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Jagannath Ratha Yatra Bank Holiday: Banks Are Closed In These States Today
News18
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June 27, 2025
Last Updated:June 27, 2025, 09:33 IST Bank Holiday Today: The Jagannath Rath Yatra is a grand annual chariot festival held in Puri, Odisha. Are banks closed today? Bank holiday list for June 2025Bank Holiday Today: Banks observe closures on...
Bank holiday alert: Check where banks will be shut from June 27 to June 30
CNBC-TV18
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June 26, 2025
Banks will remain closed in several states from June 27 to June 30 due to a mix of religious, weekend, and regional holidays. The closure will vary by location. On June 27 (Friday), banks will be shut in Odisha and Manipur for Rath Yatra, a major...
Bank Holiday In July 2025: Banks To Be Closed Up To 13 Days Next Month; State-Wise List
News18
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June 25, 2025
Last Updated:June 25, 2025, 11:12 IST Bank Holiday List 2025: Banks will be closed in several states across July 2025. Check State-Wise list of bank holidays next month. Bank holiday list for July 2025. Bank Holiday In July 2025: Banks across...
SOTC CFO sees premium demand driving double-digit travel growth amid rising holiday spend
ETCFO.com
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June 25, 2025
Farroukh Kolah - President & Chief Financial Officer at SOTC Travel Ltd. SOTC Travel, a subsidiary of Thomas Cook (India) Ltd and a leading player in India’s travel and tourism sector, is betting big on AI, automation, and shifting consumer...
Return on Tourism Impact
Philippine STAR
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June 24, 2025
Return on Tourism Impact (RoTI) sounds like a better way of measuring a country’s performance in tourism. It does not just count the number of visitors and doesn’t care about meaningless tourism awards won, but by how wisely a country spends to...
World Bank applauds Bhutan’s green commitment, urges economic diversification
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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June 24, 2025
The World Bank’s latest “Country Climate and Development Report for Bhutan” lauded the country’s environmental preservation efforts. However, it pointed out room for improvement in areas such as economic diversification and building...
Nepal to deport four Bhutanese refugees expelled by US
Setopati
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The Department of Immigration (DoI) has decided to deport four Bhutanese refugee youths deported by the United States after imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 each. The DoI has decided to send Ashish Subedi, Roshan Tamang, Santosh Darji, and Ashok Gurung...
Assam, Bhutan tour operators explore tourism ties
The Print
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June 21, 2025
Guwahati, Jun 21 (PTI) Tour operators from Assam and Bhutan came together to explore ways to promote cross-border tourism between the two neighbours, focusing particularly on the Himalayan kingdom’s eastern circuit, a statement said on Saturday....
Redefining luxury: COMO’s Doris Goh on the rise of experiential, aspirational, and purposeful travel
WIT
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June 23, 2025
Redefining luxury: COMO’s Doris Goh on the rise of experiential, aspirational, and purposeful travel When Doris Goh talks about luxury, it’s not about chandeliers or thread counts – it’s about truffle grounds in Tuscany, village stories in the...
General International Travel Advisory
JD Supra - California
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June 23, 2025
If you are not a U.S. citizen, travel outside the United States entails some chance that you will not be allowed to re-enter. This chance is quite small for permanent residents and, keeping in mind that about 100,000 foreign nationals enter the...
Retaining Educated Youth in Bhutan’s Dairy Sector: A Rural Revival in Progress
Business Bhutan
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June 23, 2025
In an effort to curb rural-urban migration and tap into the potential of young, educated individuals, Bhutan’s dairy cooperatives are taking strategic steps to create meaningful employment opportunities for youth within local communities. Leading...
Venture Capital and Private Equity For Bhutan’s Digital Economy
Business Bhutan
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June 23, 2025
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2025, “Venture capital and private equity funds are emerging as key players in the digital economy.” This trend is reshaping how digital...
Could Anything Be More Bigoted Than Trump’s Travel Bans?
The American Prospect
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June 23, 2025
In her early nineties, my mother had emergency surgery to remove her gallbladder, which had somehow managed to flip over and begun to rot. The physician who performed the surgery—from which she recovered completely—was an Iranian immigrant. I was...
Bank Holidays in July 2025: Banks to Stay Shut for 13 Days This Month
Newsd
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June 23, 2025
Bank Holidays in July 2025: If you’re planning to go to the bank in July 2025, then you must first check when the banks will remain shut. The Reserve Bank of India shares a full list of bank holidays before each month starts. This list tells you...
I was a high-flying banker before being robbed at gunpoint - now I'm a Buddhist nun trekking 400km across wild Bhutan
Daily Mail
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June 22, 2025
Emma Slade might have made one of the world's most unusual career jumps. The 58-year-old left behind a high-powered banking career to become ordained as a Buddhist nun in Bhutan. Emma's spiritual journey started when she travelled to Bhutan after...
Tourist arrivals via Kakarbhitta border nearly double in five months
The Kathmandu Post
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A total of 4,800 foreign tourists entered Nepal via the eastern border point of Kakarbhitta in the first five months of 2025, according to the Immigration Office at Kakarbhitta. The figure, which excludes Indian nationals, includes travellers from...
The most dangerous airports in the world revealed - including popular European holiday destination and runway where only eight pilots are allowed to land
Daily Mail
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June 22, 2025
The most dangerous airports in the world have been revealed – and one is so feared that only eight pilots are approved to land there. In a video shared to TikTok by @spreadinggeo, it’s said that Paro Airport, in Bhutan, has the fifth most...
Top 10 Active Travel Trends For Your Next Great Hiking Or Cycling Vacation
Forbes
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Active travel, especially guided or self-guided hiking and cycling trips, have exploded in ... More popualarity in recent years.getty Active travel is hot, and this segment of tourism has been booming ever since the pandemic. Actually, it was...
Assam, Bhutan tour operators join hands to boost cross-border tourism
The Assam Tribune
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June 22, 2025
Guwaahti, June 22: Tour operators from Assam and Bhutan came together to explore ways to promote cross-border tourism between the two neighbours, focusing particularly on the Himalayan kingdom's eastern circuit, a statement said on Saturday....
Me and My Travels: Rory O’Connell on his holiday memories
Irish Examiner
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June 21, 2025
We lived in Galmoy in the Midlands, so a trip to the seaside was a big deal. Tramore in County Waterford was the spot. I remember the big beach, the salty water, the waves, and always an elaborate picnic. We used to swim in our local river too,...