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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicTourism

Topic: Tourism

Mobile apps don’t necessarily make you safer when you’re travelling alone

Research says India is one of the countries which may be comparatively be less safe for women travelling alone.

Tourists spend more money in Thailand than anywhere else in Asia

Foreign arrivals in Thailand could hit 40 million next year, which is more than half the country’s population.

Live in Mumbai’s slums to enjoy poverty, says this Dutch NGO member

'Poverty tourism' in the slums of Mumbai shows a superficial understanding of the problem.

On business in Hyderabad? Where to eat, drink, and extend your stay

The tech capital has upped its game in terms of great hotels and restaurants.

Tripura CM’s claim that ducks increase oxygen in water passed our accuracy test by 100%

Paddling by ducks will lead to a water body becoming more oxygenated; research shows duck waste provides more nutrition to fish, thus boosting pisciculture.  

Kerala’s snake-boat rowers were set for IPL-style race. Now, they don’t know what to do

Tourism, an employer of lakhs and one of the state's biggest sources of income, will take time to recover from the recent floods.

The only hill station in Gujarat has a sleepy charm that tourists would love

Popularly known as ‘Gujarat ka taara’, Saputara is the state’s only hill station. 

Bangladeshis top the list of foreigners visiting India for medical tourism

More than 2 lakh Bangladeshi tourists came to India in 2017 followed by 55,681 from Afghanistan and 47,640 from Iraq, says tourism minister.

From Paris to Bali, unhappy locals begin battle against ‘overtourism’

While tourists want to 'live like a local', residents feel their home towns are vanishing beneath souvenir shops and rowdy bars. 

Indian tourists are discovering India like never before, but there is a problem

There are fears that weak infrastructure and stretched bureaucracy could allow Indian tourist magnets to lose what makes them special. The travel habits of Chinese...

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.