Dublin, Sep 22 (NITN): A small town in Dumfries and Galloway has declared itself the Chilli Capital of Scotland, after the popularity of a local club gathered heat!

Venice, Sep 20 (IBNS/NITN): The familiar view of tourists resting or eating on church steps or squares in Venice could be a thing of the past with the authorities considering a ban on it.

Gangtok, Sep 17 (IBNS/NITN): Indian Army and Indian Air Force airlifted to safety around 100 people, including several tourists, stranded in north Sikkim because of incessant rain and landslides, reports said.

Kochi, Sep 16 (IBNS/NITN): A chartered flight from Australia, the first this season, landed at the airport here on Saturday, reports said. Forty-six tourists came on the flight.

Jakarta, Sep 16 (IBNS/NITN): A marathon will be held to revive tourism in the Lombok island of Indonesia, which experienced a series of earthquakes recently, Xinhua reported.

Anchorage, Sep 13 (IBNS/NITN): A remote village in Alaska is seeing a boom in tourism because of the spurt in the number of polar bears in the area.

Madrid, Sep 13 (IBNS/NITN): United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) called for wine tourism to be made part of national tourism and rural development policies at the 3rd UNWTO Wine Tourism Conference in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, held during 6-7 September, 2018.

Mumbai, Sept 12 (IBNS): Airlines major Jet Airways on Wednesday said the airline is all set to introduce the country’s first non-stop service between Mumbai and Manchester effective Nov 5.

Mumbai Sept 11 (IBNS) Norwegian Cruise Line announced that three award-winning Broadway songstresses, Melinda Doolittle, Sharon Wilkins and Melba Moore, will be performing in the Tony Award®-winning musical, After Midnight, as well as their own Supper Club Cabaret Show, aboard Norwegian Escape.

Kochi, Sep 4 (NITN): The South Indian state of Kerala has started an intensive tourism promotion campaign ahead of the high season that begins in a few weeks, reports said.

Dubai, Sep 5 (IBNS/NITN): The UAE has announced that eligible tourists will be able to receive a proportion of the VAT as a refund when they shop at registered stores from later this year, the Khaleej Times reported.