2009 has been a wonderful year for travel because of the long weekends. The Indian tourism industry has grown many folds during this year inspite of the economic slowdown. Travellers, both foreign and domestic, have been flocking to the tourist places. Hope you had a fruitful travel year 2009.

With the recovery of Indian economy after the global meltdown, there are predictions floating around that say people might travel more in 2010. So, why wait? Start planning your trips @ Guiding Shadow.

We are giving you the list of holidays in 2010 for your reference.

January
26 (Tuesday) – Republic Day

February
27 (Saturday) – Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad

March
01 (Monday) – Holi
24 (Wednesday) – Ram Navami
28 (Sunday) – Mahavir Jayanti

April
02 (Friday) – Good Friday

May
27 (Thursday) – Buddha Purnima

August
15 (Sunday) – Independence Day

September
02 (Thursday) – Janamashtami
11 (Saturday) – Idu’l Fitr

October
02 (Saturday) – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
17 (Sunday) – Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)

November
05 (Friday) – Diwali (Deepavali)
17 (Wednesday) – Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid)
21 (Sunday) – Guru Nanak’s Birthday

December
17 (Friday) – Muharram
25 (Saturday) – Christmas Day

In this year, we promise to roll out very useful features for travellers. We have been constantly trying to intregrate new features and provide more travel related information in our site.
Some of the immediate upcoming features we are working on are -
- Google map integration to provide detailed route information for each trip.
- Provision to add hotels and restaurants in your trips.

I’ll write more about these features in the future posts. Keep visiting our blog for regular updates on what’s happening at Guiding Shadow.
And don’t forget to log your trips!
Happy travelling!