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A parliamentary standing committee has rued the lack of a clear roadmap from the tourism ministry to leverage the opportunity presented by its G20 presidentship to increase tourist footfalls. The report of the Dept related to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture stated the ministry should have set aside a budget for G20 promo activities.

Secretary Culture, Govind Mohan said that the Ministry of Culture will develop 5 big cultural spaces in India where tourists can experience Indian music, dance performances, painting competitions, etc. He highlighted the importance of technology and said that using AI, VR and other digital techniques the monuments can be developed as more interesting places for the younger generation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the recent post-budget webinar, said that we must profile the tourists coming to India from abroad and decide our target group. “For people living abroad who can spend more, we need to make a special strategy to bring them to India in maximum numbers. Such tourists may stay in India for a short period of time but will go after spending a lot of money,” he added.

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, stated that the biggest employment generating sector could very well be the tourism sector after textiles industry. “This sector is one of the sectors to generate maximum employment with the least capital investment,” he said.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, has highlighted that this year’s budget advocates a shift from department centric and scheme centric approach to a destination centric approach for planning, development and management of tourism.

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism & Culture, thanked the attendees of the post budget webinar by saying that the government must work shoulder to shoulder with the private sector to develop tourism in India, which is a huge nation and large population.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, said at the MOT webinar that Public private partnerships can be realized in various segments of tourism ranging from accommodation transportation, food development of attractions, adventure and recreational activities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in MOT’s post budget webinar mentioned the Kankaria lake project in Ahmedabad, Gujarat where the redevelopment of the lake and skill development for those working in the food stalls was carried out. “Every tourist destination can also develop its own revenue model,” he said.

Ministry of Tourism is organising a webinar ‘Developing Tourism on Mission Mode’ on March 3, 2023,  9:30 am onwards. It is aimed at developing an action plan for implementation of the post Budget Announcements 2023-24. It will be addressed by PM Narendra Modi.

Union Minister For Culture, Tourism and Development Of Northeastern Region (DoNER) said, “A two-day brainstorming meeting is scheduled to take place in February or March before the Global Travel and Tourism Summit (GTIS), during which the Ministry and state governments will discuss the necessary steps to enhance tourism in India.”