Kerala Blossoming As a Hub for Ayurveda Tours

Kerala is attracting medical tourists to India big time, says a recent report published by different media houses. India, with its cheap health care avenues, has always been a potent power in the world of medical tourism, attracting people form all over the world to grab flights tickets to the country. However, it is the beautiful Kerala that has been swaying the most number of people landing in the nation.

A majority of the tourists who are booking flights tickets to Kerala are from developed countries like the US and the UK. They visit this serene heaven to not only explore its wonderful surroundings but also to get themselves treated. Authorities in India and in the state realise the potential of health tourism in Kerala and are taking appropriate measures towards realising the goal. Ayurveda & Spa Tours are being promoted big time, in an effort to tempt tourist to book cheap flights tickets to India.

It is the cheap costs of treatment in India that lure travellers from different regions to grab flights tickets.

A number of tour operators specialising in India holidays offer a fine range of cheap Ayurveda packages in the southern state. People of all budgets and needs have options galore here for ayurveda & spa tours, enticing them to make bookings for flights tickets. Somatheeram Ayruveda Resort (Kovalam), Keralyeem Ayurvedic (Allepey) and Surya Samudra Spa Niraamaya (Tivandrum) are some of the prominent ayurveda & spa centres in the state that serve travellers taking flights tickets.

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Qantas Strikes: 10,000 Passengers to be Hit

The goings are getting tougher for Qantas Airways!

Australia’s flag carrier is forced to cancel as many as 70 flights as the airline’s ground staff go off work at different airports all over the country.

Flight cancellations are going to impact 10,000 passengers on Friday, as per Qantas Airways. Past few months have been tumultuous for the airline with some 70,000 passengers getting hit with a string of strikes that erupted in the period. Budget travellers who make advance bookings to net cheap flight tickets are the unhappiest lot as Qantas is not exactly known to roll out cheap flight tickets pretty often!

In the past few months, Qantas Airways has been struggling to keep different unions happy. Unions representing aircraft pilots, mechanics, baggage handlers and caterers have cast apprehensions regarding the airline’s plans to move jobs offshore. Better pay and work conditions are some issues raised by the unions. If one takes into account different strikes that have jolted the airline in past few months, then it is estimated that some 70,000 passengers have been affected by the flight delays and cancellations.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has urged the unions to be “more realistic” while putting their demands. He insisted the unions to think of the jobs they're endangering around the country. Alan Joyce also apologised to the travellers who have been impacted by the series of strikes.

Qantas is said to have lost A$68 million so far, with additional loss of A$15 million per week in revenues.

Goa and Kerala – Top Indian Beach Destinations for 2011 Holidays

There is a galore of reasons for booking cheap flights to India. Enjoying some magnificent sun, sand and surf vacations is one of the most compelling reasons for beach lovers to visit the country. An Indian beach holidays also cost much less than what one has to shell out in many other parts of the world. Here are two of the most famed beach destinations in India.

Goa

Almost every visitor to India swears that Goa is the country’s best beach vacation getaway. Year after year, hundreds of visitors make advance bookings on their flights to India to bag cheap tickets to India. After all, this charming destination’s sun, sand, and surf experience is legendary to say the least and just thinking about the place prompts one to embark on flights of fancy. Having spent some three to four centuries under Portuguese colonial rule, Goa woke up with a massive colonial hangover and remains one of the most westernised places in India worth buying flight tickets to. Visiting the destination spells as spending lazy days on the beaches, indulging in adrenalin pumping water sports, dancing away the nights in beach parties, and guzzling down gallons of cheaply available booze.

Kerala

Kerala’s beaches have their own bit of unique charm. While Goa may very well offer beach games and bar be cues, Kerala steals the thunder when it comes to the pristine appeal of beaches. Most of the palm fringed beaches have a virginal quality, which is a far cry from Goa’s tourist filled beaches. Besides beaches, Kerala has many other claims to fame as well. In fact, the destination was voted as the best Asian holiday destination in the ‘Best in Travel poll 2010’. The poll was conducted by Smart Travel Asia, an independent online travel magazine.