Tourism

INDIAN TOURIST OFFICES OVERSEAS

Australia Canada France Germany
Assistant Director
India Tourism (NSW)
Level 2, Piccadilly, 210, Pittstreet Sydney, Australia
Tel: 0061-2-92644855,
Res: 97421859
Fax: 292644860
E-mail: indtour@ozemail.com.au, mail@nextcentury.com.au

Director India Tourism (Toronto)
60 Bloor Street West, West Suite 1003, Toronto
M4 W3 B8, Canada
Tel: 001-416-9623787, 9623788, Res: 9442447,
Fax: 9626279
E-mail: indiatourism@bellnet.ca
Director India Tourism (Paris)
11-13-BIS, Boulevard Haussmann
F-75009 Paris, France
Tel: 00331-45233045, 45202162,
Res. 477345974
Fax: 45233345
E-mail: goitopar@aol.com
Regional Director (Europe)
Govt. of India Regional Tourist Office
Basolar, Strasse-48,
D-60329 Frankfurt AM MAIN-I
Federal Republic of Germany
Tel: 0049-69-2429490, (D) 24294927, Res. 4969955
Fax: 24294977
E-mail: info@india-tourism.com

Italy Japan Netherlands Singapore
Manager India Tourism (Milan)
Via-Albricci-9, 20122 Milan Italy
Tel: 0039-02-8053506, Res. 89402925
Fax: 72021681
E-mail: turismo.info@betam.it, rajmittal_india@hotmail.com
Regional Director India Tourism (Tokyo)
Chiyoda Building, 6-5-12, Ginza, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo – 104-0061 Japan
Tel: 0081-3-3571-5062 / 63, Dir. 3571-5196 / 97
Res: 81357062260,
Fax: 3571-5235
E-mail:indtour@blue.ocn.ne.in

Director, India Tourism (Amsterdam)
Rokin 9-15, 1012 KK, Amsterdam Netherlands
Tel: 0031-20-6208991, Res. 3451570
Fax: 6383059
E-mail:info.nl@india-tourism.com
Assistant Director India Tourism (Singapore)
20, Kramat Lane, # 01-0IA, United House
Singapore – 228773
Tel: 0065-62353800, Res: 67328909
Fax: 62358677
E-mail:tourgoito.sing@pacific.net.sg

South Africa
U.A.E. U.K. USA
Director India Tourism (Johannesburg)
P.O.Box 412542, Craig Hall 2024, Johannesburg-2000, South Africa
Tel: 0027-11-3250880, Res: 7881424,
Fax: 3250881
E-mail: goito@global.co.za

Regional Director, West Asia India Tourism (Dubai),
Tourist Office
P.O. Box. 12856, NASA Building
Al Maktoum Road, Deira, Dubai U.A.E.
Tel: 00971-4-2274848, 2274199, Res: 2246244,
Fax: 2274013
E-mail: goirto@emirates.net.ae

Director India Tourism (London)
7, Cork Street, London WIS 3LH, U.K.
Tel: 0044-207-7346613, 4400685
Res: 2084265671
Fax: 4941048
E-mail: info@indiatouristoffice.org

Regional Director Govt. of India Regional Tourist Office (New York)
1270, Avenues of Americas Suite 1808, 18th Floor New York – 10020-1700 USA
Tel: 001-212-5864901 / 2 / 3, Res. 5179327, 5867331 (D)
Fax: 5823274
E-mail: ny@itonyc.com

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Director India Tourism (LA)
3550, Wilshire Boulevard Suite 204,
Los Angeles California – 90010 2485 USA
Tel: 001-213-3808855, Res: 3239314749
Fax: 3806111
E-mail: goitola@aol.com

REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND THEIR JURISDICTIONS

The Regional Director (East), India Tourism (Kolkata)
Embassy, 4 Shakespeare Sarani,Kolkata – 700071
West Bengal
Tel: 033- 22821402/ 75, 22827731, Res. 22820546
Fax: 033 – 22823521

