First Boutique Luxury Resort to Open in Maldives in August

The month of August will witness opening of the first boutique luxury resort in Maldives. The resort will be located in Huvadhoo Atoll, one of the largest natural coral islands in the world and the deepest island in the Maldives. The central lagoon of the island plunge about 90 m. Alila Villas Hadahaa is the first resort on Gaafu Alifu (North Huvadhoo)...

Stingray – Name of the First Cultivated Coral Island in the World

A 10-year old schoolgirl Zsuzsa Magyar from Notting Hill, London named the world’s first cultivated coral reefs in Maldives. She has named it Stingray Reef, which is known as Madi Faru in the local Dhivehi dialect. Little Zsuzsa’s name was chosen from 300 entries in a literature festival. The island is cultivated with a hope that implanting...

British Airways Gearing To Initiate Routes to Maldives and Egypt

Undeterred and unaffected – yes, it is British Airways, still going strong, signing thumbs down to global meltdown saga. It’s indeed a tough challenge, but they know how to tackle single handedly.  To add some spice to your holidaying mood in this market, British Airways has decided to launch two new routes from Gatwick to Male’ –...

Maldives is protecting its Whale Sharks

On 5th and 8th June this year, which is World Environment Day and Earth Day respectively, Baa Atoll Hanifaru, Baa Atoll An’gafaru and Alif Dhaal Atoll Maamigili were declared as protected areas for whale sharks. These three Atolls in Maldives are densely populated areas of whale sharks. The Executive Director of Environment – NGO Bluepeace,...

Sikkim is awaiting its first Casino soon

Casino, that's Sikkim Government's trump card for this season to lure tourist. Sikkim is already experiencing a nearly 40% increase in tourist inflow and that makes Sikkim the only state in the country that offers land based live casino facilities and a complete casino experience. Nareash Subba, Chief Executive Officer of Casino Sikkim sounded...

Tea tourism introduced at Ayur Sanjeeva, Assam

With the increasing prominence of tourism in northeast India, the unique concept of tea tourism has contributed a new dimension to tourism. India is famous for producing some finest quality of tea in the world. India is also the largest tea producers as well as the largest consumers of tea in the world. Tea tourism has been introduced in the resort...

Second Edition Of Pineapple Festival In Manipur

Last year on 20th July, 2008, Imphal witnessed the first ever pineapple cum youth festival. The festival was organized by Andro of Imphal East and was held at the Thambal market at Poiroupat in Imphal East. The main target of this festival was to encourage and help find a better market for the cultivators of pineapples. Manipur is the highest producer...