Madhya Pradesh Tourism ads

It's good to see state governments in India promoting tourism. After launching the Bioscope ad 3 years back, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department have come up with the Eyes ad.

Interestingly, the first ad invited tourists to come and ‘see’ Madhya Pradesh, while the second ad narrates the tourist’s tale after he has visited the place. The creative idea for the new ad was, quite literally, taken from the word ‘sightseeing’.

Check out the cool ads:

1. Bioscope

2. Eyes

Source: afaqs

Incredible India commercial

The latest Incredible India commercial. Awesome!

Source: Amnigos

Must See India interviewed by yourstory.in

“Travel should be about fun; not logistics and unending planning. We want to put back the fun in travel and hence envision to create a platform where travelers can come together, share their experiences, help each other” enthuses Karan adding that their future plans include new features to help realize their target of a million visitors per month by the end of 2010.

Check out must see india team interview by yourstory.in

Must See India on KillerStartups

KillerStartups has reviewed Must See India.




Roger posted a question for us -

Is the site open to user contributions - IE, guides, reviews and the like?

As I mentioned in the comment, user engagement is one of our core focus. We have user reviews on most of the pages. We are adding new features to get user opinions in even more helpful way. We'll be rolling the updates in current month. Stay tuned!

Seven Wonders of Karnataka

NDTV has just unveiled 7 wonders of Karnataka based on the user polls. Here's the list:

7. Halebidu
6. Belur
5. Srirangapatnam
4. Caves of Badami
3. Gol Gumbaz
2. Hampi
1. Shravanabelagola

The list of nominees is here, and here's the video about each of these places:

Great to see promotion of Karnataka Tourism and discovery of all these great places by media.
Keep Travelling!

Wow! That's fast

The biggest challenge we see in today's world web applications is to show lots of information while keeping the site high speed and handle the load as the traffic increases. With the amount of traffic, information and features ever increasing on mustseeindia.com, we do have our share of performance issues.

Not for long. We are proud to say that our users would now notice significant speed improvements when browsing mustseeindia. We are also proud to say that we have had zero downtime in the whole month of December last year, which has been the biggest month for us in terms of traffic.

One last thing. Although mustseeindia works perfectly fine on all major browsers, we recommend firefox. Because we believe it is the best and safest browser available today.

Bookings are live now!

In our quest to become one stop solution for travel in India, we are pleased to announce hotel, bus and flight bookings at Must See India. With this, you can
- Book hotels online in even the smallest of destinations at very reasonable prices.
- Book buses online in even remote places in India.
- Book flights across India on all airlines.

We would like to thank our partners - Inasra, RedBus and MakeMyTrip.

Printable Driving Directions

We have it, finally!

Lots of people asked for printable version of driving directions. For one reason or the other, it just kept slipping in our priority list. You can now print map and detailed driving directions using the "Print Driving Directions" link on right hand side above the map.



Checkout printable directions from Bangalore to Ooty.

Top Holiday Destinations of 2008 (as per Google)

Google has just released the top searched holiday destinations of India as part of its 2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist. Goa tops the list, followed by Kerala and Kashmir. Other destinations on the list are Shimla and Manali.

We at MSI are heartened to see these destinations making the top list. In our own list of top 10 destinations, all these destinations rank pretty high. Goa leads our list in the best beaches in India as well as is part of the top honeymoon destinations list; Kashmir, Shimla and Manali are part of best hill stations in India; and Kerala has always been our top honeymoon destination.

Here's the complete list:

1. Goa - MSI best beaches and best honeymoon destination.
   
2. Kerala - MSI best honeymoon destination.
   
3. Kashmir - MSI best hill station in India
   
4. Dubai
5. Singapore
6. Australia
7. London
8. Shimla - MSI best hill station in India
9. Switzerland
10. Manali - MSI best hill station in India

New Year Destinations

New Year Day and the period around this important day are the time to welcome the freshness in life with the rose covered New Year Dawns and pocketful of funs, celebrating with dear and near. December culminating with New Year bash is the most exciting and inviting for travel in India. Typically the whole of Indian region are very comfortable with cool and pleasant climate all through December and New Year week. The hill stations and beaches in India offer unique opportunities and experiences for the travelers looking for hassle free, body relaxing and mind blowing comforts. The north Indian destinations and north east places are snow clad during this period. The west and central regions offer chilly cool climate by the New Year day. The Southern regions are unbelievably pleasant with very moderate and cool climates. The religious destinations in India, especially the south Indian religious places thrive with many festivities and Ayyappa pilgrimage rituals. December and New Year period are the ideal period for those who look for cooler and chilly climates. This is perfect for people looking for snow skiing and like to see lakes and landscapes covered with snow and ice formations.

