India, Singapore sign Joint Action Plan on tourism cooperation

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Tourism, Sultan Ahmed, who is currently on a four day official visit to Saudi Arabia, discussed matters of bilateral cooperation in the tourism and hospitality sector and issues of mutual interest particularly with regard to ways and means of increasing tourism in both the countries. Ahmed held a meeting with Dr.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Singapore Tuesday signed a joint action plan which, officials said, would help both countries attract more tourists. According to the plan, tourists visiting Singapore will be offered an option to include a four-five day trip to India in their itinerary, thus adding variety to their holiday.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seeing the immense tourism potential of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the tourism ministry is organising a number of roadshows abroad to attract travellers, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said here Monday. "The Commonwealth Games in India next year will be an important event, especially from the tourism point of view.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will hold tourism roadshows in London and other capitals of Commonwealth countries in a bid to cash in on the Commonwealth Games here next year, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said here Monday. "The Commonwealth Games in India next year will be an important event, especially from the tourism point of view.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's share in international tourist arrivals is rising, but it gets far fewer number of visitors compared to Singapore, a city-state half the size of Delhi. Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed Thursday told parliament that the growth rate in tourist arrivals in India was high in 2006-07.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja on Wednesday said that government would announce new policy guidelines for promoting health tourism to increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals in India. Selja said this while speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the meeting to discuss the '100 days Agenda of Tourism Ministry' in New Delhi on Wednesday.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday urged the Indian Ocean rim countries to identify priority areas and initiate projects for joint cooperation. This was conveyed by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor at the plenary meeting in Yemen of the council of ministers of Indian Ocean Rim - Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), which comprises of 18 member states from South Africa to Australia.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to sign the agreement on security cooperation between India and United Arab Emirates. The agreement, once signed, will establish an institutional framework for cooperation between India and UAE in their fight against terrorism in all its forms.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Tourism minister Kumari Selja on Wednesday postponed her next-month visit to Australia the series of attacks on Indian students in that country. "I am not going to Australia for the tourism promotional event scheduled in July," Selja said in the capital.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Kazakhstan will sign an exploration and production agreement for the the Satpayev oil block on the Caspian Sea before the new domestic Kazakh law on reviewing contracts of foreign companies comes into force, it was announced here Friday. This was decided at the seventh meeting of the two-day India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) on trade, economic, scientific, technological, industrial and cultural cooperation that ended in Astana Friday, a government release said.

February 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The tourism industry in Punjab appears unaffected by the global financial meltdown, with thousands of tourists from the state still booking holidays everywhere. Many national and international travel agents are coming here for the forthcoming India Travel Mart to take advantage of this situation and woo Punjabi tourists.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and the US signed an agreement for cooperation in production and marketing of biofuels here Tuesday. As per a government release, the agreement's purpose 'is to establish a framework of cooperation covering scientific, technical and policy aspects of production, conversion, utilisation, distribution and marketing of biofuels in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner'.

January 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Tourism is hosting the India Travel Mart (ITM) here from Jan 30 to Feb 1, officials said Wednesday. Malaysia and Dubai are partner countries for this international travel and tourism exhibition while Uttarakhand is the partner state.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka Wednesday sought India's help in strengthening tourism to meet the challenges posed by the global meltdown. The issue was discussed in a meeting between Tourism Minister Ambika Soni and her Sri Lankan counterpart Milinda Moragoda, who also expressed keenness to participate in the travel marts organised by India, including the Great Indian Travel Bazar to be held in April.

December 24th, 2008 KOLKATA - With the aim of emulating shopping festivals in Dubai and Singapore, the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival has got off to a glittering start. Inaugurating the festival here Wednesday evening, West Bengal Tourism Minister Manabendra Mukherjee said: 'This is the first time any such festival is happening in India.