Category Archives: MOT

The International Yoga Day coinciding with the Tourism Ministerial meeting, will be celebrated on 21 June in Goa. The ministers and delegates attending the TWG ministerial meeting will be attending a special yoga session organized by the Goa government.

V. Vidyavathi, Secretary, Tourism, said, “The MOT, in partnership with UNEP and UNWTO,  is organizing a side event ‘Towards a circular economy of plastics in tourism – the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative’ to create an awareness on plastic pollution & sustainability.

V. Vidyavathi, Secretary, Tourism, has said that a dashboard will be created for cases studies on sustainability from participating countries, which would be available for everyone for reference. It will be a legacy from India’s G20 presidency.

In view of the growing potential of Cruise Tourism and the vast opportunities that it presents, Ministry of Tourism is organizing side events on Cruise Tourism on the sidelines of the fourth G20 Tourism Working Group meeting at Goa from 19-20 June 2023

V Vidyavathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, held a review meeting with the senior officers of the MOT on 12th June to address and discuss the usage of PM Gati Shakti Mission for the overall development of the tourism sector in the country

Rakesh Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, has remarked in a recent tweet that Rakesh Vermais one of the key strategic pillars of National Strategy for Sustainable Tourism formulated by Ministry of Tourism to mainstream sustainability into tourism sector.

Ministry of Tourism initiative ‘Travel for LiFE’ highlights how tourism stakeholders share a collective responsibility towards actions that will help in mainstreaming sustainability in Indian tourism sector make a difference via responsible tourism to create a greener future

Arvind Singh, Former Secretary, Tourism, said that just like domestic travel boomed post-COVID, he is hopeful that inbound will boost with India’s G20 presidency. “Hopefully tailwinds of G20 will get inbound tourists to preCOVID levels and surpass it as well,” he added.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, has superannuated and has moved on from Ministry of Tourism. He took up the role in February 2021. V Vidyavathi, who joined as Officer on Special Duty will be taking charge as Secretary today. She was DG, ASI before this.

The All-India Association of Authorized Money Changers & Money Transfer Agents has demanded the inclusion of foreign currency cash, wire transfers through banks, pre-paid forex cards and other international payments into the TCS exemption ambit offered to overseas transactions using debit and credit cards under the Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS).