In financial year 2021, the foreign direct investment equity inflow to the hotel and tourism industry in India was approximately 369 million U.S. dollars. This was a share of 2.21 percent of the FDI equity inflows into the service sector, revealed Statista.
Read More »Tourism has huge potential, we will ensure best facilities, infra: Ajay Bhatt
Ajay Bhatt, Minister of State, Tourism, has said that tourism has a huge potential in the country. “We have endeavored to ensure that the tourists get the best facilities and infrastructure while they tour the country. Whenever we get a request regarding facilities, etc. from a concerned department, we ensure it is disposed of at the earliest. The police personnel are also sensitised to deal with the tourists,” he said.
Read More »Tour operators now need separate authorization for adventure activities
Ministry of Tourism has shared that in line with the requests from stakeholders, they have decided that separate authorization letter for adventure tours can be issued to the existing approved tour operators who have already submitted all the additional documents related to adventure tours.
Read More »Swadesh Darshan revamped after nine key reforms, sustainability remains vital
Ministry of Tourism has revamped Swadesh Darshan Scheme with 9 key reforms based on learnings from the implementations. The reforms include Broad basing of central sanctioning monitoring committee/ whole of Govt approach; strengthening state level institutional structure; strategic destination selection; detailed benchmarking/ gap analysis; focus on both hard and soft interventions; strengthening of project implementation and monitoring; sustainable operations and maintenance of destinations; focused promotion and destination marketing; and impact assessment and corrective measures.
Read More »Tour operators and airlines must collaborate for marketing destinations: Padhee
Addressing the various stakeholders present at the 7th National Tourism Investors Meet 2022, Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, stressed on collaboration between tour operators and airlines for marketing Indian destinations. She said, “The government is working to increase the number of airports in the country to 200 by 2024 from 140 airports. Aviation and tourism are complimenting sectors. Air connectivity needs to be in tandem with what the tourism sector is doing.”
Read More »MoT has been supporting 46 identified tourism routes under RCS 3.0
Ministry of Tourism has been supporting 46 identified tourism routes under the Regional Connectivity Scheme 3.0 through the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to the Airport Authority of India, to improve connectivity and boost tourism in the country.
Read More »India elected to Inter-governmental panel of UNESCO for 4 years: Reddy
India has been elected to the Inter-governmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for four years, tweeted Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development Of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy
Read More »Vardhana Rao emphasises on improving road, rail and air connectivity in Northeast
G Kamala Vardhana Rao, Director General, Ministry of Tourism said the government is focusing on improving the connectivity, especially in the Northeast region, since connectivity is a major problem and is impacting the tourism potential that the region has.
Read More »Ministry of Tourism develops Utsav Portal to showcase calendar of festivals, fairs, events and online darshan
Ministry of Tourism has recently developed Utsav, a portal that showcases the month-wise and state-wise calendar contents on festivals, fairs, events, and online darshans across India to promote different regions of the country as popular tourist destinations.
Read More »Railway is redeveloping Karnataka’s Hosapete Junction Railway Station on the theme of Hampi
G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER, said that showcasing the rich cultural heritage of the Vijayanagar Empire, Ministry of Railways is redeveloping Karnataka’s Hosapete Junction Railway Station on the theme of Hampi.
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