E-mail:caltour@cal2.vsnl.net.in

Airport Domestic Counter: 033-25118299

Jurisdiction: Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa
The Regional Director (West) India Tourism (Mumbai), Tourist Office
123 M. Karve Road, Opp. Churchgate,
Mumbai – 400 020
Tel: 022- 22074333 / 4,
22033144 / 5
Fax: 022- 22014496
E-mail:indiatourism@vsnl.com

Jurisdiction : Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa
The Regional Director (South)Govt. of India Regional Tourist Office
154 Anna Salai, Chennai – 600002, Tamil Nadu
Tel: 044- Dir. 28461459, 28461459, 28460285,
Fax: 044-28460193
E-mail: indtour@vsnl.com; goitochn@tn.nic.in

Kamraj (Domestic) Airport: 044-2340386

Anna (International) Airport: 044-2345801

Jurisdiction :Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lakshdweep Island, Andhra Pradesh
The Regional Director (North)
Govt. of India Regional Tourist Office (New Delhi)
88 Janpath, New Delhi – 110001
Tel: 011- 23320005, 23320008,
Fax: 011-23320109
E-mail:goitodelhi@tourism.nic.in, rdnorth@ndf.vsnl.net.in

Domestic Airport Counter: 011-25665296

International Airport Counter: 011-25691171

Jurisdiction : Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan

visitmainecomhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/visitmainecomPeopleMOT4dFour Seasons of Maine – Maine Office of Tourism

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I wanted to be a holidays rep but people say its not the best thing to do. What other jobs are there that are good pay and fun to do with travel and Tourism?

u dnt u go 2be a airhostes. but its very long hours. u shud go an be a rep for 3months an see hw u like it every1’s different u might like it an other people might hate it. u sud try it my friend loves being a rep as u get to try new things and meet loads of people…u sud do it

I have friends supposed to leave the Philippines but unfortunately didn’t manage to leave at the same day because of incomplete documents to travel. They are advised to go to Philippine Tourism office in Manila for refund but unfortunately they are asked to provide those papers they have listed and they managed to provide all and they took a week to completed those papers they need. They are advice again to report other week but till now no news when they could refund their money.Anyone could advice when or approx how many months or weeks to get the refund?

Go directly to the higher officials and make sure you keep those receipts.

Beware. You might become a victim of Graft and Corruption.

Sounds easy, but believe it or not, it’s one of the most frequent comments that you can hear at the Tourist Information Office (when the tourists finally find it)!

The Tourist Information Office by the Central Station is located inside the Trafikanten clock tower in the square called Jernbanetorget, just outside the West Exit of the Central Station in Oslo, also known as Oslo S.

Just take your number for the Tourist Information Office at the entrance!

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Ariz. losing ritzy tourists from Mexico

Chris Hawley
Republic Mexico City Bureau
Oct. 25, 2006 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY – The Ciclope Travel Agency sits in the middle of Polanco, one of Mexico City’s toniest neighborhoods. There’s a Prada clothing store two blocks down the street, and a Rolls Royce dealership just beyond that.

People who live here would be perfectly at home golfing in Scottsdale or unwinding at a spa in Sedona. But few ever do.

"Nobody wants to go to Arizona, except to change planes on their way to Las Vegas," said Adina Gutiérrez, a travel agent at Ciclope.

The number of Mexican tourists flying in to Arizona, the highly desirable "traditional" tourists as opposed to shoppers from Sonora, has dropped from 82,000 in 2002 to 42,000 in 2005. The number of tour operators offering Arizona packages has plummeted from 37 to 18 in the same period, according to the Office of Tourism.

Even the number of day-trippers, Mexicans who cross the
Arizona border to shop or dine, has dropped 19 percent since 2002. The 2005 figure of 20.8 million crossings was the lowest in at least a decade, and 2006 is looking even worse, said Alberta Charney, an economist at the University of Arizona.

It’s still unclear if the decline has hurt Arizona businesses, since the amount of money spent by each traveler may have increased, Charney said. In 2001, she conducted a survey that showed cross-border visitors spent $962.9 million in the state.

But the drop in fly-in tourists is a setback because each one spends 14 times more money in Arizona than the day-trippers, and because the Arizona Office of Tourism spends $412,000 a year trying to attract them. The money goes toward advertising, seminars for Mexican travel agents, junkets for Mexican journalists, and running a small office in Polanco.

