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Visiting Taj Mahal? Get Ready To Pay 100% Penalty If You Stay More Than 3 Hours!
Spent more than 3 hours in the Taj, and pay penalty
The Crown of Palaces or the Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of this modern world built by Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan is now harder to access, and enjoy.
In a stunning decision,…
Indian Tourism Gets A Big Push. Visa-On-Arrival For 43 Nationalities, E-Visa Approval In 96 Hours!
Indian tourism industry will never be the same again. In a historic decision, Indian government has now allowed visa on arrival for citizens from 43 countries, who can make an entry at any one of the designated 9 international airports in…
Traveling in India : The positive side of the story.
I have been quite critical about driving and driving conditions in India earlier on this blog. Most of it has been from infrastructure, roads and pollution point of view. Although, these are serious negatives, have you thought about…
Cleartrip Pricewatch: If ticket prices fall, you get your money back!
Cleartrip has launched an interesting solution that will be mighty beneficial for international travelers. One of the most difficult task for an international traveler is to time the purchase of his tickets so he gets the best deal.…
Indian Hospitality Industry Performance Report
This year has not been good for any of the Industry, except I guess for Medical Industry in India (Thanks to Swine Flu, recession related diseases :)). The tourism in India has seen a steep decline over last 12 months and the effects of…
Indian Tourism Industry on a downward trend?
The tourism statistics in the first quarter and up to MAY’09 as compiled by the Department of Tourism shows a sharp decline in the industry by a whopping 40-45%. This depressing situation can either be defended by obvious reasons which…
Now Indian Railways introduces Chartered Trains to boost tourism!
Chartered : hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
I tried looking for the meaning of 'Chartered" using define:chartered in Google and that is what I got.…
Cleartrip.com: The most user-friendly OTA in India
Last year I did a comparison of 10 OTA's operating in India. The comparison was done based on 5 different parameters like Ticket fares, Flight options, Destinations, User Friendliness and value added services. In that comparison IXIGO…
Now Free Internet access and Satellite television on Indian Rails
Indian Union Railway minister -Lalu Prasad Yadav - the darling of the masses and the favorite whipping-boy of the media has added another feather to Indian railways.
Two premium trains of India - Shatabdi and Rajdhani - will now be…
Indian Online Travel Industry is buzzing!
Indian OTAs (Online travel agents) are in news again. With more than 70% of e-commerce spend happening purely on online travel booking, this space is getting quite lucrative.
With the number of Online Travel agents reaching double figures,…
Ugly, yet excellent Indian Travel Search Engine !
I am surprised that in this day and age we have Travel search engine looking like 90DI. I don't know how many of you would agree with me, but I found the look of this excellent travel search engine bit too amateurish. It is also quite…
Indian skies getting busier !
The growth in Indian aviation sector has been extraordinary and it is expected to gain faster pace in coming months and years.
In last 3-4 years itself, India has seen launch of multiple budget airlines, all of them growing aggressively.…
Indian Online Airfare search: Comparative Analysis of 10 different travel sites.
Yatra Arzoo Ezeego Cleartrip IXIGO makemytrip Indiatimes Travel Desiya Travelguru Travelocity
redBus.in : A truly simple online bus ticket booking service
redbus.in completed one year since their launch last week. I came across this site very recently, and was impressed from the word go.
What is Redbus.in?
It is a an online bus ticket booking service based out of Bangalore. They operate…
Top 20 Business facts you should know about India
I publish these lists from time to time. They serve as a quick reference points and enhance individuals knowledge to a large extent.
Some of the earlier lists that have been published here on Trakin are:
15 little known facts about India…
Indian Web2.0 Travel Portals: Comparative Analysis of Air fare search
It is difficult to judge or come to a conclusion based on just one search across multiple sites. However, from this particular experiment, it seems that Yatra has the best search algorithm and found the best deal and that too with a…
New 7 Wonders Results officially announced – Check out !
The 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 and...