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Indian tourists can now use UPI to make Rupee payments in France

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 14 July 2023, 9:40 AM 820

In a landmark deal, India and France have agreed to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the European nation. This comes during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Paris. Modi, from atop the Eiffel Tower, said that Indian tourists will soon be able to make Rupee payments using UPI. He was addressing the Indian […]Continue Reading

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Singapore reassures travellers from India, continues to welcome visitors to the popular holiday destination

By Asmita Mukherjee Friday, 30 December 2022, 3:39 PM 458

Following India’s recent announcement of mandatory negative RT-PCR tests for travellers from six countries, including Singapore, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) would like to highlight that there is no change to Singapore’s current COVID-19 protocol. Fully-vaccinated travellers from India will continue to be able to enter Singapore with no quarantine and testing Continue Reading

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Mastercard launches ‘Sri Lanka with Love’ campaign for the Indian tourists

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 20 October 2022, 3:00 PM 912

Mastercard, in order to encourage Indian tourists to explore Sri Lanka launched a campaign called ‘Sri Lanka with Love.’ As part of the campaign, Mastercard has collaborated with over 50 merchant partners such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, and tour operators to promote Sri Lanka as a preferred destination for Indian tourists. “Mastercard cardholders planning to […]Continue Reading

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Visa-free entry for Indian tourists to Russia on the cards

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 16 September 2022, 12:30 PM 1518

Russia might possibly introduce a visa-free regime for Indian tourist groups, said Alina Arutyunova, Deputy Chairman of Moscow Metropolis Tourism Committee during her recent visit to Mumbai. At the moment though, Russia is about to quickly introduce e-visa for Indian tourists, reported The Times of India. “The President of the Russian Federation has supported an […]Continue Reading

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Turkiye welcomes more than 27,300 Indian tourists in June’22

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 2:00 PM 1408

With Turkiye recently relaxing all the Covid-19 related travel restrictions for Indian visitors, the country hosted the highest ever number of travellers from India, in June’22. Turkiye received more than 27,300 Indian tourists in the month of June’22, breaking all the previous inbound travel records from India, in a single month. As the demand for […]Continue Reading

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South Africa to issue e-visas for tourists from India soon

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 10 March 2022, 3:30 PM 1195

As part of post-pandemic revival plans, South Africa will introduce e-visas for Indians to attract more tourists, business travellers and movie-makers, mainly from the south, reports TOI. Of the one lakh people who visited the African nation from India every year in pre-Covid times, 9% flew from Bengaluru. Neliswa Nkani, Hub Head of MEISEA, South […]Continue Reading