Monday, March 7, 2022
Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 Gets Going In All Its Glory
The Bahamas loosens up COVID conventions, drops day 5 RAT necessity
The Government of The Bahamas has loosened up the after-appearance COVID-19 testing command, because of declining cases and worldwide convention changes. As of now, all people going to The Bahamas are not generally expected to take a COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test on the (fifth) day of movement paying little mind to immunization status. Be that as it may, guests should follow the COVID testing prerequisites for return to their individual nations. "It is critical to stay liquid and adjust our conventions to mirror an evolving climate." These were the expressions of Acting Prime Minister the Honorable I. Chester Cooper, Bahamas Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, "and we are satisfied to have the option to take out The Bahamas' trying necessities". Our guests are expected to follow recommended section conventions including, applying for a Bahamas Travel Health Visa at travel.gov.bs and transferring their pre-takeoff test results, taken something like three days (72 hours) before the date of appearance. Guests should visit Bahamas.com/travelupdates to audit acknowledged types of testing for section in view of inoculation status. An island-by-island rundown of endorsed testing destinations is accessible at Bahamas.com/travelupdates. "In spite of the difficulties of COVID-19, the powerful urge for movement to The Bahamas has not reduced," said Latia Duncombe, Acting Director General, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation. "We remain situated for a consistent the travel industry recuperation, and we will keep on helping efficiencies of movement related prerequisites for our adored guests while safeguarding the wellbeing and security of everybody."
Friday, March 4, 2022
Saudi Crown Prince announces a global mountain tourism destination ‘TROJENA’
Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Chairman of the NEOM Company Board of Directors, announced the establishment of TROJENA, the new global destination for mountain tourism, part of NEOM’s plan and strategy to contribute to supporting and developing the tourism sector in the region.
Tourism Ministry constitutes Swadesh Darshan Awards to acknowledge efforts of states & UTs
In order to acknowledge the efforts undertaken by the state governments, Union Territory Administrations, and various implementation agencies, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has constituted Swadesh Darshan Awards in different categories.
The awards will highlight best practices including achievement of planned objectives, innovative approach, adoption of sustainability principles in planning, design, and operations, efficient project monitoring, ability to attract private investments in peripheral development, and efforts undertaken to ensure optimal operations and maintenance, etc.
To begin with, the Ministry of Tourism has decided to invite entries under the following categories: Best Tourist Interpretation Centre, Best Log Hut Facility, Best MICE Facility, Best Cafeteria, Best Craft Haat/ Souvenir Shop facility, Best Sound and Light Show, and Best Waterfront Development (Beach/ River/ Lake, etc.)
The Tourism Ministry has asked the state governments and UT Administrations to submit their entries online. The Ministry of Tourism under its flagship scheme of ‘Swadesh Darshan’ has sanctioned 76 projects in 31 States and Union Territories of India for more than INR 5,500 crore. As part of this scheme, tourism-related infrastructure has been developed at more than 500 tourist destinations.
This year, in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last month for FY-2022-23, the Swadesh Darshan Scheme had received the highest allocation in the Ministry of Tourism budget.
Out of the Ministry’s total allocated budget of INR 2,400 crore, the flagship scheme of MoT, under which 76 projects in 13 thematic circuits have been sanctioned received INR 1,181.30 crore, registering a growth of almost 88 per cent per cent from the last year. 55 new destinations are being planned to be developed under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.
IndiGo to operate 51 per cent of the repatriation flights under Operation Ganga by March 06
In its mission to support the repatriation efforts from Ukraine, IndiGo is operating the largest number of flights from February 28 to March 06, under Operation Ganga.
The airline will be operating 42 flights (completed + planned) bringing back over 9200 Indian citizens back to their homeland by Sunday (March 06). The airline is operating these flights with A321 aircraft. Some of these flights carried relief material on their outward journey to Budapest and Rzeszow, while bringing back evacuees on the return leg via Istanbul.
Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, President and Chief Operating Officer, IndiGo said, “We are humbled to fulfil our responsibility by operating more than 50 per cent of the flights under Operation Ganga and contribute towards the repatriation efforts by the Indian Government. We have already operated 30 flights bringing back more than 6600 of our citizens till today. IndiGo remains committed to supporting the Government of India in its mission to evacuate Indian citizens from the crisis in Ukraine. We are proud to see our operations team stepping forward to respond to the critical humanitarian need of the hour, enabling the safe return of our stranded citizens back to their families and homes. We will continue to contribute to the country in its time of need.”
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Delhi Zoo is all set to open from March 1
Delhi Zoo is all set to reopen to the public from March 1 with an online ticket system. This has been informed by the zoo authorities. As reported earlier, the zoo had to be shut down on January 5 temporarily as the national capital started registering a high number of COVID cases. As regarding booking tickets online, the said link was also disabled on January 4.
