NTR Beach Festival kakinada from December 19-21

Beach festival December 2017 Kakinada Everyone in the city is very much excited about our grand event "NTR BEACH FESTIVAL". As all of us know that event will start on 19th December and end on 21st December. But a lot of questions raising regarding the festival. Food Stalls: 25 food stalls will serve wide varieties with all tastes of both Veg and Non-Veg from 10 am to 12 pm Play Area for Children: Play area with fun activities games etc. for children...

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Hyderabad metro rail will be inaugurated by PM Modi

Hyderabad Metro Rail: The Hyderabad Metro Rail will be inaugurated  by PM Narendra Modi on November 28. Hyderabad’s Metro project Highlights: 1. The opening will set a record as no other Metro project in India has rolled out operations in such a long stretch in one go after inauguration. The project is set to get operational soon on the Miyapur-Ameerpet (13km) of corridor-I and Ameerpet-Nagole (17km) segment of corridor-III. 2. The Rs...

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Hyderabad Rockathon

The 6th Hyderabad Rockathon is being organised by the Society to Save Rocks, in association with the Great Hyderabad Adventure Club (GHAC). It is a day long event that caters to all age groups for a fun time in the rocks combining adventure, fitness and rock awareness. To be held on 12th November, 2017. The venue will be the beautiful rocky hill of Fakhruddingutta (Khajaguda) behind Lanco Hills in Manikonda.The programmes will be manifold from adventurous...

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Visakhapatnam-Kakinada sea cruise

Visakhapatnam-Kakinada sea cruise If everything goes according to plans, the much-hyped Vizag-Kakinada sea cruise will be operational in the next few weeks. Officials from the tourism department are currently studying the viabilities of the project and a trial run was held about a week ago from Kakinada to Vizag. A 40-seater glass-domed ship will be introduced and the fare of the cruise will be higher than the existing fare of both bus and train,...

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Buddhist Monuments - Guntupalli and jeelakarragudem Caves

Buddhist Monuments - Guntupalli Jeelakarragudem, village belonging to Guntupalle is located at the distance of 6.4 kms from Kamarvarapukota and 47 kms from Eluru, westgodavari. Guntupalli is dotted with some of the finest specimens of monolithic and structural Buddhist remains datable to the 3rd-2nd century BC to 5th-6th century AD. The important monuments located are: rock cut temple or vritta chaitya, large monastery, small monastery, brick...

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World Tourism Day celebrations at RK Beach, Visakhapatnam

VISAKHAPATNAM: The state-wide World Tourism Day -2017 is celebrating at RK Beach, Vizag on September 27. 6 days event Dasaravali will be held at RK Beach.This festival will continue from September 27th to till October 2nd. Cultural programmes showcasing orchestra, dances from Uttarandhra, Odisha and Sambalpur, magic show, folk theatre would be held from 4 pm onwards. Food courts would be set up at R K Beach while the night bazar at Shilparamam...

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Indian Photography Festival (IPF) Hyderabad-2017

The Indian Photography Festival (IPF), which will started on September 8 in Hyderabad, Madhapur, the festival spreads its wings wider this time with 525 photographers from 40 countries. Pitched as a non-profit initiative by the Light Craft Foundation in association with Telangana Tourism, the fest brings together images across a spectrum of genres, from portraits to landscape, abstracts to news photographs. The photo fest is built in collaboration...

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World’s tallest giant wheel soon in Andhra Pradesh's Amaravati

AMARAVATI: Euro Destination India (UDI) has come forward to set up the world’s tallest  Giant Wheel at an estimated cost of `440 crore in the capital city of Amaravati of Andhra Pradesh. The UDI will set up the giant wheel. While Italy-based Fabbri Group will extend the necessary technological support for setting up the Ferris Wheel, Turkey-based Polin Water Park will be the partners in developing the surroundings of the giant wheel...

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India's first Hyperloop in Andhra Pradesh to connect Amravati and Vijaywada

AMARAVATI: An hour-long journey between Vijayawada and Amaravati, could well become a Five minute affair thanks to the agreement signed by Andhra Pradesh government with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT). Under the agreement, HTT will develop a Hyperloop transportation route between the cities of Amaravati and Vijaywada, reducing the one-hour trip to as little as just Five minutes, if successful. The agreement will employ a public private...

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INS KURSURA – VIZAG, ASIA’S FIRST SUBMARINE MUSEUM

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Heli tourism / Helicopter tourism soon in Andhra Pradesh (Vijayawada, Tirupati , Vizag )

AMARAVATI: To improve Heli tourism in the State, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department signed a MoU with New Delhi-based Mak Aerospace and Aviation Pvt Ltd. As part of the agreement, services will be started in Tirupati, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam shortly. Helicopter services include joy rides, packages, Heli-taxi services, packaging with wedding plans in Tirupati and aerial reconnaissance and disaster management.  In the initial stage,...

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Bhavani Island,vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Krishna River- Bhavi island: Perhaps one of the largest islands on a river, Bhavani Island is located on Krishna River close to the city. AP Tourism is converting this 133-acre (54 hectare) island into an attractive tourist spot and a River Front Resort.It would become an icon to our new capital, Amaravati.  The floating restaurant in the river operated by Goa-based Champions Yatch Club. many adventure games and other activities are...

