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  Bus with Chinese tourists catches fire in Taiwan, killing 26

  World | July 19, 2016 14:48 IST

  Taipei: All 26 people on board were killed when a tour bus carrying them from China burst into flames on a busy highway near Taiwan's capital today,officials said. The accident took place on the No.

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  Enjoy beauty at its serene best, Japan introduces train with WINDOWS instead of walls

  Lifestyle | June 17, 2016 18:36 IST

  Japan: Home to some of the world’s most beautiful cities and small towns where people still believe in simplicity and lucidity, Japan has one of the world’s most beautiful historic monuments and a very subtle and unique range of flora and fauna. No w

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  Foreigners arriving on e-Tourist Visa up by 179% till May

  June 15, 2016 19:54 IST

  New Delhi: The number of foreigners arriving in Indian on e-Tourist Visa stood at 43,833 at the end of May, a rise of 179.9 per cent compared to the same month 2015, a report by

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  Goa losing international destination tag due to domestic tourism

  India | June 05, 2016 10:20 IST

  Panaji:Increased inflow of domestic tourists is ruining Goa's reputation as an international tourism destination, a top travel and tourism industry official said, adding that the coastal state needed to restore the balance of inbound foreign

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  Government on track to extend e-tourist visa facility to 150 nations

  India | January 05, 2016 23:36 IST

  New Delhi: The government is on track to extend e-tourist visa facility, which allows foreigners to get the travel document online, to 37 more countries by the end of current fiscal.The service, which is currently

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  Japanese tourist dead after falling from stairs at Taj Mahal

  India | September 18, 2015 11:15 IST

  Agra:  A 66-year-old Japanese tourist today succumbed to serious head injuries after he allegedly slipped from the staircase inside the Taj Mahal here.Taj Ganj police station officials rushed him to the nearby private nursing home where doctors declared

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  Top 10 Places that you must visit in Goa

  India | June 01, 2015 19:04 IST

  Goa is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. It is India's smallest state by area and

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  SCR to run 132 Sabarimala Special trains from today

  India | November 21, 2014 9:51 IST

  Hyderabad: South Central Railway (SCR) today said it will run 132 Sabarimala special trains from Hyderabad and other places to clear the extra rush of passengers and pilgrims heading to the pilgrimage in Kerala. Apart from

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  'Goa must screen tourists for Ebola virus'

  India | October 14, 2014 13:06 IST

  Panaji: Goa must screen entry of foreign tourists in order to keep the deadly Ebola virus at bay, Leader of Opposition Pratapsing Rane said Tuesday.Rane was speaking at a function in Panaji."People are dying like

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  Airlines add capacity as tourists flock to Leh

  May 11, 2014 19:57 IST

  Leh (Ladakh): Airlines and charter flights hired by tour operators are making a beeline to Leh as the tourist season sets in the cold desert area of the Himalayas.High returns due to low rates of

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  Tourists hesitant to travel to Uttarakhand

  India | August 22, 2013 16:21 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of the natural disaster in Uttarakhand, domestic and foreign tourists are hesitant to undertake the “Char Dham” yatra and visit Nainital and Mussoorie, Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi said today.“The state

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  Shark bites German tourist, in ICU

  World | August 20, 2013 15:48 IST

  Hilo, Hawaii:  A Maui hospital says a German visitor who lost her arm in a shark attack last week is on life support.Maui Memorial Medical Center spokeswoman Carol Clark said Monday that Jana Lutteropp is

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  Tourists injured in Thailand train accident

  World | July 17, 2013 11:06 IST

  Bangkok, Jul 17: A passenger train derailed on old tracks in the mountains of northern Thailand early on Wednesday, slightly injuring at least 30 passengers, mostly foreign tourists. It was the second derailment on the

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  'Land of Pi' campaign to promote Munnar, Puducherry as tourist destinations

  Bollywood | January 11, 2013 19:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 11: Cinema tourism, a growing segment in the country, received a shot in the arm in the capital Friday with union Tourism minister K. Chiranjeevi announcing a "Land of Pi" campaign in

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  Govt relaxes tourist visa rules

  India | December 04, 2012 14:07 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 4: In a boost to the tourism industry, India has relaxed its tourist visa rules by lifting restrictions imposed on foreign visitors to have a two-month cooling off period between subsequent visits.However,

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  Seven must see places in India

  India | March 21, 2013 17:46 IST

  Tourist spots in India  are aplenty right from the idyllic Kashmir valley to the tip of Kanyakumari where three seas converge. That's from north to south, and from west to east you have the lions

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  India to give visa on arrival to Thai, Malaysian nationals

  India | September 29, 2012 21:32 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 29: The Government is planning to extend Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) facility to nationals from countries having sizable Buddhist population such as Thailand and Malaysia.  Inaugurating a two-day International Buddhist Conclave in Varanasi today,

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  Guatemala volcanic eruption now becomes tourist attraction

  World | September 15, 2012 8:07 IST

  Antigua, Guatemala, Sep 15:  A terrifying eruption of one of the world's most active volcanoes tapered off Friday into a draw for delighted tourists, who snapped photos from a neighboring colonial city and made plans

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  Death toll rises to four in Kashmir tourist cab explosion

  India | August 01, 2012 7:59 IST

  Srinagar, Aug 1: The death toll in the explosion inside a tourist vehicle at Bijbehara in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Tuesday rose to four with one more woman succumbing to injuries even as police

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  Nine climbers killed in avalanche in France

  World | July 13, 2012 12:42 IST

  France, Jul 13: French authorities on Thursday night called off the search and rescue operation of climbers who were caught in a deadly avalanche in Chamonix, after the last two missing climbers were accounted for.Nine