Comments on: Online travel in India, India internet marketing app 1.0

By: Search perspective on India Internet travel market « Wanderings of a Restless Mind..

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:22:23 +0000

[...] Jeffrey Grau writing through eMarketer comments on the economics behind the growth of the onine travel market in India. Refers to the same report that I blogged about previously on Online travel India posed to grow to 2 billion by 2008. The original study is done by PhoCusWright. What is more interesting is the subsequent details on sources used by online buyers in India to find retail ecommerce sites. With Search Engines coming at a firm 56%. See the full chart on the link below, courtsey of eMarketer. [...]

By: Indian tourism ministry to spend $3 million on Internet Marketing « Wanderings of a Restless Mind..

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:27:46 +0000

[...] It was reported by Exchange4media that the Indian Ministry of Tourism would spend $3 million on online marketing and web marketing. This is a pretty small amount. When compared to the amount that some of the online only travel websites are planning to spend only in the next year, this amounts looks considerably smaller. I wrote about the online tourism industry in India only yesterday. [...]

By: abschow

abschow — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:19:44 +0000

Yes sir, I understand ITC has been quite succesful with its eChaupal. Will have to some more research on the area, but intend to do a piece about that pretty soon.

By: Hiren

Hiren — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:53:26 +0000

Very true, my friend. It will be more convenient and one shall be free of touts.ITC has been doing a lot of good work for the farmers in rural area. The more transparency that happens ina ll the sectors the better it is for the common man.