Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), one of the world’s largest cruise line operators, is planning to invest in the Indian market in a big way towards promotion and brand-building to expand its market share, according to a senior official. “We are going to invest more money in India in 2021 than we did ever before, considering.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the shipping, port and waterways ministry to determine islands which might be developed as standalone cities or completely for tourism, sources mentioned. Interacting with high officers from port authorities and the ministry whereas going by a presentation on Maritime Plan 2030 on Friday, the PM noticed that India had.

The Karnika,  cruise ship owned by now bankrupt Jalesh Cruises, has been sold for scrapping in Alang, India, according to reports. This comes just weeks after the Indian cruise line announced that it is permanently suspending operations due to rising debts and a delay in the reopening of cruise ports in its home country. The ship.

The recent approval of the Goa Tourism Policy 2020, a document setting guidelines for future development of the tourism sector in the state with a detailed master plan to achieve the objective, has left the Goa cabinet a divided house. The policy has been formulated by global consulting firm KPMG at a cost of Rs.

Singapore has decided to allow two cruise lines to offer the residents of the country “cruises to nowhere” voyages from November as a pilot scheme to ease the travel restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus infection, according to a media report. The Singapore’s Tourism Board said that it will allow two cruise.

According to a statement citing the owners of the MV Karnika, the company will suspend its operations. The ship is operated by Jalesh Cruises and targeted at the Indian source market. “The owners of MV Karnika states that it is not in a position to start the operation as the ports in India has not.

The travel and tourism industry witnessed a sharp decline owing to the global crisis that is the spread of the pandemic. With travel coming to a near standstill due to coronavirus restrictions, domestic/local travel and tourism will substitute the foreign tourism demand at the moment. For the Indian Travel Industry, the next big opportunity is.

The Odisha government is planning to start river cruises on select water bodies under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode to give a boost to the tourism sector, said an official on Thursday. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Thursday directed the tourism department to start river cruises in the state. He gave this direction while exploring the.