In this episode we focus on:
- Tourist visas issued on arrival have increased by 28.9 percent in September, 2014
- Arunachal Pradesh to host an Adventure Tourism Festival from November 7-9
- IRCTC launches an official Android App “IRCTC Connect” for ticket booking through Android platform.
- Indians no longer require a Direct Airside Transit Visa to transit through UK from Dec 1
- T S Walia takes over as the President for FHRAI for the term 2014-15
- ‘Tourism is great’ was celebrated by Visit Britain
- Being a non IATA member is not a challenge says ETAA
- Abacus aims to boost tourism in India through its new apps
- Ministry of Tourism and Tripigator launch travel planning mobile app
- Ministry of Tourism is hopeful to launch the eVisa scheme by the end of the month
We interviewed:
- Sajid Javid, MP & Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, United Kingdom
- Shivali Suri, Country Manager, India, VisitBritain
- Julian Evans, Deputy High Commissioner (India), British High Commission
- Parvez Dewan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism
- Jeet Sawhney, Managing Director, Abacus Distribution Systems
- Mukul Garg, Co-Founder, tripigator
- Pankaj Nagpal, Chapter Chairman Northern India Region, ETAA