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Punnami at Orvakal First full moon festival,Kurnool, India

AMARAVTI: The Andhra Pradesh state is all set to host Punnami Orvakal, the first ever full moon festival at Orvakal, in Orvakal Rock Garden, Kurnool, India.The three-day festival will commence on June 9 on a grand-scale amidst the three billion-year-old rock formations of Orvakal, an ideal weekend getaway for visitors from Hyderabad and Bengaluru.Tourism Minister Bhuma Akhila Priya launched the festival campaign by marking the first registration...

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India's First Solar Boat Aditya in Kerala

The first solar ferry boat ‘Aaditya’ in India was launched in the 2.5-km Vaikom-Tavanakkadavu sector recently. even as the Kerala state government sought Central financial assistance to roll out 10 more such passenger boats as part of its aim to replace the existing fleet of diesel boats with solar-powered ones.The State Water Transport Department will daily operate 22 schedules of the solar ferry between 7 am and 7 pm. During peak hours, the boat,...

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BUS CUM BOAT by ANDHRA PRADESH TOURISM in KRISHNA RIVER, VIJAYAWADA

AMARAVATI - AMPHIBIOUS  VEHICLE TRANSPORT The long-awaited amphibious vehicle, launched by Andhra Pradesh Tourism. Imagine the fun of a ride in an amphibious bus, a vehicle that becomes a means of transport on land as well as on (or under) water.The bus-cum-boat will float in the Krishna river initially for a joy ride. “But in the days to come, it’ll take people from the Punnami ghat to Pavithra Sanghamam via several popular stopovers en route....

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Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) makes history with successful PSLV C-37

Indian Space Research Organisation  (Isro) to launch a record 104 satellites including Cartosat-2 in a single mission today(February 15) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The satellites, to be launched at 9.28 am, will be the highest number to be launched in a single mission. While the Isro’s current record stands at 20 satellites in 2016, Russia achieved global distinction in this regard by launching...

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Gandikota Festival

Gandikota Heritage Festival to held on  February 18 and 19th. The Andhra Pradesh state Tourism department is going to conduct this festival as Gandikota Heritage Festival.The festival is aimed at showcasing the importance of Kadapa district. Festival balloons would be released in Kadapa, Proddatur, Jammalamadugu and Gandikota and ‘Adigo adigo alladigo Gandikota gatha vaibhavam’ theme song, written by professor Easwar Reddy of Yogi Vemana University...

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Konaseema Festival 2017

Konaseema Utsavam -2017: After Kakinada Beach festival, East Godavari district administration is going to conduct another  festival i.e Konaseema  Festival / Konaseema  Utsavam in the scenic Konaseema area from February 24 to 27. Deputy Chief Minister N. Chinarajappa said that the Konaseema Festival attracted tourists from all over the State. It would be conducted on the Muramalla river bank in I. Polavaram mandal. As a part...

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Amaravati Global Music and Dance Festival - 2017

Amaravati:  Amaravati Global Music and Dance Festival on the banks of river Krishna at Pavitra Sangamam on the outskirts of Vijayawada from  February 10 - February 13. The 4 day mega event is being organised by the Andhra Pradesh government as part of its efforts to promote 'Brand Amaravati', coinciding with the National Women Parliament being held at the same venue from February 10-12. Pavitra Sangamam is the confluence point of rivers...

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Naval operational Display - Navy Show at Punnami Ghat starts from today

First-ever event "Navy Show" in vijayawada is going to start from Feb2 - 5th Feb 2017. This event is organizing Andhra Pradesh tourism with colabiration of Indian Navy. Visitors are enthralled to see the breath-taking feats performed by the Navy officials on the optimist and Hobie 16 boats dropping the divers into waters. The rehearsal for operational demonstration would be conducted till February 2 and the full dress rehearsal is scheduled for...

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Floating hotel on Krishna river near Vijayawada

 A floating hotel, built on a mini ship, is planned by Amaravati Tourism Projects Limited to be stationed near Sangamam on the Krishna river upstream of Prakasam barrage near Vijayawada. A. Bhavani Prasad, Director, said here on Saturday that his company had signed a memorandum of understanding with the AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) at the partnership summit of the Confederation of Indian Industry.  He said, "We are planning...

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Naval show at Vijayawada

Naval show at Vijayawada AMARAVATI: After the Air show, first time, citizens of Vijayawada are going to witness the spectacular Naval Operations Demonstration (Navy Op Demo) by the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in Krishna river at Punnami Ghat, Bhavanipuram, here from February 1 to 4. Krishna District Collector Babu A said the four-day event would feature a wide range of events starting from flypasts by Chetaks and Seakings to beating...

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Hot air Ballon experience in Tirupati

Hot air Balloon Festival in Tirupati AP Tourism teams up with New Delhi-based firm to introduce the Hot air Ballon experience in Tirupati. Residents of Thummalagunta and Avilala villages, on the outskirts of Tirupati, were amazed to find huge balloon-like objects floating in the backdrop of the foggy sky. The cricket ground, situated near the Bypass Road on the city outskirts, was abuzz with activity as the Andhra Pradesh Tourism, in association...

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