National Security Minister, Wayne Perinchief, has announced policy changes intended to assist the hospitality industry. Visitors will be allowed to stay here for up to 90 days, extended from 21 days, with effect from May 1. And visitors from the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) with visas for the US, UK or Canada, [...] Read more »
Destination America beckons tourists from Chennai
Chennai: American travel firms are wooing South India and tourists from Chennai in particular, as the United States expects the Indian travel market to grow by 90 per cent. James Golsen, Principal Commercial Officer at the US Consulate, told City Express that South India, including Chennai, would be the factors that would help spearhead the [...] Read more »
Obama, South India, and the High Ground of High Tech
Much of South India watched President Obama’s State of the Union last week … live at 7:30am on a Wednesday morning. Many groaned when the president called for efforts to limit outsourcing. But others sensed that the president was ready to open America’s doors to tourists, foreign students, and fledgling entrepreneurs. If the president does move [...] Read more »
Number of Visitors to New York City Breaks Record
New York is going to welcome its 50 millionth visitor of 2011, making the highest total number of visitors to the city in a single year. The city record is a result of Mayor Bloomberg’s goal which was set when he became the mayor of New York in 2002. According to the data, visitors flooding [...] Read more »
Sri Lanka slashes visa fee for Indian tourists
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has slashed the visa fee it planned to charge from tourists from India and other SAARC countries to USD 10 from the originally planned USD 50, after New Delhi took up the issue with it. Non-Indian and non-SAARC nation visitors would, however, be charged USD 20, officials said today. India raised concerns [...] Read more »
Visa reform to boost international arrivals, create jobs: US Travel Association
The US Travel Association has rallied behind new visa reform legislation, claiming the legislation will address “problems with the US visa system that are currently discouraging international visitors from doing business and traveling here”. According to the US Travel Association, HR 3039, the ‘Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011’, introduced by [...] Read more »
Tourist boom in Northern Norway
Tromsø is one of the places in Northern Norway many tourists like to visit. Norway’s three northernmost counties are experiencing a large influx of tourists. Compared to the rest of the country, the increase is prominent. Northern Norway has had 19 percent more tourists so far in 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. [...] Read more »
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