to pay the extra ... read more

India and Pakistan authorities to discuss tourism issues

India and Pakistan Relations

India and Pakistan authorities to discuss tourism issues

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - Home secretaries from India and Pakistan are to meet on May 24 and ... read more

Lavish freeloading trip for minister and retinue, as Indian aviation bleeds

India's Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Travels To US

Lavish freeloading trip for minister and retinue, as Indian aviation bleeds

Even as the cash-starved Air India grapples with a 10-day strike that has cost it over Rs.150 ... read more

Air Astana launches new flights to Asia, Central Asia, Europe and Russia

Kazakhstan airline expands network

Air Astana launches new flights to Asia, Central Asia, Europe and Russia

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Air Astana. Its first flight was a Boeing ... read more

Tajik Airlines to launch flights from Islamabad

Two Flights per week to commence next month

Tajik Airlines to launch flights from Islamabad

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD Pakistan (eTN) - Tajik Airlines is starting its flight operation from Dushanbe to ... read more

Central Asia ready to combat post-2014 Afghanistan scenario but not Pakistan

Afghanistan's neighbors wary of US withdrawal strategy

Central Asia ready to combat post-2014 Afghanistan scenario but not Pakistan

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - US President Barack Obama along with Afghan President Hamid Karzai ... read more

Segway tour gives tourists new perspective on seeing New Delhi

New Delhi Tourism

Segway tour gives tourists new perspective on seeing New Delhi

NEW DELHI, India - It's difficult, maybe impossible, to truly explore Delhi from the confines of ... read more

International Council of Tourism Partners welcomes first destination member from India

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation joins ICTP

International Council of Tourism Partners welcomes first destination member from India

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that Maharashtra Tourism ... read more

Excerpts of the address at World SKAL Day Dinner

rush to develop and grow tourism in Sri Lanka

Excerpts of the address at World SKAL Day Dinner

By Srilal Miththapala, eTN Sri Lanka

From time immemorial, Sri Lanka has been well known for its hospitality, and we have on record ... read more

Reethi Beach Resort announces Baa Atoll named UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Maldives Resort embraces environmental activities

Reethi Beach Resort announces Baa Atoll named UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Reethi Beach Resort in the Maldives is proud to announce that Baa Atoll has been recognized as a ... read more

At least 103 dead in Indian ferry disaster

Passenger Ferry Capsizes In India, At Least 103 Dead

At least 103 dead in Indian ferry disaster

BURABURI, India - At least 103 people are dead after a passenger ferry capsized and sank in a ... read more

Single entry visa demanded for Central Asian republics

Bishkek Travel Forum held in Kyrgyzstan

Single entry visa demanded for Central Asian republics

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Attendees discussed at the Discovery Central Asia Travel Forum 2012 in ... read more

Bishkek ready to host Discovery Central Asia Travel Forum 2012

Bringing together experts in tourism, education and hospitality

Bishkek ready to host Discovery Central Asia Travel Forum 2012

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondeny, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Central Asian government agencies, tourism operators, hotel and catering ... read more

Kazakhstan becoming top player of Central Asian tourism industry

Will Kazakhstan become the land of tourism resorts?

Kazakhstan becoming top player of Central Asian tourism industry

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

KAZAKHSTAN (eTN) – The Kazakhstan tourism industry expects fast movement in the region by ... read more

Indian police detains French tourists for Maoist ties

India: French tourists involved in Maoist activities

Indian police detains French tourists for Maoist ties

Nine French tourists have been ejected from the eastern Indian state of Bihar for their alleged ... read more

Kazakhstan's foreign minister thanks Borat for boosting tourism

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's foreign minister thanks Borat for boosting tourism

Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Kazakhstan's foreign minister thanked the character played in the hit film ... read more

Bhoja air crash was a disaster in the air

Witnesses say it was a fireball in the sky

Bhoja air crash was a disaster in the air

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - The crash of flight number B4-213 KHI-ISB on April 20 is one of ... read more

Budget airline Bhoja Air in Pakistan crashed and may have killed 127

Pakistan Airline Crash

Budget airline Bhoja Air in Pakistan crashed and may have killed 127

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Pakistan

A budget airline aircraft operated by Bhoja Air, en route from Karachi to Islamabad, carrying ... read more

Tourism industry of Pakistan and India demanding Peace Park for 20 years

Will sanity prevail?

Tourism industry of Pakistan and India demanding Peace Park for 20 years

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - The Chief of Army of Pakistan, Gen.

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New ultra-inclusive 5-star program for Centara Grand Maldives

Cash-free island experience

New ultra-inclusive 5-star program for Centara Grand Maldives

Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa Maldives is operating under a new ultra-inclusive 5-star ... read more

Sri Lankan tourist arrivals on the rise

Sri Lankan Tourism Surges

Sri Lankan tourist arrivals on the rise

During the last three months 236,910 tourists visited Sri Lanka, Economic Development Deputy ... read more

Why are terrorists attacking tourists?

The map of tourism and terrorism

Why are terrorists attacking tourists?

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Pakistan

(eTN) - The headline news in eTN about the takeover of Timbuktu by Islamists compels tourism ... read more

Colombo’s first star-class floating venue

Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo at the forefront of innovation

Colombo’s first star-class floating venue

Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo in Sri Lanka extends its unique lakeside experience to a new degree ... read more

2012 Great Indian Travel Bazaar commences

Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2012

2012 Great Indian Travel Bazaar commences

JAIPUR, India - The fifth edition of the Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2012 (GITB) commenced on ... read more

Routes Asia opens in 5 days in China

The only route development forum for the Asia region

Routes Asia opens in 5 days in China

In just five days’ time, the 10th Routes Asia event will take place in Chengdu, China.

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134 soldiers buried in Giyari sector Siachen Glacier

Chances of survival rare

134 soldiers buried in Giyari sector Siachen Glacier

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - The chances of survival of more than 130 Pakistani soldiers buried ... read more

Foreign airlines to take stakes in Indian carriers

Indian Aviation Industry

Foreign airlines to take stakes in Indian carriers

NEW DELHI, India - After 16 years, the government is set to again allow foreign airlines to take ... read more

Highest glacier region battleground on Earth: avalanche traps 130

130 still trapped under layer of snow at Kashmir Pakistan-India glacier

Highest glacier region battleground on Earth: avalanche traps 130

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - More than 130 Pakistani soldiers are buried under 80 feet of snow in a remote area ... read more

Terrorism and Taliban winning over tourism in Pakistan

Are Taliban present in the tourism valley?

Terrorism and Taliban winning over tourism in Pakistan

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, Correspondant for eTN Islamabad

ISLAMABAD - It looks like terrorism is winning again over tourism in Pakistan, and the most ... read more

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