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6 takeaways from a trip to complex, scenic, colorful India
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Before traveling to India, I realized what I knew about the country pretty much boiled down to this: the #TajMahal. #Elephants. Garlic naan.
The payoffs in our travels to cities and rural areas were tremendous, though this is a journey perhaps not for everyone. Read more...
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What quirky post-colonial churches tell us about modern Indian architecture
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In the Indian state of #Kerala there stands a huge building shaped like a ship. Another has a large yellow star dominating its facade. Then there's the pair of gigantic palms sprouting from a structure's top, like wings cradling a miniature globe.
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Why India's picking up speed as the next big thing in surfing
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Forget Hawaii, California and Bali. India could be the next big thing in the #surfing world.
After all, with 4,350 miles of coastline, the world's seventh-largest country has no shortage of tiny beaches and big swells.
While surf infrastructure is still in its infancy, dozens of pro and amateur surfers are finding their way to Mantra Surf Club -- said to be India's first surf club. Read more...
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‘India Syndrome’: Town where tourists vanish
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THE Ganges flows faster in Rishikesh.
RYAN Chambers was a 21-year-old backpacker when he was last seen. The South Australian is not the only person to vanish here. Read more...
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The daily teer lottery in Shillong in the Indian state of Meghalaya helps keep the ancient, divine skill of archery alive.
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Named after the Hindi word meaning ‘arrow’, teer is an almost-daily activity in Shillong – a game of chance born from a skill that Meghalaya residents have practiced for centuries: archery.
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$199 Round Trip - Icelandic airline launches the first budget flights from Europe to India
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he first budget flights from the UK to India have been announced, with fares starting from just £149 one-way, but travellers must go via Iceland.
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What is blackbuck poaching?
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Blackbucks are a beautiful and endangered species of antelope native to India, characterised by their gorgeous spiral horns. The creature was introduced to other continents but now there are hardly any left in India, where the killing of blackbuck in vicious hunts is a long-time, and outlawed, passtime. #Wildlife
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The Best River Cruise You Never Expected: An India Adventure
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I opened my eyes to the sunrise, as a tiny fishing boat glided by.
It was my first morning on the backwaters of #Kerala, the southern India state that is another great surprise to a tourist.
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The Beatles in India, 50 years on
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It’s not always this quiet at the Last Chance Café. Just up the road, after all, is the #Beatles Ashram where, 50 years ago this month, the group famously came to explore transcendental meditation with the Maharishi.
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Corporate Tours & Adventure Tours Operators
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Corporate Compass is leading Corporate Tours & Adventure Tours Operators in Mumbai,India.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Shares Sweet Family Photo While Visiting the Taj Mahal
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Catherine Zeta-Jones is enjoying some quality family time.
The 48-year-old actress shared a sweet and rare family photo of herself with husband Michael Douglas and their two kids -- 17-year-old son Dylan and 14-year-old daughter Carys -- at the #TajMahal in Agra, India.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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BookOtrip, a premier travel agency in the state of Texas, USA, BookOtrip serves millions of happy travellers each year all over the globe. With over one hundred years of combined experience, the Trip Experts at BookOtrip are passionate about travel and provide the highest quality travel solutions. With the latest state of the art travel technology, it creates the world’s highest-quality travel experience.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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BookOtrip is part of Trip Brands LLC, a global travel technology company focused on matching the latest travel technology with exceptional, one-on-one customer service and wholesale pricing to create the world’s highest-quality experience at the best value for the travelers.
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In Spice-Laden Kerala, a Break From Urban India
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Younger Indians, flush with disposable income and a newfound appreciation of the cultural riches within their own borders, have discovered #Kerala. And for good reason.
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Man-eating Indian tigress electrocuted
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A tigress that killed four people in the west Indian state of Maharashtra died on Saturday, days after a court upheld an order to kill it.
The animal was electrocuted by a fence erected by a farmer to keep out wild boar, wildlife officials said. #Wildlife
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Indian airport stops 29 passengers using ‘rectal concealment’ to smuggle gold
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Indian customs authorities have discovered 29 people hiding #gold in their rectums on two flights that landed at a southern airport on Sunday.
More than 10kg (22lb) of the precious metal were found on at least 37 passengers on the two flights from the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, that landed at Madurai international airport in Tamil Nadu.
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Illuminating India: 5000 Years of Science and Innovation
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5000 Years of Science and Innovation reveals how the Mughal emperors conserved nature in the 16th century, how 20th century mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan revolutionised mathematics, and how the Indian Space Research Organisation sent a camera to Mars for less than the cost of the film Gravity.
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Elephants and tigers kill one human a day in India, as growing population squeezes habitat
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Endangered #elephants and #tigers are killing one person a day in India as humans put a growing squeeze on their habitat, according to new government figures.
But man is in turn killing a leopard a day as the man-animal tussle for space reaches new heights.
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Air India: No chicken in cattle class
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Air India has stopped serving non-vegetarian meals to its economy class passengers on domestic flights.
The cost-cutting measure comes as the government considers ways to privatise the debt-laden national carrier.
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Eco Tourism Come and stay in our new eco-tourist cottages in the Sanctuary.
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SAI Sanctuary is located in the Western Ghats of southern India?the heart of the watershed area for the entire south Indian peninsula, and one of the hottest ?Hot Spots? of biodiversity in the world, as designated by the United Nations. #Wildlife Read more...
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India’s Lost Party Mansions
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The country’s #Chettinad region is full of architectural relics in
various states of decaying opulence. For some inhabitants, the
extravagance goes on; for others, it is a memory slipping away. Read more...
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Spring-cleaning India's most magnificent tent
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Rajasthan's Royal Red Tent is as tall as a double-decker bus, made from silk, velvet and #gold - and it's getting its first proper clean in more than three centuries, says Melissa Van Der Klugt.
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In pictures: India's sea turtles return home to breed
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On the eastern coast of India, in the state of Orissa, lie three big nesting sites for one of the world's smallest sea turtles - the Olive Ridley.
Every winter, thousands of females return to these shores to nest.
Journalists Supriya Vohra and Meesha Holley witnessed the synchronised move, which is known as "arribada"- the Spanish for arrival. #Wildlife
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IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENT! Career in Travel and Tourism - Mumbai, IN
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According to a report published by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), India could possibly add another Rs. 8, 50,000 crores by the year 2020-just through tourism! WTTC calculated that tourism generated 8.31 lakh crore or 6.3 per cent of the nation's GDP in 2015 and supported 37.315 million jobs, which is about 8.7 per cent of its total employment.
Career options in travel and tourism:
"Students have endless career opportunities in the fastest growing industry of travel," says
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Tiny new frog species found in India
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Some of the smallest known frogs were recently discovered following a five-year survey in India. Seven new species of “night frogs,” in the Nyctibatrachus genus, include four species that are among the tiniest frogs ever found, capable of comfortably crouching on a thumbnail with room to spare. #Wildlife
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Women lead the way on a tour of northern India
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Being shown the beauty and history of Old Delhi and Agra by women pushing back against traditional gender roles makes a trip to India all the more uplifting – and a fitting salute to next week’s International Women’s Day #TajMahal Read more...
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