Around 3,500 licensed tourist guides call for relief package from MOT and PMO

In a bid to deal with the impact of COVID-19 on their livelihoods, Tourist Guides’ Federation of India (TGFI), representing around 3,500 regional tourist guides licensed by Government of India across the country, have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of Tourism and Culture (I/C), asking for relief package. They have also approached tour operators and IATO for the release of their payments. Shakeel Wahab Chauhan, Nominated Vice-President, TGFI, has said that because of no business coming their way in this time of lockdown, most of the member associations might lose their entire year’s income and most of them do not have any funds to survive. Hence, they have approached the PMO and MOT for some relief.