Budget 2024: Tourism industry seeks uniform 12 per cent GST rate on hotels
Budget | Jul 11, 2024, 08:40 AM ISTBudget 2024:The current GST rates for hospitality are among the highest globally, making tourism expensive.
Budget 2024:The current GST rates for hospitality are among the highest globally, making tourism expensive.
Emirates has entered into a partnership with VFS Global to simplify the arrival process in Dubai by enabling passengers to "breeze through customs" upon arrival. Dubai welcomed 2 million overnight visitors from India between January to October 2023.
Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO)’s appeal came in a letter to the CEO of an online travel platform in India after it announced the suspension of all flight bookings to the island nation on its website in solidarity with India.
Sri Lanka and Thailand approved visa-free travel to visitors from India and other countries last month. This decision has been taken to revive the countries' tourism sector after the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Millions of jobs in the global tourism industry could be lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted travel like no other event in history and caused 96 per cent of all worldwide destinations to introduce restrictions in response to the outbreak, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said.
Amid rising COVID 19 cases and to contain the spread of the deadly virus in the country, India has suspended tourist visas until April 15. Moreover, people arriving in the country especially from seven specific countries will be quarantined as a precautionary measure. Here's how it will cost India.
Two Congress MLAs in Uttarakhand on Tuesday protested against government's "inaction" against High Court's order banning night stay at meadows in the state and limiting the entry of tourists which is affecting the tourism industry.
"These efforts are underway to ensure Sri Lanka becomes a destination that would be a visited location throughout the year," John Amaratunga said.
Travel industry is amid an increasingly rapid and dramatic technological change, poised to revolutionize the way people travel.
Union Culture Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma today tabled the report card of his ministry on the occasion of third anniversary of the Narendra Modi government.
Dehradun: Tourism would soon be given status of an industry in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat announced on Monday.After a review meeting of the tourism department, Rawat said fresh impetus to the tourism sector was
New Delhi: The rapidly rising number of swine flu cases in national capital has become a cause of concern for the tourism industry.Hotel and tourism department officials fear that if the government fail to contain
New Delhi: There are some hotels around the world where you can try your hand at ghost-hunting.Guests in these hotels have reported everything from doors opening and closing to hearing voices and footsteps when no
New Delhi : To attract the envisaged 12 million foreign tourist annually in the next five years as laid down in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the tourism industry strongly feels the government should
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