Call centre to make tours easy
BANGALORE: Next week, a call centre will be set up to answer all queries about your holiday plans. To be open 24 hours, it will cover four tourism segments: Golden Chariot, Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) and the state tourism department........Read about queries about your holiday plans....

First NSSO survey on domestic tourism
Bangalore: The first comprehensive survey on domestic tourism in the country will be carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation this year. The tourism sector in India, which accounts for six per cent of the national GDP and 8 per cent of total employment, is dominated by domestic tourism and needs to be better understood, said S.D. Tendulkar, Chairman of the National Statistical Commission and Steering Committee on National Sample Surveys (NSS). ......Read about survey on domestic tourism...

Karnataka woos private investment to boost tourism
Bangalore:To catch up with the neighbouring states like Kerala and Goa in attracting tourists, Karnataka Thursday pitched for private investment in its fledgling tourism sector. At a day-long tourism investors’ meet on ‘Momemtum Karnataka’, the state tourism department pulled out all stops to woo about 110 investors from India and abroad to invest in creating infrastructure, including hotels, home-stays, get-away resorts, health spas and amusement parks........Read about private investment to boost tourism...

President flags off 'Golden Chariot'
Bangalore, Feb 2: Underscoring the need to encourage domestic tourism and enhance the flow of tourists to India, President Pratibha Patil on Saturday flagged off Karnataka's first luxury train, "Golden Chariot" here. "By promoting tourism to these great historical and cultural sites, we will be giving the world the chance to see the greatness and glory achieved during their (Vijayanagar Empire) reign," President Patil said at the flag-off of the luxury train........Read about Karnataka's first luxury train...