Agra: After Muslims in India, tourists are now also insecure. A video of a person going to Agra being beaten with sticks has gone viral. The incident reportedly took place in Agra’s Tajganj area, where a tourist visiting Agra’s Taj Mahal city was subjected to physical violence and criminal threats by a mob, footage of…
Tourists on board the submarine Titan, which was heading to see the remains of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, have almost lost all signs of survival. Experts say that those who go to the bottom of the ocean to see the Titanic have a less than one percent chance of survival. Naval personnel operating…
Courtesy: The Boston Globe. The search for the missing tourist submarine Titan in the Atlantic Ocean has been extended to deeper waters. The US Coast Guard says that the search is being carried out at night. According to the US Coast Guard, an air and sea search for the submarine is ongoing, during which an…
—File photo: Reuters A tourist plane has crashed in the western part of Switzerland, in which three people are believed to have died. Regional police confirmed that the plane crashed near the Franco-Swiss border in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, about 150 kilometers west of Zurich. According to the police, the tourist plane crashed at…
Three British nationals are being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. According to a news agency report from London, the three detainees include a tourist, a charity doctor and a citizen who runs a hotel in Kabul. However, the details of how long these people have been in the custody of the Taliban have not…
File photo A hotel employee in the Indian state of Goa abused and harassed a female tourist from the Netherlands by leaving her alone. According to Indian media, an employee named Abhishek Verma also attacked a 29-year-old foreign female tourist with a knife, who has been arrested. According to the Indian police, the hotel employee…
Egypt is issuing multi-year visas for the first time, with a few more countries added to facilitate visa-on-arrival. A 5-year multiple-entry visa can be obtained for $700, while citizens of more than 180 countries can get a 30-day single-entry visa on arrival for $25. Tourism Minister Ahmad Isa said that China and India have been…
Tired and losing leadership skills, I will resign, Pope Francis Pope Francis, the religious leader of the Christian community, has said that wars are made, old weapons are sold and new ones are tested, not only Russia but other countries fueled the Ukraine conflict. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’);…
Saudi Arabia has eased tourist visa requirements for residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khatib said that Saudi Arabia’s visa application for GCC countries has now been made easier and simpler. Visa application can be submitted on the official online portal ‘Visit Saudi Arabia’. According to the official…
RIYADH: Officials have issued an explanation regarding the refund of the tax paid by tourists coming from abroad during shopping in Saudi Arabia. According to Urdu News, the Tax, Customs and Zakat Authority in Saudi Arabia says that at present, Value Added Tax (VAT) cannot be refunded to tourists coming to the Kingdom, the refund…
