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Uttarakhand: How Butter Festival of Dayara Bugyal provides cherishing memories to visitors
Raju Gusain •Raithal villagers in Uttarkashi use milk products to play a unique Holi at an altitude of 3,048 meters
A Good Night’s Rest: Why more people are waking up to sleep tourism in 2023
Fp Explainers •Forget the holiday where you trek up a mountain or deep dive into oceans. Sleep tourism is here for one and all — and gaining acceptance the world over. Sign up for a vacation where your dream to just sleep comes true
Union Budget 2023-24: What are Unity Malls that the government wants in every state?
Fp Explainers •States would be encouraged to set up a ‘Unity Mall’ for the promotion of their One District, One Product (ODOP), Geographical Indication (GI) items and other handicrafts, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget speech
Explained: Revenge travel, and the dangers it poses in a country still battling the coronavirus pandemic
Fp Staff •Revenge travel is the urge to travel after being in lockdown for an extended period of time.
Union Cabinet gives nod to BharatNet, distribution scheme for power discoms; a brief look
Fp Staff •The total expense for BharatNet will be Rs 29,430 crore to cover around 3,60,000 villages in 16 states, which includes Rs 19,041 crore to be spent by the government for the viability gap funding,
COVID-19 hits hotel industry: Revenue per room drops 13-29% in Jan-Mar; Bengaluru worst-hit, says report
•In revenue per room, the maximum fall was seen in Bengaluru at 28.5 percent, followed by Delhi 20.3 percent, Mumbai 20 percent, Kolkata 19.8 percent
From providing assistance to domestic travel enthusiasts, startup Scout My Trip wings across to SE Asia
Sulekha_nair •The startup has pivoted to include other services and now the do-it-yourself road trip planner has a market place of travel experts or Scouts who can be hired to curate and provide virtual trip assistance.
Collapse of Thomas Cook Group Plc is 'big blow' to tourism sector in Goa: Industry body
•Savio Messias, president of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) on Monday said that the of 178-year-old British tour operator Thomas Cook Group Plc is a "big blow" to the tourism industry in the state
UK travel firm Thomas Cook collapses after failing to reach last-ditch rescue deal; over 1 lakh tourists stranded, 22,000 jobs cut
Fp Staff •Thomas Cook, the 178-year-old operator, had been desperately seeking 200 million pounds ($250 million, 227 million euros) from private investors to save it from collapse.
India moves up 6 places to 34th rank on world travel and tourism competitiveness index: WEF report
•India has moved up six places to rank 34th on world travel and tourism competitiveness index, driven by rich natural and cultural resources and strong price competitiveness, a WEF report said on Wednesday