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Since October 15, 2026, Air India and Singapore Airlines flights between eight Indian cities and Singapore can be booked as standalone trips through either airline.

TGSRTC ran 2,474 Dasara special buses from October 9 to 14, 2026, and is adding services for October 16-17; special fares are up to 1.5 times on peak days.

Air India said on October 15, 2026 it will start four weekly non-stop Delhi-Osaka flights on Boeing 787-8s from February 2, 2027, the only direct service on the route.

India's homestay and villa market is set to grow 21.2% a year to INR 415.1 billion by FY29, says Booking.com's report released on October 14, 2026.

The DGCA has barred the Mobikins MK-PB-04 power bank from all flights to, from and within India after one caught fire on an IndiGo Delhi-Chennai flight on 11 October 2026.

Opening Mizoram Travel Fest on October 13, 2026, the state set a goal of 12 lakh tourists a year by 2030 after 6.7 lakh came in January to August.

Ladakh recorded 4,60,667 tourists from January to September 2026, above the 3,35,872 for all of 2025; September arrivals rose about 61%.

India's lighthouses drew 18.63 lakh visitors in 2024-25, up from about 4 lakh in 2014; 75 are open to tourists and 25 more are proposed, figures from October 10, 2026 show.

KSRTC plans 3,000+ Dasara specials from Bengaluru and APSRTC 5,261 services from October 16 to 25, 2026, the corporations said this week.

The World Travel & Tourism Council said on 9 October 2026 that New Delhi will host its 27th Global Summit in 2027, India's second time as host.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a revised tourism policy, a ₹1,500 crore infrastructure budget and a land bank on 3 October 2026 to draw hotel investment.