Foreign Tourists In India

A couple of foreign tourists, seated in an autorickshaw, found themselves in an unsettling situation when they were chased by two homeless child beggars, making the tourists feel unsafe in Delhi.

A court in the Odisha capital on Monday sentenced a 'sevayat' (priest) of Shree Lingaraj Temple here to 18 months of imprisonment for sexually harassing a woman foreign tourist.

The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a foreign tourist's gang-rape in Dumka district and asked the DGP, chief secretary and the SP to file a report on the matter.

A foreign national on a visit to central Kashmir's Sonamarg, a famous tourist destination, got emotional after she got her smartphone back that she had lost in the area.

More than 7.2 million foreign tourists arrived in India this year till October, the government said on Monday.

The advisory comes hours after Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang asked officials to stop issuing permits to tourists in popular destinations like Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir, and Nathula on Friday.

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in India this year during January-June is 106 per cent more than the figure for the corresponding period in 2022, official sources said.

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in India this year during January-April is 166 per cent more than the figures for the corresponding period in 2022, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said today.

Over 2,000 domestic and foreign tourists were stranded in North Sikkim due to a landslide following heavy rainfall since Thursday, officials said.

Hidden away in the hills of Uttarakhand is a tourist destination which restricts entry to Indian citizens. Find out more.

The fame of Asia's largest tulip garden, situated on the banks of the Dal lake in Srinagar, has reached far-away countries like Argentina as a record 3.7 lakh tourists, including foreigners, visited it this season.

In a heartwarming incident, a woman from the United States, who forgot her wallet on a train in India, recently revealed how a man came forward to help her after he found her lost item.

Two foreigners died and two more are missing after a group of tourists were hit by a massive avalanche at the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off MV Ganga Vilas, the world's longest river cruise, in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi through video conferencing.

Assam has written to the centre to blacklist all foreigners who have been violating tourist and visit visa norms and taking part in religious meetings in the state

A couple of foreign tourists, seated in an autorickshaw, found themselves in an unsettling situation when they were chased by two homeless child beggars, making the tourists feel unsafe in Delhi.

A court in the Odisha capital on Monday sentenced a 'sevayat' (priest) of Shree Lingaraj Temple here to 18 months of imprisonment for sexually harassing a woman foreign tourist.

The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a foreign tourist's gang-rape in Dumka district and asked the DGP, chief secretary and the SP to file a report on the matter.

A foreign national on a visit to central Kashmir's Sonamarg, a famous tourist destination, got emotional after she got her smartphone back that she had lost in the area.

More than 7.2 million foreign tourists arrived in India this year till October, the government said on Monday.

The advisory comes hours after Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang asked officials to stop issuing permits to tourists in popular destinations like Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir, and Nathula on Friday.

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in India this year during January-June is 106 per cent more than the figure for the corresponding period in 2022, official sources said.

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in India this year during January-April is 166 per cent more than the figures for the corresponding period in 2022, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said today.

Over 2,000 domestic and foreign tourists were stranded in North Sikkim due to a landslide following heavy rainfall since Thursday, officials said.

Hidden away in the hills of Uttarakhand is a tourist destination which restricts entry to Indian citizens. Find out more.

The fame of Asia's largest tulip garden, situated on the banks of the Dal lake in Srinagar, has reached far-away countries like Argentina as a record 3.7 lakh tourists, including foreigners, visited it this season.

In a heartwarming incident, a woman from the United States, who forgot her wallet on a train in India, recently revealed how a man came forward to help her after he found her lost item.

Two foreigners died and two more are missing after a group of tourists were hit by a massive avalanche at the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off MV Ganga Vilas, the world's longest river cruise, in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi through video conferencing.

Assam has written to the centre to blacklist all foreigners who have been violating tourist and visit visa norms and taking part in religious meetings in the state