The South Asia Travel Journal https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Pulikali: The Day Thrissur Turns into a Parade of Tigers (29 August 2026) Five Drinks That Have Kept India Cool for Centuries Sawan: The Season That Wrote Itself Into Indian Culture A Fort That Has Stood for Over a Thousand Years: Fort Dadhikar, Alwar Where Peace Is Not Just a Promise: Sanctuary Amaidiyana, Auroville FLY91 Adds Three Cities And Five New Routes To Its Network Leh Airport More Than Doubles Daily Flights Ahead Of Tourism Season Assam Tea Estate Opens India’s First Dedicated Tea Experience Centre Rajasthan Moves To Regulate Leopard Tourism In Jawai Wild Buffalo Return To Kanha After Four Decades In MP Bhitarkanika National Park Closes For Three Months For Crocodile Nesting Sri Lanka Expands Free Visa Access To 40 Countries To Boost Tourism Black Lacquer Opens As Mumbai’s First Serious Vinyl Listening Bar Sarovar Hotels Opens Its First Odisha Property In Bhubaneswar TAB Opens At Phoenix Palladium Bringing American Flavours To Mumbai Kairali Ayurvedic Group Launches Boutique Wellness Resort In South Goa Olive Garden Opens Its First India Restaurant At Delhi’s Aerocity Karnataka To Replace Open Safari Vehicles With Enclosed Buses The Fern Hotels Signs Three New Properties Across Gujarat Siciliana Brings Southern Italian Dining To Phoenix Mall Of Asia Accor’s Mantis Brand Makes Its India Debut In Nagarhole Andhra Pradesh Gets Central Approval For 10 Seaplane Locations Leh’s Grand Dragon Hotel Opens A Pan-Asian Restaurant At Altitude IHCL Brings Gateway Brand To Bharatpur With New Resort Signing IHG Signs InterContinental Resort In Jaipur, Opening 2030 Accor’s TRIBE Brand Makes Its South Asia Debut In Kathmandu Bombay Potato Fishcakes Masala Chai: Life in a cup The Oberoi Naila Fort: A Private Legacy Luxury Train Journeys Mango: India’s Sweetest Obsession Ura Yakchoe: A Sacred Unveiling (28 Apr – 2 May) Rath Yatra: Chariots of Devotion (16th July) Hemis Festival: Masks and Memory (24-25th June) Tathastu Resorts Opens Fifth Property at Satpura Tiger Reserve Tathastu Resorts Opens Fifth Property at Satpura Tiger Reserve Assam Launches Kaziranga Heritage to Strengthen Eco and Cultural Tourism Sri Lanka Approves Free Visa Facility for Travellers from 40 Countries Rishikesh Set to Welcome India’s First Glass-Floor Bridge Over the Ganga Air India Resumes Non-Stop Delhi–Rome Service CGH Earth Saha Opens Isai Karai, a Coastal Bungalow in Mahabalipuram Ramada by Wyndham Opens in Kathmandu’s Dhumbarahi Neighbourhood IndiGo Expands International Network with New, Direct Flights between Delhi and Colombo ELIVAAS Enters Pushkar with First Property in the Pilgrim Town Kataragama Esala Festival: Sri Lanka’s Most Fearless Act of Devotion (July/August 2026) India Makes E-Arrival Card Mandatory for Foreign Visitors From April 1, 2026 Cochin Royal Heritage Trail Buddha Purnima / Vesak (1 May 2026) Ladakh in Bloom: Apricot Blossom Festival (8–16 April 2026) C.V. Raman: The Man Who Changed How the World Sees Light