Over 50 years of Tourism Advocacy
Building India's Travel Businesses
Over 50 years of Tourism Advocacy
Building India's Travel Businesses
As travellers increasingly seek experiences that combine wellness, movement, and meaningful escapes, active travel continues to emerge as one of the strongest shifts shaping the global travel landscape. Reflecting this growing trend, Bintan Resorts is set to welcome the return…
From Warship to Wonder A unique underwater adventure is taking shape off the coast of Sindhudurg, led by Maharashtra Tourism, where the decommissioned Indian Navy warship Ex-INS Guldar has been transformed into India’s first underwater museum and artificial reef. Resting…
The conflict around Iran and the resulting instability across West Asia are beginning to produce consequences far beyond geopolitics and energy markets. One of the sectors now feeling the impact most visibly is Indian travel and tourism. Yet, while international…
A concrete strategy to upgrade India’s Buddhist sites from isolated stops into a world-class civilisational hub is a diplomatic, economic and cultural need. For a civilisation that holds Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar within its sacred geography, India still treats…
It was during a family wedding in Bali, an island I was visiting again after 15 years, when the aesthetically discernible facelift and upgrading hit me. Right in the face — in a very tasteful, welcoming and pleasant manner! Spending…
The River That Becomes a Road In the dead of winter, when the world retreats indoors, the Zanskar River does something extraordinary—it turns into a road. I remember my first step onto the frozen expanse during the Chadar Trek. Beneath my boots lay…
The Museum as a Cathedral of Stasis In the climate-controlled halls of the Diljeet Titus Museum, history is not dead; it is suspended. To walk through these corridors is to enter a cathedral of material culture, where relics are entombed…
Anandana – The Coca-Cola India Foundation, in collaboration with Healing Himalayas and with support from the District Administration of Rudraprayag and the Urban Development Department of Uttarakhand, operationalized a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Kedarnath, bringing structured waste management to…
Mandip and Anita Soin led Ibex Expeditions has launched a global advocacy campaign, #AntarcticaMatters, to raise awareness about the urgent need to protect Antarctica—one of the planet’s most fragile and vital ecosystems. This initiative was first initiated in 2017 during…
A sustainable Plan for Wildlife Tourism remains an unfulfilled need. Many years ago, Hilderic Friend, botany master at the Diocesan Boys School, Naini Tal in his Preface to ‘The Flowers and their Story’ affirmed, “… young people are born with…
At more than 19,000 feet above sea level, where even breathing feels like unfinished work, the mountains around Umling La stand in complete silence. There are no crowds here. No noise of tourism. Only cold winds moving across an ancient…
36 Kilometres to the Divine: The Road That Leads Within There are journeys that take you across landscapes, and then there are journeys that take you inward—into silence, into memory, into something older than history itself. The road from Gunji to…