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Goa offers "beach bumming" mansoon packages

Goa monsoon packages

Goa offers "beach bumming" mansoon packages

GOA, India - For couples who love the Goa monsoon, the tourism authorities here have now offered a "beach-bumming" experience in the rain.

Kingfisher must clear debts before it is allowed to fly again

Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher must clear debts before it is allowed to fly again

NEW DELHI, India - It is unlikely that Kingfisher Airlines will be able to restart operations any time soon.

Domestic production added to Iranian Airline Expanding Passenger Fleet

Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamid Reza Pahlevani

Domestic production added to Iranian Airline Expanding Passenger Fleet

Since 2010 Iran has started a plan to renew its air fleet not only through purchase of foreign planes, but also through domestic production in a bid to improve conditions in its aviation industry. ...

Pakistan's oppressed transgender (LGBT) community gets a voice

Transgender Gay and Lesbian Community Pakistan

Pakistan's oppressed transgender (LGBT) community gets a voice

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Pakistan

Ladies and gentleman and shemales - this will be the way a Pakistan TB station will address their viewers.

7.5 earthquake hits Iran and Pakistan

Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake

7.5 earthquake hits Iran and Pakistan

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake has rocked Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the border with Pakistan.

India’s inbound arrival to go up in next 6 months

potential for growth in leisure travel

India’s inbound arrival to go up in next 6 months

India’s inbound tourism strategy needs to be tailored to the leisure segment, business travel, while medical and adventure tourism and domestic tourism should be targeted at the middle age ...

Indian tourism wants visa-on-arrival facility at more airports

Visa-on-arrival at international airports in India

Indian tourism wants visa-on-arrival facility at more airports

JAIPUR, India - India's Tourism Ministry is in talks with the Ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs to extend the visa-on-arrival facility at more airports like Bangalore and Hyderabad ...

Sri Lanka's police starts tracking foreign tourists to "ensure their safety"

Sri Lankan Tourism

Sri Lanka's police starts tracking foreign tourists to "ensure their safety"

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's police have begun keeping track of foreign tourists to "ensure their own safety", officials announced on Monday.

IATA Chief says India must formulate national aviation policy

issues hindering aviation growth

IATA Chief says India must formulate national aviation policy

By Murari Mohan Jha

Tony Tyler, Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA), has strongly pitched for a comprehensive aviation policy for India to address inherent issues that have been ...

Revival plan for grounded Kingfisher submitted to aviation regulator

Kingfisher Airlines

Revival plan for grounded Kingfisher submitted to aviation regulator

Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Aggarwal today met the aviation regulator DGCA to submit the revival plan for the grounded airline.

Goa Tourism announces strict measures to ensure tourist safety

Goa Tourism

Goa Tourism announces strict measures to ensure tourist safety

MUMBAI, India - In the aftermath of multiple incidents involving crimes against tourists in the state and travel advisories issued by multiple countries against India, the Department of Tourism, ...

Dutch tourist confesses to murdering British backpacker

Murder of British tourist in India

Dutch tourist confesses to murdering British backpacker

The Dutch tourist who was arrested for the alleged murder of a British woman would be subjected to psychoanalysis to ascertain his mental health.

India starts visa-on-arrival for Pakistani senior citizens

Joint travel visa agreement

India starts visa-on-arrival for Pakistani senior citizens

NEW DELHI, India - After dithering over the decision for over two months, India has finally started a “visa-on-arrival” facility for Pakistani senior citizens on a reciprocal basis, the ...

Indian carrier aims to discourage cheap ticket cancellations

Jet Airways

Indian carrier aims to discourage cheap ticket cancellations

MUMBAI, India - As airlines go along offering heavy discounts on airfares, they are also setting up major deterrents to cancellations.

Maslow’s Hierarchy through tourists’ eyes

travelers become more environmentally conscious

Maslow’s Hierarchy through tourists’ eyes

By Dr. Chandana (Chandi ) Jayawardena & Srilal Miththapala, eTN Sri Lanka

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is possibly one of the most well-known and time-tested management concepts, which identifies a hierarchy of needs that a human being would generally aspire to.

Tourists shunning India over sexual assault fears

Indian tourism drops 25 percent after recent rapes

Tourists shunning India over sexual assault fears

The number of foreign tourists arriving in India dropped by 25% during the first three months of this year, largely because of fears about the risk of sexual assault, according to an industry ...