The National Zoological Park is a popular attraction in Delhi that is home to a large number of varied species of reptiles, birds, and mammals which live in an environment that resembles their natural habitat in many ways. The highlights of this zoo are white tiger, jaguar, gaur, rhinoceros, brow-antlered deer, lion-tailed Macaque, so don’t miss to spot them when here.
How can you book tickets online?
First, visit the official website of the National Zoological Park.
Then, go to the Buy Tickets section on the homepage
After this, a new page will open which will let you select your preferred slot and book the tickets at ease.
UAE, Kuwait, and Singapore update travel guidelines for Indian travellers
Planning to travel to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, or Singapore? If yes, you need to check out the revised travel guidelines issued by the said countries. As per the reports, they have announced certain changes in the travel protocols, and here are all the details that you need to know to travel to these nations.
UAE travel guidelines
UAE has updated its travel guidelines for those from India. Those who have fully vaccinated, they will now be free from RT-PCR testing before their departure for travel to India from the UAE. Passengers are, however, advised to upload their COVID-19 vaccination certificate issued in India on the Air Suvidha portal, while others are required to carry a negative report of the COVID-19 RT-PCR test, which they have undergone 72 hours prior to their travel, and also upload it on the Air Suvidha portal.
Also, passengers will be undergoing thermal screening, and if anybody is found to be symptomatic, they will be treated as per the new guidelines.
Singapore travel guidelines
Reports have it that Singapore Airlines (SIA) has updated its guideline for those arriving from India via VTL (vaccinated travel lanes) flights. They will also have to provide their travel history for the past 7 days. Also, if they have been in Singapore in the past 7 days, their stay in Singapore will be counted in the 7-day travel history requirement.
Kuwait travel guidelines
Kuwait has also updated its travel guidelines. As per the updated guidelines, passengers with valid travel documents will be allowed to enter Kuwait irrespective of their vaccination status.
Demand for UAE visit visas surges as Covid, travel rules are eased
The UAE’s decision to ease Covid-related travel restrictions, such as abolishing the requirement of negative PCR test for vaccinated travellers, are giving a massive boost to the family travel sector as confidence is returning fast for both inbound and outbound travel.
Travel industry executives expect the next two months, especially March, to be busy for the sector, especially the UAE-Subcontinent routes, mainly due to mid-term school breaks and pent-up demand for Expo 2020 Dubai before it shuts its doors on March 31, 2022.
Starting February 26, the UAE’s National Authority for Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management (NCEMA) said UAE-bound vaccinated travellers are not required to present a PCR test ahead of their travels. Moreover, most destinations around the world have been easing Covid-19 protocols and now exempt vaccinated travellers from carrying PCR test results.
“We have started getting inquiries as school holidays have begun in India, and there are mid-term breaks here in the UAE also, so a lot of families are now travelling to their home countries. There has been a big increase in demand for visit visas also because people now want to bring their parents, family members, cousins and friends to the UAE,” says Avinash Adnani, managing director of Pluto Travels.
With Expo 2020 Dubai entering its last month in March, Adnani sees a massive rush, especially from the Subcontinent.
'Leisure travel has started picking up because families are not afraid now of getting stuck in a foreign country. People are confident because they’re vaccinated plus rules are liberalised. Earlier, the biggest concern among travellers was what if we get stuck abroad, but that worry has gone now, giving a really big boost to confidence now,” he added.`
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World’s largest igloo cafe is now open in J&K’s Gulmarg
Kashmir now has another reason to rejoice and attract more tourists. An igloo cafe has opened in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg, which has now become a new tourist attraction in the union territory. More importantly, it is said to have created the record of being the world’s largest igloo cafe!
The newly opened cafe has a height of 37.5 ft and a diameter of 44.5 ft. Syed Wasim Shah, creator of the igloo claimed that it was the world’s largest cafe of its kind. He elaborated that as per the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest igloo cafe is in Switzerland, with height as tall as 33.8 ft and diameter 42.4 ft, so, the igloo cafe he built is larger than that.
He added that he first saw this concept in Switzerland a few years back, where they have such hotels that come equipped with all modern facilities. He added that since Gulmarg sees a lot of snow, he thought why not start this concept here.
He also added that he created an igloo cafe last year as well, and claimed that it was Asia’s biggest.
Syed stated that they created the cafe in two steps with a staircase. Around 40 people can eat there at a time. He also informed them that it took 64 days to complete it.
According to him the thickness of this igloo cafe is around 5 ft, and they are hopeful that it will stand there till March 15, after which they will close it for public.
So if you are in Gulmarg during this time, don’t miss this tourist attraction for sure.
Bali intends to eliminate quarantine and begin visa-on-appearance for voyagers from March 14
Bali resumed its lines for global explorers in the period of February this year however with isolation prerequisites.
In any case, presently the Indonesian government is intending to drop the quarantine prerequisites and begin a visa-on-appearance process for global travelers.
For this the public authority is intending to lead a preliminary on approaching voyagers without isolation yet under couple of conditions, informed a senior priest.
