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Saturday, August 1, 2026
TopicIndian tourists

Topic: Indian tourists

Thailand restores 30-day visa-free entry for Indian tourists

The revised policy also extends 30-day visa-free entry to Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta and the Maldives, taking the total eligible countries and territories to 60.

Indian tourists can antagonise even the most gentle people in the world

Our obsession with bargaining robs us of something called self-respect. We are prepared to make a spectacle of ourselves.

Why have Indian tourists become so unpopular abroad? We need to look into the mirror

Indians are arrogant, but far from rich. That’s why we have become the world’s least welcome visitors. People may tolerate a rich fool. But nobody likes a fool who doesn’t have much money.

‘This isn’t India’—Indian tourists in Nepal made to clean gutkha spit on the street

People on X said that the incident has brought highest level of embarrassment for Indians across the globe. The tobacco chewers have been dubbed the ‘Ajay Devgn squad’ on social media.

Iran war is disrupting India’s summer plans. Tourists shifting from West to Vietnam, Japan

As the US-Israeli war on Iran escalates, Indian families are rerouting travel plans away from the cobbled streets of Europe and the sun lounges of the Middle East.

‘No smoking, No Indian’. Indian tourists claim Vietnam restaurant denied them entry

In the viral video, two men say that they were turned away from restaurants in Vietnam due to their nationality, and allege encountering signs stating, ‘Indians not allowed.’

Men from Haryana, UP, TN, Karnataka harass foreign women in Goa. And Goa gets a bad name

Maybe the only way to truly police Indian men’s behaviour is to have their mothers accompany them on every trip. Should they want to approach a stranger, they must ask mummy first.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

India needs to talk about over-tourism, before the great asset becomes the greatest liability

Why should local communities suffer in order to facilitate someone else’s adventures? The trickle-down effects of over-tourism reach the economy, society, and industry.

The curious India tourism paradox. Domestic pilgrims opt for luxury, foreigners go budget

India’s pilgrimage business is booming, with choppers for the rich and dorm beds for the poor. But the days of wooing foreigners to the Taj, Jaisalmer, and Palace on Wheels are over.

On Camera

Ramayana doesn’t need Marvel-style spectacle. It needs good storytelling

The trailer of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana feels less like a story adapted from a centuries-old epic written by sages and more like an adaptation by a modern-day novelist.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.