New tourism policy to be finalised soon, will cater to post-Covid visitors: Ministry

TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 8:21 AM

The much-delayed national policy on tourism will soon be finalised and it will have specific norms and provisions to suit the post Covid-19 travellers, a senior official in the ministry said. The draft National Policy on Tourism was prepared by the ministry and was under review after the Continue Reading

GSTC launches India Working Group

TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 15 November 2021, 9:00 AM

Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) launches India Working Group on November 10. To mark the launch , the GSTC held a public webinar on the same day titled “Unpacking Sustainable Tourism in India through the lens of the GSTC Criteria.” Keynote talk was given by Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, addressing […]Continue Reading

A new path beckons

TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 4:58 PM

By Ansoo Gupta founder of OneShoe Trust September 27 is marked as world tourism day every year. But this year, World Tourism Day comes as a grim reminder of the uncertainties that we face together as an industry. While tourism is restarting and we are seeing signs of recovery almost everywhere, we must remember some […]Continue Reading

TOFT India launches Travelife programme to drive tour operation standards

Asmita Mukherjee Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 4:30 PM 0

TOFT India, the nature based travel trade alliance focusing on driving more sustainable travel in South Asia, has launched the internationally-recognised Travelife programme to help drive up tour operation standards in India’s tourism sector. “India’s track record on travel and tourism sustainability is very poor, according to the latest UNWTO report 2019, far behind many Continue Reading