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Russian, UK airlines plan Goa flights as India opens up to foreign tourists

Tourists will be allowed on normal flights from November 15. Only single entry 30-day tourist visas will be issued

Govt removes additional restrictions on UK citizens arriving in India

This comes after the British government ordered discontinuation of mandatory testing and quarantine norms for those vaccinated with Covishield travelling from India

Domestic airlines carry 300,000 passengers; festivals prompt travel

Demand for travel is five times higher on a year-on-year basis, says Thomas Cook.

Hostel brands eye young budget travelers, make aggressive expansion plans

The concept of hostels as an alternative accommodation is borrowed from the West and is only a decade old in India, but has been gaining popularity

About 46% Indians plan to travel in Oct-Dec, finds survey

As much as 46 per cent of the respondents in India are looking to travel in October-December: Survey

ITC Hotel to launch new luxury hotel brand Mementos across destinations

Together with Storii, the hotel chain is looking to create differentiated experience for travellers

10-day home quarantine for all UK travellers as India amends guidelines

Revised guidelines mirror those of UK govt and are being implemented following Britain's decision to treat fully-vaccinated Indians as non-vaccinated as a part of its new travel rules

Jaipur, Goa most booked leisure destinations among Indians: Report

The report is based on actual bookings hospitality portal OYO

Google is now helping travellers go green: Check details here

The new feature relies on 29 certification programmes to do the hard work of establishing a hotel's green credibility

Racism, offensive: Jairam Ramesh, Tharoor slam UK's Covid travel rules

Indian students and citizens are being harassed and fleeced for exorbitant tests, the Congress leader said

UK scraps 'traffic light system' to simplify international travel

UK Transport Secretary announced that the current 'traffic light system' of red, amber and green countries will be scrapped to simplify international travel amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

MakeMyTrip sees 100% return to travel in pharma, realty, other corp sectors

Firm's recent market study says financial services, IT, consumer goods and auto are the laggards, may be the last ones to see a complete recovery in corporate travel

European stocks rise on Wall Street support, travel shares jump 3%

Travel & leisure stocks snap 4-day losing streak; weaker metal prices weigh on miners

Philippines lifts travel ban on India, 9 other countries from Sept 6

The announcement came even as the country recorded its second highest number of Covid cases with 20,310 infections on Friday, pushing the national tally to 2.04 million

European Union takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

The European Union recommended Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infections there.

90% people want govt to frame travel booking refund policy: survey

As per the platform, only 12-13 per cent of those who cancelled travel bookings due to the second Covid wave could get timely refunds.

GOQii eyes entry into UK, S-E Asian markets as travel restrictions ease

The company''s strategy would be different for these markets and GOQii intends to team up with local strategic partners including large healthcare firms or insurance companies to make inroads.

Sonu Sood launches rural B2B travel tech platform Travel Union

With a mission to support, digitally empower and build a leading travel agent community in rural India at zero investment, the firm aims to be the largest rural digital travel services platform

UK eases travel restriction as industry leaders urge for more

Britain opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from US and EU as travel industry leaders urged the government to further ease restrictions

28% Indians plan to travel in Aug-Sep; risk of third wave to rise: Report

The survey also asked citizens about what kind of personal travel do they plan to undertake in the next two months