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Learn moreAkasa Air has finalised its strategic investment transactions first announced in February 2025, following regulatory approvals. The airline has secured funding from Premji Invest, 360 ONE Asset, Claypond Capital, and the Jhunjhunwala family. The fresh capital will support Akasa’s expansion, customer experience initiatives and technology upgrades, strengthening its roadmap to be among the world’s top 30 airlines by 2030.
China has confirmed close communication with India to resume direct flights, suspended for five years due to COVID-19 and border tensions. Discussions are ongoing, with potential announcements expected during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. Both nations aim to normalize relations, enhance cooperation, and properly manage differences for sustained development.
Speaking in New Delhi, Jaishankar revealed that Prime Minister Modi has established Tourism, Trade, and Technology as the "3T framework" - a new benchmark for assessing India's foreign relationships. The EAM noted Modi's consistent message to the diaspora during overseas visits to "bring their friends along when they next visit India."
ANK Hotels and Pride Hospitality together bring 135 midscale hotels across 110 locations, currently operated under The Clarks Hotels & Resorts brand. These will be integrated into IHCL’s portfolio, largely under the Ginger brand, over the coming months. Brij Hospitality’s portfolio of 19 properties in unique Indian destinations will further diversify IHCL’s presence in the high-end experiential travel market.
The vision sets an ambitious target of creating a $3 trillion tourism economy by 2047, attracting 100 million inbound tourists, generating 20 billion domestic visits, and supporting 200 million tourism-related jobs. The overarching aim is to double the sector’s share of India’s GDP from 5% to 10% over the next two decades.
As part of these efforts, a high-level dialogue titled “Rising Rajasthan Tourism Sector MoUs – Accelerating Ground-Breaking Investors’ Dialogue” was held in Jaipur. The meeting brought together 79 MoU holders alongside senior officials from the Departments of Tourism, Urban Development, Revenue, and Local Self Government to address operational bottlenecks and speed up project execution.
Despite the suspension, Air India customers will still be able to reach the U.S. capital via one-stop connections through New York JFK, Newark, Chicago, and San Francisco, using interline partners Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines. These arrangements will allow passengers to travel on a single itinerary with through-checked baggage.
In 2023, the number stood at 95,20,928, while 64,37,467 foreign tourists arrived in the country. The highest number of foreign tourists arrived from the United States (18,04,586). This was followed by Bangladesh (17,50,165), and in third place was the United Kingdom (10,22,587). The government also informed that more than 77 lakh Indian nationals visited the UAE in 2024.
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While Hong Hong is still at 80 percent (as per 2024 numbers) of the pre-Covid numbers in terms of international tourist arrivals, India is one of the source markets which has come back strongly with arrivals surpassing the pre-pandemic levels in less than two years. This has prompted Hong Kong Tourism Board ( HKTB) to enhance engagements with the India market more aggressively than before, says Marilyn Tham, general manager - MICE, Cruise & Mega Events of the tourism board.
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