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Sri Lanka gives free visa to boost tourism after bomb blasts

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka announced Wednesday it will give a one-month free visa on arrival to visitors fr...

31st Jul, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Bombardier exits commercial aviation with sale of regional jet business to Mitsubishi

MONTREAL : Bombardier Inc said it will sell its money-losing regional jet business to Japan&rsq...

26th Jun, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Indian authorities recover bodies of seven climbers from mountain, one still missing

MUMBAI: Police on Sunday retrieved the bodies of seven climbers killed in an avalanche near&nbs...

24th Jun, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Two people dead in U.S. Long Island plane crash

NEW YORK: Two people were killed after a small plane crashed in Long Island, New York, on Saturday m...

10th Jun, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

China plans to cut jet fuel prices to aid airlines, consumers

SINGAPORE/BEIJING : China is planning to lower wholesale aviation fuel prices as early as...

17th May, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Adex India-Mumbai Dive Show Brand launched at Adex Singapore show

INDIA: Mumbai Dive Show Brand has been launched at the 25th Anniversary Adex Singapore Sh...

17th Apr, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

No survivors on crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight: state TV

ADDIS ABABA: An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia’s c...

10th Mar, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Airbus to scrap A380 superjumbo production as sales slump

TOULOUSE: Europe’s Airbus announced plans to scrap production of the A380 superjumbo on Thursd...

15th Feb, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Salvation House -- where Hindus go to die

VARANASI : They arrive in battered cars, on crutches and sometimes on a stretcher barely able t...

14th Feb, 2019 | Tourism Mail Crew

Boeing raises forecast for Indian aviation market

SAN FRANCISCO : U.S. airplane manufacturer Boeing raised its long-term forecast on Wednes...

20th Dec, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew

World's oldest wild bird lays egg at 68

NEW YORK: The world's oldest known wild bird, a female Laysan albatross which is at least 68 yea...

10th Dec, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew

Travelogue: Tradition, tourism and trade in the western expanse

NANNING : The plane descended through what felt like miles of clouds before they came into view: The...

10th Dec, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew

Number of Chinese mainland tourists to Japan to exceed 8 mln in 2018: Ctrip

SHANGHAI, Nov 13: The number of tourists from the Chinese mainland to Japan is expected to exce...

13th Nov, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew

China's tour operator giant CITS profit up 42 pct in Jan.-Sept.

BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- China International Travel Service Corp. (CITS), a leading tour operato...

30th Oct, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew

Lion Air Boeing with 189 on board crashes in sea near Indonesia

JAKARTA: A Lion Air plane carrying 189 people crashed into the sea just minutes after taking of...

29th Oct, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew

Vietnamese airports serve more passengers in 9 months

HANOI : Airports across Vietnam served nearly 79.3 million passengers and handled 1.1 million t...

9th Oct, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew