The Traveller Trails

23/09/2025

What travellers are eating and drinking at Indian Airports.

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Airports in India are no longer defined solely by check-in counters and departure gates. Restaurants, cafés, and retail outlets now

23/09/2025

Simulation course now a must for tandem paragliding pilots.

Rules guiding aero sports in Himachal have been revised with a focus on paragliding, a pursuit that continues to draw

20/09/2025

Perched on rocky ridges, projecting into the sea, or enclosing palace complexes, South India’s forts were instruments of control, surveillance, and administration as much as symbols of power.

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Perched on rocky ridges, projecting into the sea, or enclosing palace complexes, South India’s forts were instruments of control, surveillance,

19/09/2025

If you’re looking for rhinoceroses in India, this is where the odds tip in your favour. Kaziranga holds two-thirds of the world’s population of the one-horned species, a conservation turnaround from near extinction in the early 1900s. Grasslands and wetlands along the Brahmaputra provide the grazing ground, while water buffalo, swamp deer, tigers, and great Indian hornbills fill out the guest list. Tourists mostly come for the rhinos, but locals will point out that elephants are the true traffic controllers here.

19/09/2025

Europe updates its border checks for non-EU travellers.

Starting 12 October 2025, travelling to Europe for Indian and other non-EU citizens will involve a new digital process at

18/09/2025

The Himachal government is providing financial incentives to local entrepreneurs to establish or upgrade homestays, aiming to create self-employment and broaden tourism beyond urban centers.

Himachal Pradesh has rolled out a new initiative to encourage local entrepreneurship in tourism, with a focus on homestays and

18/09/2025

Ten-year lease, five-year extension on performance — apply by 26 Sept.

Himachal Pradesh is inviting private partners to manage 27 eco-tourism sites, aiming to promote professionally managed tourism while adhering to

17/09/2025

Pathiramanal is uninhabited now, but it is far from forgotten. Boats and ferries moving between Muhamma and Kumarakom often pause here, especially in winter when flocks of migratory waders crowd the shallow edges of Vembanad Lake. Its name, meaning ‘sands of night’, comes from a local tale. Vilwamangalathu Swamiar, a Brahmin devotee, was crossing the lake after dark and wished for a place to step ashore. According to the story, land rose from the water overnight. Until the late 1970s, around fourteen families lived and worked on the island, mostly as laborers in coconut plantations. After Kerala’s Land Reforms Act was enacted, ownership passed to the government, and the residents were relocated to the nearby Muhamma mainland.

17/09/2025

Unlike many deserts defined by uninterrupted sands, the Thar encompasses fortified towns, pastoral settlements, and fragile ecosystems. Travellers encounter not only rolling dunes but also forts, temples, stepwells, traditional music, and wildlife that inhabit the landscape.

Unlike many deserts defined by uninterrupted sands, the Thar encompasses fortified towns, pastoral settlements, and fragile ecosystems. Rolling dunes extend

16/09/2025

Fly straight from India to the Greek islands

IndiGo is preparing to make history as the first Indian airline to connect India directly with Greece, bringing the charm

16/09/2025

Savings for consumers, stress for hotels.

A headline reduction in the tax on lower-priced rooms has been met with guarded approval from India’s largest hotel association.