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Greece Shuts More Tourist Sites Amid Scorching Heat Wave
Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated air-conditioned spots as the first heatwave of the summer persisted for a third day.
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Outrage After China Couple Lets Child Urinate Inside Thailand's Grand Palace
Considered a sacred site, it is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions and is now frequently used for ceremonies and national events.
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Venice Introduces Day Tickets To Battle Mass Tourism
Visitors entering the UNESCO World Heritage site for the day will have to buy a five-euro ($5.3) ticket.
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Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal: Emmanuel Macron Visits Pink City's Iconic Sites
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited Pink City's iconic sites of Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar and Hawa Mahal, which tourism trade stakeholders believe will further boost the tourism industry here.
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Egypt Unearths Tombs, Mummification Workshops In Ancient Burial Ground
Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said, marking the latest in a string of discoveries that the country hopes can help revive its vital tourism industry.
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Jharkhand Jain Religious Site Wont Be Converted To Tourism Hub: Official
Members of the Jain community were protesting plans to convert Sammed Shikhar in Jharkhand into a tourism hub.
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"No Steps Will Be Taken To Hurt Sentiments Of Jain Community": Minister
Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said no step will be taken to hurt the sentiments of the Jain community which has been demanding the protection of one of their sacred sites in Jharkhand.
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Twitter, IRCTC Summoned by Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel Over Data Security
Twitter and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to appear before the Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Friday. The microblogging site and railway ticketing app have been summoned to discuss concerns over "citizens' data security and privacy".
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Aaditya Thackeray To Visit Ayodhya's Ram Temple Site Next Month
Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray will visit Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh in the first week of May.
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After UNESCO Heritage Tag, Renewed Focus On Telangana's Ramappa Temple
Ramappa temple, a 13th century architectural icon and an engineering marvel that earned the coveted UNESCO heritage tag recently, was the highlight of the presentation given by Telangana government officials at an ongoing tourism conference.
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"Had Victims Not Been Hindu...": Union Minister Slams Congress On J&K Civilian Killings
Had the civilians killed in Jammu and Kashmir been from any community other than "Hindu", the area would have become a site for political tourism, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said in an apparent attack on Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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Greece's First Underwater Museum Opens Ancient World To Dive Tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck -- and Greece's first underwater museum.
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Egypt Unearths "World's Oldest" Mass-Production Brewery
A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said Saturday.
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Maharashtra's Lonar Lake To Get More Tourism Facilities: Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited the Lonar crater lake in Buldhana district and asked officials to develop tourism facilities at the site without disturbing the local biodiversity.
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UP To Build Over 1,000 New Ganga Aarti Sites
Aiming to turn Uttar Pradesh into a major religious tourism destination, the state government is going to build 1,038 new Ganga aarti platforms along the river in Bijnor and Ballia districts.
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Greece Shuts More Tourist Sites Amid Scorching Heat Wave
Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated air-conditioned spots as the first heatwave of the summer persisted for a third day.
-
Outrage After China Couple Lets Child Urinate Inside Thailand's Grand Palace
Considered a sacred site, it is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions and is now frequently used for ceremonies and national events.
-
Venice Introduces Day Tickets To Battle Mass Tourism
Visitors entering the UNESCO World Heritage site for the day will have to buy a five-euro ($5.3) ticket.
-
Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal: Emmanuel Macron Visits Pink City's Iconic Sites
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited Pink City's iconic sites of Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar and Hawa Mahal, which tourism trade stakeholders believe will further boost the tourism industry here.
-
Egypt Unearths Tombs, Mummification Workshops In Ancient Burial Ground
Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said, marking the latest in a string of discoveries that the country hopes can help revive its vital tourism industry.
-
Jharkhand Jain Religious Site Wont Be Converted To Tourism Hub: Official
Members of the Jain community were protesting plans to convert Sammed Shikhar in Jharkhand into a tourism hub.
-
"No Steps Will Be Taken To Hurt Sentiments Of Jain Community": Minister
Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said no step will be taken to hurt the sentiments of the Jain community which has been demanding the protection of one of their sacred sites in Jharkhand.
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Twitter, IRCTC Summoned by Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel Over Data Security
Twitter and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to appear before the Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Friday. The microblogging site and railway ticketing app have been summoned to discuss concerns over "citizens' data security and privacy".
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Aaditya Thackeray To Visit Ayodhya's Ram Temple Site Next Month
Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray will visit Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh in the first week of May.
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After UNESCO Heritage Tag, Renewed Focus On Telangana's Ramappa Temple
Ramappa temple, a 13th century architectural icon and an engineering marvel that earned the coveted UNESCO heritage tag recently, was the highlight of the presentation given by Telangana government officials at an ongoing tourism conference.
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"Had Victims Not Been Hindu...": Union Minister Slams Congress On J&K Civilian Killings
Had the civilians killed in Jammu and Kashmir been from any community other than "Hindu", the area would have become a site for political tourism, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said in an apparent attack on Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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Greece's First Underwater Museum Opens Ancient World To Dive Tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck -- and Greece's first underwater museum.
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Egypt Unearths "World's Oldest" Mass-Production Brewery
A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said Saturday.
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Maharashtra's Lonar Lake To Get More Tourism Facilities: Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited the Lonar crater lake in Buldhana district and asked officials to develop tourism facilities at the site without disturbing the local biodiversity.
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UP To Build Over 1,000 New Ganga Aarti Sites
Aiming to turn Uttar Pradesh into a major religious tourism destination, the state government is going to build 1,038 new Ganga aarti platforms along the river in Bijnor and Ballia districts.