The high ranking representatives in the nation are likewise for the mission for eliminating the obligatory 3-day quarantine and the arrival of visa-on-appearance (VoA). At this point, various voyagers from Europe are forgoing themselves going to Bali because of its broad and exorbitant quarantine.
Planning Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said in a question and answer session that the preliminary might be presented before March 14 assuming a few positive advancement is seen in the approaching multi week.
Necessities to enter Bali for worldwide travelers:
1) Foreign voyagers need to show their evidence of inn booking installments for something like four days.
2) Travelers wishing to enter Bali should be completely inoculated or probably got promoter punches.
3) RT PCR tests will be directed at the section and voyagers should sit tight for their adverse outcomes at the lodging.
4) On the third day of their appearance, voyagers should direct another RT PCR test at their inns.
The priest further said that assuming the test is negative, voyagers will be permitted to do different exercises under wellbeing conventions. He likewise said that Bali was picked for this pilot project preliminary in light of the fact that the pace of two-portion immunization is higher here than some other territory in Indonesia.
On the off chance that the preliminary is fruitful, the Indonesian government will extend the sans quarantine to traverse the nation on or even before April 1.
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Delhi-Katra Expressway to diminish go opportunity to Mata Vaishno Devi by 5 hours
The Mata Vaishno Devi altar in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra is visited by lakhs of travelers consistently. A few aficionados additionally travel to Katra from Delhi through street. Presently, the distance among Delhi and Katra which is 727 km will be diminished to 588 km and the movement time will likewise decrease by 5 hours. The Delhi-Katra interstate would decrease the movement time among Delhi and Katra to six and a half hours Katra, Jammu, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Kapurthala and Jalandhar are a few significant urban communities to be covered by this hallway The Delhi-Katra turnpike is expected to be finished by 2023 The critical variable about this passage is that it will associate sacred urban areas, Katra and Amritsar The extended expense of the task is Rs 35,000 crore. The extending of the public thruway among Jammu and Pathankot, which will be moved up to a six-way path from a four-way path, is in progress to facilitate the course for explorers between Jammu, Katra and Pathankot. Endorsement for the hall came in with the declaration for a long time government projects At first, plans for the passage were gotten rolling back in 2018 It is being alluded to as a "way breaking transformation in advancing industry and interests in the whole district." It is being expressed that the passageway will catalyze the dramatic development of financial focuses in urban communities like Jammu and Katra.
Toy train ride in Darjeeling to become more affordable
The journey through the spectacular mountains of the Himalayas will become more affordable from March as the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has reduced the fare of the world-famous 'Toy Train' service. The DHR authorities have reduced the fare of the queen of hills Darjeeling's toy train service by up to Rs 200. The authorities took the initiative to attract more tourists.
Notably, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sanjay Chilvarwar, ADRM, Katihar Division, Northeast Frontier Railway, said that all the fares of the toy train have been drastically reduced. It was told that the chair car fare in the train from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling was Rs 1,600 earlier, now it has been reduced to Rs 1,400.
The air-conditioned first-class fare was earlier Rs 1,720, now it has been reduced to Rs 1,500. Similarly, fares have also been cut for Joy ride services of the toy train running between Darjeeling-Ghoom-Darjeeling. The fare of Toy Train with Vistadome Coach with Joy Ride Steam Engine, which was earlier Rs 1,600, has now been reduced to Rs 1,500.
DHR administration said that the newly revised fare will be implemented from March 1. Chilvarwar also said that in order to further increase the popularity of the toy train, the DHR will organize a summer festival from March 1 to March 31. The festival will be organized at Siliguri Junction and Kurseong and Darjeeling DHR stations in the Darjeeling Hills region.
Cultural programs will be organized under this festival. The DHR authorities are going to include one AC Vistadom coach from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling. In Darjeeling to Ghoom section, all the coaches will be replaced with vistadom coaches instead of normal coaches.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Get FREE Entry to Taj Mahal on these three days
On the event of the 367 'Urs' of the fifth Mughal ruler Shah Jahan, travelers will get free passage to the Taj Mahal from February 27 to March 1.
This exclusion is given consistently to honor the demise commemoration of the Mughal head. Raj Kumar Patel, Superintending Archeologist of ASI, Agra Circle, told PTI, "There will be free passage for the travelers at the Taj Mahal from February 27 to March 1 on the event of the yearly Urs." On 27 and 28th February, the vacationers will be permitted from 2 pm till nightfall and on March 1, the free section will be from dawn to dusk, Patel said. "We will follow the COVID-19 conventions on every one of the three days," he added. Shamsuddin Khan, leader of the supported local area experts affiliation, said, "different customs, for example, 'chadar poshi', 'shoe', 'gusul', 'kul' and others will be performed during the Urs to recognize Shah Jahan's demise commemoration." Shakeel Rafiq, a local escort said, "It is possibly opportunity in a year when guests are permitted to enter in the cellar to see the first graves of Shah Jahan and his significant other Mumtaj."
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