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
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
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, 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