Tag: Union Tourism Minister

Manali: Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate daylong Chandra-Bhaga Sangam Parv in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti district on Monday, event organisers said on Sunday. He will be accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar and Himachal Pradesh’s two-time former Chief Minister and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal, who have reached the festival spot, […]

Kochi: India earned an income of USD 27 billion from Foreign Tourist Arrivals in the year 2017, Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam said here today. Stating that tourism sector was doing “extremely well”, he said in 2017 alone, there was an increase of 15.2 per cent in the foreign tourist arrivals to the country. “And […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: As expected chief minister, Naveen Patnaik has written a letter to union tourism minister expressing his disappointment over the omission of Odisha from the list of 17 iconic tourism sites to be developed by the Centre with provision made for the same in the budget for 2019-20. In his missive to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from Odisha have requested Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel to include the Jagannath temple in Puri and Sun Temple in Konark in the list of India’s Iconic Tourist Sites. In a letter to the Union Minister, released to media on Friday, the MPs have sought his personal […]

New Delhi: India will introduce a flexible e-tourist visa regime for over 160 countries based on tourist footfall, with higher fee for the peak season of July to March and a considerably lower fee during the lean period of April to June, officials have said. The fee for e-visa with a validity of 30 days […]

New Delhi: The Tourism Ministry here on Wednesday banned the use of single-use plastics inside or within 100 meters of any monument. “The single-use plastics will not be allowed inside and within 100 metres of monuments,” said Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel during the launch Paryatan Parv here. Paryatan Parv will be organised from […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP’s National Spokesperson, Sambit Patra on Friday sought the intervention of Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel in connection with the alleged illegal plotting and sale of Bagala Dharmashala land in Puri. In his memorandum submitted to the Minister, Patra alleged that Puri Collector has sold the Dharmashala land by dividing it illegally. “I […]