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World’s Oldest steam engine ‘Fairy Queen’ to haul heritage train once again
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he ‘Fairy Queen’, the oldest surviving functional steam engine in the world is once again ready in this season to haul a heritage train from Delhi to Rewari, Haryana after a gap of five years. The train began service between Delhi Cantt. Station and Rewari from 11 February 2017 for a single day trip.
Built in England, it had reached Kolkata in 1855 during the East India regime and was used to haul light mail trains in West Bengal, then operated during the 1857 rebellion and later on used for line construction duty in Bihar, during the East India regime. It was restored and given a special spot in the newly built National Rail Museum at Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi which was opened to public in 1977. The locomotive was restored to full working order in 1997, in preparation for its first mainline journey in 88 years and its return to commercial service on 18 July. It was certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 as the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation. It received a National Tourism Award for the most innovative and unique tourism project from former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
MoT launches pre-loaded Akquasun introduces three Sim Cards for foreign tourists new DMCs
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r. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism and Culture, launched the initiative of providing pre-loaded Sim cards to foreign tourists arriving in India on e-Visa, in New Delhi last month. Addressing on the occasion, he said that that unique initiative would facilitate the foreign tourists in communicating with their acquaintances immediately after their arrival in India. The Minister presented the first kit containing Sim to a representative of the travel and tourism sector. The initiative was launched in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., (BSNL). The facility will be initially available at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (T3 Terminal), New Delhi and later cover remaining 15 international airports, where e-Visa facility is currently available.
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kquasun Group has been engaging in a slew of marketing and promotional activities in India by way of participating in trade shows, exhibitions, organising Fam trips, training sessions and networking events for the travel trade. The group has recently introduced three new DMCs across Europe, Eastern Europe and Morocco last month. It has acknowledged the overwhelming support from its B2B partners, travel agents and tour operators, in welcoming the new destinations into the bandwidth of Akquasun Group.
Badrinath ki Dulhania mark their love affair with Singapore, SilkAir
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he Singapore Tourism Board (STB), along with SilkAir, organized a press conference recently to announce their close collaboration with Dharma Productions for the Bollywood movie ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’. The movie features key scenes and songs filmed in Singapore. The film will hit the screens on 10 March across India. Despite filming taking place over Diwali holidays in November last year, the two stars Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan had an enjoyable time shooting in Singapore. They were pleasantly surprised by the destination’s varied offerings in dining, retail, attraction and entertainment.
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