About India Outbound Magazine
India Outbound, a bi-monthly print magazine with dynamic web and social media presence focused on outbound travel from India, is published by Media India Group. Distributed all over India, and in all the top tourism events across the world, India Outbound caters mainly to the tourism professionals and is looking to develop new and innovative circuits and promote new destinations to the high-end travellers.
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China Tourism launches “@China" global short video contest
China Tourism and People’s Daily officially launched the “@China” short video contest on June 17 which is aimed at short video creators and enthusiasts from home and abroad, international students at universities, overseas Chinese culture students, foreign companies, Chinese-funded businesses, and overseas Chinese groups with domestic and North American, European, African, Australian, and Asian divisions.
Open till August 15, candidates can participate by either uploading entry videos, by creating an account on the contest’s official website (www.hellochina.pdnews.cn) or submitting them at the “@China” section of the contest partners such as Douyin, Kuaishou, Watermelon video, VCG, Laihua Video. They can also submit entries through universities and certain cooperative channels.
The video submissions need to be original and must conform to the theme of the event. There is no limitation on style or language but it should be less than three minutes and under 200 MB. Also candidates are suggested to add both Chinese and English subtitles. The contest will be judged by a panel of well-known personalities of media and evaluation will be processed through a number of stages.
An award ceremony will take place in Beijing in late September where winners will be announced, the winning videos will be screened, and domestic and foreign winners will be invited to Beijing to receive their prizes.
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Maldives sees 96.4 pc growth in Indian tourist arrival in 2019
Maldives continues to receive increasing number of Indian tourists with a growth of 96.4 pc in arrivals from India from January-May, 2019 in comparison to the same period last year. Maldives hosted around 66,265 travellers from India.
Maldives, which is home to numerous beaches, coral reefs and nature reserves, has become increasingly popular among Indians with free tourist visa facility and good connectivity from most of the cities in India, including Delhi and Mumbai.
Thoyyib Mohamed, managing director of Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation (MMPRC) said, "We are happy to witness the tremendous increase in arrivals from India this year. India is an extremely important market to us, showing potential for further growth as increased direct connections have made it easily accessible to travel to Maldives. We are working closely with the industry partners to promote Maldives as the ideal holiday destination among luxury travellers, while also promoting other segments such as local island tourism and liveaboards. We hope that our continued efforts to promote the destination will result in keeping a steady growth in arrivals from the market.”
Indian market holds third place in terms of arrivals to the Maldives with a market share of 8.8 pc till May 2019. MMPRC recently conducted “Journey to the Sunny Side” roadshow in India. The event took place in five cities – Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Chandigarh.
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Sharjah Tourism conducts multi-city educational seminars in India
Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) conducted multi-city educational and training sessions recently in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Nagpur and Lucknow.
The aim of the seminar was to increase visibility of the emirate of Sharjah and to promote its three themes– ‘Culture & Heritage’, ‘Gastronomy’ and ‘Adventure’ amongst Indian travellers along with educating the travel agents about Sharjah and the products it has to offer for both the Leisure and Family segment.
Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, chairman, SCTDA, said, “India is a very lucrative market and we are aware of the potential it holds in terms of inbound visitor traffic into Sharjah. We are tapping into the worldwide travel trend where travellers are looking for experiential, deeply immersive cultural travel. This trend of experience-driven travel is set to continue, and we are confident that Sharjah will lead the pack with its unique immersive itineraries. Our Indian visitors value this aspect of Sharjah as well as the emirate’s reputation as a family destination and its cultural and destination-driven perspective.”
During the seminar SCTDA also spoke about some of the Emirate’s new and upcoming projects and along with an SCTDA presentation, Air Arabia, the emirate’s official airline partner also made a presentation updating the travel agents about the direct flights currently operating from India.
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