International Uzbek Tourism Fair in Tashkent

The World of Leisure on April 18-19

International Uzbek Tourism Fair in Tashkent

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – The “Great Silk Road” is holding the International Uzbek Tourism Fair, “The World of Leisure,” in Tashkent on April 18-19, 2013 in Hall No.

Air Astana celebrates 10th anniversary of Kazakhstan to China services

Aie Astana

Air Astana celebrates 10th anniversary of Kazakhstan to China services

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s award winning flag carrier marks the 10th anniversary of direct services between Kazakhstan and China with a major industry reception in Beijing ...

eTN Publisher calls on boycotting Maldives travel & tourism paradise

Member UNWTO World Tourism Network on Child Protection warns against travel to Maldives

eTN Publisher calls on boycotting Maldives travel & tourism paradise

By Juergen T. Steinmetz, eTN

ETN Publisher Juergen Thomas Steinmetz supports the Avaaz campaign to target Maldives’ tourism reputation.

Jetwing Hotels to participate in Earth Hour on Saturday

Sri Lanka Hotels

Jetwing Hotels to participate in Earth Hour on Saturday

On March 23, 2013, Jetwing Hotels, Sri Lanka’s largest family-owned hospitality company, will be a part of the single, largest, symbolic mass participation event in the world.

Female tourist jumps from hotel balcony to escape sexual assault in India

British tourist victim of an attempted rape in Agra

Female tourist jumps from hotel balcony to escape sexual assault in India

A British woman has been injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, local police say.

Routes crowns Changi Airport as overall winner of 2013 Asia Awards

second regional heat

Routes crowns Changi Airport as overall winner of 2013 Asia Awards

MUMBAI, India - Earlier this evening during a lavish networking evening on the lawns of the Renaissance Mumbai Hotel, Changi Airport Group was announced as the winner of the Asia heat of this ...

Five suspects confess to gang-raping Swiss visitor in central India

Swiss Tourist Rape In India

Five suspects confess to gang-raping Swiss visitor in central India

NEW DELHI, India - Five men have confessed to gang-raping a Swiss tourist in central India, authorities said Sunday.

Hindu statesman appalled at Swiss woman’s gang-rape

Rajan Zed asks India for serious soul searching

Hindu statesman appalled at Swiss woman’s gang-rape

Expressing shock at the reported gang-rape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh on March 15 after the recent death of a Delhi bus gang-rape victim, distinguished Hindu statesman, Rajan Zed, has ...

Czech tourists kidnapping: no contact established with kidnappers

Two women kidnapped in Pakistan

Czech tourists kidnapping: no contact established with kidnappers

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Two Czech women were kidnapped in Pakistan as they traveled to India by bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan.

Tourism India cycling tour ended with sexual assault and gang rape by Indian men

Swiss tourists victims of rape in India

Tourism India cycling tour ended with sexual assault and gang rape by Indian men

The danger of being gang raped is now a threat for the tourism industry in India.

Czech tourists abducted from Pakistan shifted to Afghanistan by Taliban

Czech Foreign Ministry confirms information

Czech tourists abducted from Pakistan shifted to Afghanistan by Taliban

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Two female Czech tourists who were abducted from Chagai Balochistan Pakistan have been shifted to Afghanistan by Taliban, confirmed the Czech Foreign Ministry.

Czech tourists kidnapped in Pakistan

Two female visitors abducted in Balochistan

Czech tourists kidnapped in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan - Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped two women tourists from the Czech Republic in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said.

Final touches as Centara's first Sri Lanka resort prepares to open

signage unveiled

Final touches as Centara's first Sri Lanka resort prepares to open

Michel Horn, Vice President for Operations at Centara Hotels & Resorts, together with Ranga Dias, Managing Director, Sun Tan Beach Resorts (Pvt) Ltd.; Alexandre Glauser, Area General Manager ...

Yala – ruined by its own popularity?

Sri Lanka national park

Yala – ruined by its own popularity?

By Srilal Miththapala, eTN Sri Lanka

Srilal Miththapala offers a pragmatic approach to mitigate some of the problems faced by the country’s most visited national park.

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