The media went berserk after the Mumbai attacks. Taj Mahal hotel was under siege for 60 hours by a handful of gunmen. That had hampered the reputation and induced fear in tourist's mind. Would the business and atmosphere at Taj be the same again? Adding to this was the
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I do cover a lot of online travel agencies and destinations on this blog, but most of them cover elite and traditional travel destinations. But today’s post talks about a place that is known for poverty and notoriety. I accidentally stumbled upon this site of a traditional travel agency that
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The leading UK Authority, Condé Nast Traveler UK, has announced that India tops the list of preferred travel destination in the world. This feat has been achieved for the first time in history of Indian Tourism. Surely, it is great moment and pride for all of us Indians and we
» continue readingThis is stretching things a bit too much. With no affiliations from either UN or any other accredited organization Mr. Weber and his FOR-PROFIT Swiss organization - now called as NewOpenWorld Foundation - consider themselves "The One" for deciding all kinds of 7 wonders. Are you not satisfied with
» continue readingThe D-Day has arrived! Final list of new seven wonders of the world has been announced in the ceremony held in Lisbon. I have been consistently writing about the way this voting process is a big money making scam
» continue readingIndian Tourism Industry has been upswing for last few years partially due to an excellent “Incredible India“ campaign. I think this was one of best campaigns that Ministry of Tourism was able to successfully implement. The spurt
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Even with all this background, I had not doubt that Taj Mahal would be in Top 5 if not top 3, purely based on the population we have. But I guess, I was wrong. If you think deeper, you will realize that although we have a huge population, more
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