Category Archives: MOT

Manisha Saxena, DG, Tourism, has said that India just hosted the G20 summit, and offered a plethora of experiences to foreign delegates and ministers. “It is the right time to make use of that infrastructure and experiences, to attract tourists and organise MICE conferences in many cities of the country,” she added. 

The Ministry of Tourism announced at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Delhi that it envisions transforming and promoting the host cities of the G20 Meetings in India into global MICE destinations for national and international meetings. Our commitment is unwavering, and our resolve is strong. We are poised to lead the way in fostering sustainable tourism practices that will echo across the world for years to come.

MOT launches G20 Tourism and SDG Dashboard in collaboration with UNWTO. The dashboard has been developed to showcase key takeaways from Goa roadmap, the outcome document of TWG meeting and to promote sustainable development goals through tourism.

In collaboration with UNWTO, MOT to launch SDG Dashboard on 5th Sept at 5pm, with an aim to explore best avenues and insights from G20 countries as they work towards fostering sustainable and inclusive tourism.  

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER, has said that the National Tourism Policy can be released around World Tourism Day on 27th September. He said, “Now, Parliament doesn’t need to do anything for the policy, & MOT only has to release it.

Ministry of Tourism is carrying out ranking of the states on the basis of adventure tourism as a strategic pillar of their National Strategy for adventure tourism. This will be done with the key objective to foster competitiveness and encourage states to work proactively towards developing adventure tourism with the overarching objective of promoting sustainable tourism.

According to tourism statistics report by MOT, Indian departures during January-June 2023 were 1,32,08,837. 42% of this travel was for leisure and holidays with the percentage share of the top 5 source countries being UAE, Saudai Arabia, USA, Thailand and Singapore.   

Under MOT’s campaign “India Says I Do”, around 25 key destinations were selected to explore how India fits into their wedding goals and captures the essence of India’s grandeur. It also aims to explore new avenues and scale tourism in India to new heights.

V Vidyavathi, Secretary Tourism said that the vibrant villages hold immense potential for adventure tourism. The Ministry of Tourism will soon arrange a meeting with the defence authorities to engage the youth from these vibrant villages in training them as adventure tourist guides. She also informed that the expenses associated with this training be fully covered by the ministry. 

Rakesh Kumar Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism said that the Vibrant Villages Program that is being developed in a sustainable manner. For that, we need to keep in mind the carrying capacity of the area and undertake development accordingly.