project India as aglobal health care destination, the government is organisingevents abroad to increase the footfalls of medical tourists inthe country.The Union Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed toldPTI that they had recently organised a road show in the MiddleEast to promote medical tourism in the region."I recently led a Indian delegation comprising touroperators, hospitals and medical...
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Terrorism a threat to Pakistan's tourism sector < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateThe detonating security situation in Pakistan has seen its world tourism ranking dropping from 111 last year to 113 in 2009, a new report says.According to a report of the World Economic Forum, Pakistan ranked 113 out of 130 countries in 2009 also because of the lack of a tourism regulatory framework.Online news agency...
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Gujarat will be hosting an International conference on Buddhism next year to showcase the state's tourism potential, State Tourism Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said.After the recent visit of Sri Lankan Prime Minister, the rare historic Buddhist sites in the state were visited by experts, Mr Vyas said at the Gujarat Tourism Summit 2009 organised here by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Tourism...
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Ahmedabad, Nov 23 : Gujarat will be hosting an International conference on Buddhism next year to showcase the state's tourism potential, State Tourism Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said.After the recent visit of Sri Lankan Prime Minister, the rare historic Buddhist sites in the state were visited by experts, Mr Vyas said at the Gujarat Tourism Summit 2009 organised here by the Confederation of Indian Industries...
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KONGTAMIL was not used in a DVD promoting Malaysia because most Indians in the middle-income group speak English, said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.She said the promotion was market-oriented and was not focused on any particular nationality.She said this when explaining why the promotional DVD was not done in Tamil, although it was available in English, Mandarin, Korean and Japa-nese.Dr...
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With an increase in tourist flow toBihar, an air taxi service connecting various Buddhist sitesin the state would be launched soon."An air taxi system would soon be ready for the keyBuddhist centres and places of other historical importance inBihar," a state tourism department official said.The tourism department is likely to sign a MoU with PawanHans to start helicopter service from early 2010, he...
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Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 29 (ANI): Malaysia's Tourism Ministry has been urged to install Tamil signboards and announcements at airports in order to cater to non-English speaking Indians.The Star quoted Malaysian Indian Congress Youth secretary R. Sivaraj, as saying that the government should ensure hassle-free guidance for Tamil-speaking tourists.Sivaraj expressed surprise over how could the Tourism Minister...
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Incredible India campaign scores, tourism hopes soar . Incredible India has done it again! Another international award for the campaign - showcasing major holiday destinations - has given a fillip to Brand India and is expected to pull in global tourists in times of recession. Tourism Minister Kumari Selja had reason to cheer when she picked up the 21st Grand Prix Award in Vienna in Austria last week...
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Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 29 : Malaysia's Tourism Ministry has been urged to install Tamil signboards and announcements at airports in order to cater to non-English speaking Indians.The Star quoted Malaysian Indian Congress Youth secretary R. Sivaraj, as saying that the government should ensure hassle-free guidance for Tamil-speaking tourists.Sivaraj expressed surprise over how could the Tourism Minister...
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Malaysia's Tourism Ministry has been urged to install Tamil signboards and announcements at airports in order to cater to non-English speaking Indians.The Star quoted Malaysian Indian Congress Youth secretary R. Sivaraj, as saying that the government should ensure hassle-free guidance for Tamil-speaking tourists.Sivaraj expressed surprise over how could the Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen presume that...
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