Sky Harbor Airport spends another $150,000 trying to encourage airlines and travelers to fly into Phoenix.

The decline in tourists has come
has come even as Arizona’s immigrant population is booming.

Tourism officials blame the decline on a lack of direct flights, along with media coverage of the efforts to fortify the Arizona border. Many Mexicans now equate Arizona with border deaths, fences, National Guard deployments and groups like the Minutemen, who are known in the Mexico press as "migrant hunters."

"Arizona has had its fair share of unfavorable press because of some of the things that are happening along our border," said Margie Zimmerman, director of the Office of Tourism.

Another problem is a lack of air service. US Airways has only one direct flight between its Phoenix hub and Mexico City, the wealthiest part of the country. It has no flights connecting the affluent northern city of Monterrey.

Tourism officials are hoping interest in Arizona will rise now that Aeromexico is offering Mexico City-Phoenix flights. They began on Oct. 6.

But travel agents are doubtful. Most Mexicans use travel
packages, and the wholesalers who assemble those deals concentrate on places like Chicago, New York, Florida and Las Vegas.

In a recent copy of Expo-Mayoristas, a biweekly catalog of packages consulted by Mexican travel agents, not a single wholesaler was offering an Arizona package.

"Arizona has these breakfasts where they invite travel agents to learn about their state, but it’s an absurd waste of money because if you don’t have packages at a good price, people won’t buy them," said Eugenia Vadillo, an agent at El Corte Inglés Travel in Polanco.

The guy who says you’re in the Canada section needs new glasses. I’m reading this in the Mexico section.

I suppose it is not farfetched to think that Mexicans who vacation or shop in the US feel that in the border states they are likely to encounter anti-Mexican feeling and so avoid it. If those businesses are hurting, who do they have to blame but themselves?

Everybody up here says they don’t want the Mexicans around, but they are very unhappy when the lack of Mexicans hits them in the wallet. That includes increased prices for meat and produce because of the huge number of Latin Americans (not just Mexicans) who work at slaughter houses and pick crops.

Maine Office of Tourism – Four Seasons of Maine

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what do tourism offices do, apart from give tourists information about the town/city..?

They do research, discover, enhance & explore more tourist places, attractions, activities & spots for a wide variety of options to travellers of individual or groups and help the respective government earn.

1) Is there a Bangkok Tourism Card with discounts or a Bangkok Government guide + map showing all the possible tourist sites for seeing in Bangkok and discounts on entry?

2) Does the Bangkok Tourism Office at the airport have any information for tourists?

3) Why is the Thailand tourism website so rubbish?

"1) Is there a Bangkok Tourism Card with discounts or a Bangkok Government guide + map showing all the possible tourist sites for seeing in Bangkok and discounts on entry?"

The one thing you should get information on is the VAT refund procedures. If you’re taking goods you bought from Thailand out of the country, you will be entitled to a refund.

2) Does the Bangkok Tourism Office at the airport have any information for tourists?
It should most certainly have a guide office. If you can’t find it for some reason most of the hotels I’ve stayed at have a tour desk & literature. You will also find no shortage of tourism offices located in major tourist areas.

3) Why is the Thailand tourism website so rubbish?"
Things move slower in Thailand:)

A general overview of Bangkok can be found here: http://www.hoteltravel.com/thailand/bangkok/guides/overview.htm

My personal recommendations:
Wat Po
Grand Palace
Wat Arun
Cruise on the Chao Praya River (the dinner cruise is also nice)
A day trip to Ayutthaya (old temples)

The series of tourism promotional video, “Experience Macau!” was premiered. With the five senses, ‘See, Taste, Feel, Hear, Touch’, Macau is to show the world its unique difference.

Macau – a city that is literally and uniquely sensational!

To experience Macau is to experience a whole gamut of wonderful new sensations. Macau will treat your eyes to amazing sceneries, and your taste buds with new culinary delights; it will stimulate your mind with exciting thoughts and open your heart to fun and joy. The Macau Government Tourist Office has captured and distilled the essence of this inimitable city in virtual reality, offering you “Sight, Taste, Feel, Sound and Touch”, guiding you through this voyage of exploration.

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