The period around the New Year Day are the best for the romantic tours and also pretty ideal for honeymoon vacations. The coolest period of the year accompanied with dust free and unpolluted environments. The people looking for secluded stays with fantastic private moments prefer to have visits in Indian Destinations during the months of December and January.

North

Come to Jammu to enjoy the feast for eyes with unimaginable beauty of snow. There are many attractions in Jammu to view and enjoy during the winters. Himachal Pradesh has been in the top list of beautiful tourist designations. The chilly climate and the snow bound landscapes add the attraction of the places. Visit Manali to experience the nature’s beauty and gifts. Mcleodganj offer you the best scenic attractions in the world during the winters. The New Year celebrations in Manali and Mcleodganj are renowned with its majestic views and pretty nice climates.

Visit the Golden Triangle Delhi, Agra and Jaipur during the New Year Period. Bid farewell to the year 2008 and welcome the fortune filled 2009 with a bash of celebrations in these places. In Delhi, the night clubs, the Parks, the cinema halls and the discotheques are lively during the nights of New Year Eve and New Year Day.

West

Goa is the best New Year destination in India. The New Year Eve celebrations in Goa beaches are mesmerizing with breath taking celebrations. The churches in Goa vibrate with midnight prayers and the celebrations coinciding with Christmas. The New Year is welcomed with colorful fireworks and grandeur illumination all over the city and beaches. The New Year cuisines prepared specially during the period are most delicious and special tourist attractions. Adorned with eye catching decorations the beaches invite you to spend the whole night without closing the eye lids for a moment. Air of festive moods prevails everywhere in Goa during the New Year Eve and New Year Day.

Gujarat destinations are considered as the most vibrant New Year Destinations. Ahmedabad is the entry point to many exotic tourist destination sin Central India. The excellent museums and the cottages modeled in the Gujarat architectural styles are really wonderful.

Central

Khajuraho offers an ideal New Year destination for those interested in Wild life and the architectural locations. The climate is superb with unpolluted atmosphere during December. The pleasing lush green landscapes and the breath taking architectural marvels are very attractive in this place.

Orchha is one of the most attractive winter destinations. The comfortable climatic conditions, the eye pleasing attractions, the adventurous activities and the fun filled travels are in the grandeur offers of Orchha for the distinguished travelers.

South

South Indian destinations are the ideal locations with very pleasant climate during the December month. Temperatures are in the range of about 15 deg to 30 deg in this region. Nights are bit cold and the days are comfortably warm. The hill stations in the south, Ooty and Kodaikanal are mesmerizing with New Year celebrations and the dinners arranged in the hotels in and around the cities. The hill stations are highly imposing with multi colored lights, dances and music performances. The week long New Year celebrations in these hill stations are in fact just great. Invite the New Year amidst the fire works all over with reverberating band music in these scenic hill resorts.

Dandeli near Bangalore, Devabagh beach in Karnataka, Kovalam beach in Kerala and the tourist attractive Kumarakom in Kerala are all astonishing in the New Year. Enjoy the New Year Sunrise in the most comfortable and soothe providing house boats in Kochi and Kumarakom. The tourists can enjoy the lavish and grandeur New Year Eve celebrations in the serene beach sides in Kovalam, Varkala and Devbagh.

To have honeymoon privacy, spend the cool and calm nights in the secluded resorts in Lakshdweep and also in Andaman – Nicobar Islands. Enjoy the marvelous New Year Rise from the soft sands of the beaches in Andamans.

North East

Come to Guwahati and Shillong to have a lifetime experience of chilly snow covered New Year celebrations. The tourist resorts in these admirable destinations provide all kinds of mind blowing New Year celebrations and enjoyments for the enthusiasts.

Beaches in Orissa are always been in the travel map of tourists looking for excellent New Year Vacations. The serene beaches in Bhubaneswar lit colors for the days and night during the New Year Eve. The scenic beaches are adorning the most attractive decors in this period.

India has been the prime destination for the New Year celebrations. New Year Eve parties in these places take the visitors to the ultimate enjoyments of food, drinks, dances, jazz and music. Indian hospitalities, spicy food and beverages are very inviting for all kinds of tourists.

(Photo Courtesy: Suman Chatterjee, yearsofsleeping)