7-Day Mandatory Home Quarantine For All International Arrivals In India

TBM Staff | Mumbai Friday, 7 January 2022, 6:18 PM

According to a NDTV report, people flying in from abroad will need to home quarantine for a week after landing in India and test on the eighth day, in new rules that take effect on January 11 (Tuesday) to tackle a huge Omicron-driven surge in Covid cases in the country. The number of Continue Reading

Foreign Tourist Arrivals reduces in India between January and September 2021

TBM Staff | Mumbai Friday, 10 December 2021, 10:15 AM

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTA) in India between January and September 2021 have reduced even further by 73.4 compared to the same time last year. As per information received from the Bureau of Immigration, FTAs during the full year 2020 were 27,44,766 as compared to 1,09,30,355 in 2019 registering a negative growth of 74.9 per cent. […]Continue Reading

Maharashtra woos medical, wellness tourists from UAE, Gulf region

TBM Staff | Mumbai Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 10:06 AM

The state, home to the best clinical outcomes in India, has positioned itself as the national leader in healthcare services guiding hopeful patients towards a better clinical experience. Addressing a media roundtable in Dubai, Aditi Tatkare, Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Tourism said, “The Government of Maharashtra provides world-class health amenities with 50 per Continue Reading

India reopens to fully vaccinated foreign travellers after 18 months

TBM Staff | Mumbai Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 12:47 PM

India began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions as infections fall and vaccinations rise. Tourists entering India must be fully vaccinated, follow all Covid-19 protocols and test negative for the virus within 72 hours of their flight, according to the health […]Continue Reading

Over 15,000 free tourist visas issued till now

TBM Staff | Mumbai Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 10:19 AM

According to a report in The Business Line, international travel to India is a bit slow to pick up with just a little over 15,000 free tourist visas being issued so far out of the five lakh visas that were provisioned by the centre. In June 2021, the Ministry of Finance had announced a scheme […]Continue Reading

India to lift quarantine requirement for international travellers from today

TBM Staff | Mumbai Monday, 25 October 2021, 10:09 AM

Fully vaccinated travellers, who are coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of World Health Organization (WHO) approved Covid-19 vaccines, shall be allowed to leave the airport and need not undergo home quarantine and testing from Monday, according to the revised guidelines for international arrivals released on Wednesday. Continue Reading