Tag Archives: Tourism & Culture (I/C)

PS Patel reviews pending and ongoing tourism projects in Uttar Pradesh

Prahlad Singh Patel, Ministry of State, Tourism & Culture (I/C), reviewed the pending and ongoing projects of Uttar Pradesh under Swadesh Darshan Scheme with officials of Ministry of Tourism in the presence of Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari, State Minister (I/C), Tourism, Culture & Religious Affairs and MOS CM Protocol, Uttar Pradesh. He also visited Shahjahanpur during his tour.

Read More »

Massive loss of revenue, forex and jobs in tourism’: PS Patel

Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State, Tourism & Culture (I/C), has told the parliament that there has been a massive loss of revenue, foreign exchange and jobs in tourism owing to the pandemic. “Several rounds of discussions and brainstorming sessions with industry stakeholders indicate massive loss of revenue and jobs. In view of the highly unorganised nature of the tourism sector, the impact in numerical terms can only be ascertained in due course,” he told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Read More »

MOT to launch hospitality database platform NIDHI in Sept

Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State, Tourism & Culture (I/C), has announced that they will be launching NIDHI- National Integrated Database of Hospitality Industry on September 27, 2020, i.e. World Tourism Day. MOT is also working on another platform, SAATHI – System for Assessment, Awareness and Training for Hospitality Industry. Both these platforms come in line with the brainstorming sessions that MOT had with industry stakeholders. In his Tweet, Patel said, “NIDHI will be a source of information for the country and the world. MOT had 1600 hotels registered with it; after the discussion with stakeholders, this figure has reached 21,000.”

Read More »
error: Content is protected !!