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The Ministry of Tourism has decided to transfer all matters of registration, recognition and complaints of tour operators and other tourism service providers from the Travel Trade (TT) division to Quality & Standard (Q&S) Division of the Ministry of Tourism. Accordingly, henceforth all the queries/complaints in respect of recognition, approval, etc. may be directly taken up with the Q&S Division of the Ministry of Tourism.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, has said that the 2nd Tourism Working Group meeting held in Siliguri & Darjeeling from 1-4 April was a huge success. Speaking on the response, he said, “Green tourism was considered as the number one priority by all countries participating in the TWG meeting.”

Manisha Saxena, DG, Ministry of Tourism, has said that as part of her new role in the central ministry, her focus would be to facilitate the tourism sector in as many ways as possible as part of Ministry of Tourism’s overall policy. “I want to be the part of the team which deliver tourism as one of the foremost economic activities in India,” she said.

Rakesh Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, has said that MOT is stepping up efforts to promote India as a M!CE destination. “We are taking up all 55 destinations where G20 meetings are being held as places to be promoted. We will be launching a major M!CE campaign in digital marketing space so that people come to know about it,” he said. E

India wants to be a $1 trillion tourism economy with 100 million international visitors by 2047, the centenary year of its Independence. In order to achieve this, the focus is on various government-led initiatives under PPP mode, Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said. “The vision of the second G-20 TWG meeting was to project domestic tourism in a mission mode. It will also make India maximise its potential in the tourism sector. In order to give impetus to the tourism sector this year, the government is observing ‘Vision India-2023’, a programme which invites the world to explore India,” he said.

Minister for Development of North-Eastern Region, G. Kishan Reddy said that the Government of India has taken the ‘Yuva Sangam’ initiative to strengthen people to people connect especially between youth belonging to NER and other States and provide an immersive experience under five broad areas – Paryatan (Tourism), Parampara (Traditions), Pragati (Development), Prodyogiki (Technology) and Paraspar Sampark (People-to-people connect).

The government is planning to launch two mega adventure tourism trails in the Himalaya and the Ganga this year. Addressing a session at the G20 tourism working group meeting, Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said, “The trails are expected to be launched this year. The ministry will work with states and industries for development of two adventure mega trails in 2023 — the Ganga trail and north-western Himalayan trails.”

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism & Culture, speaking at the Inaugural session of the 2nd Tourism Working Group Meeting under G20 at Siliguri, said that the aim is to make India a seamless, modern, and smart tourism destination. “The ideas discussed will aid in developing tourism in mission mode. It will also aid India in maximising its potential in the tourism sector,” he said.

Manisha Saxena, the newly appointed Director General, Ministry of Tourism, GoI, has taken charge in office after getting relieved of her duties as Principal Secretary Tourism, Government of Mizoram, in March. Saxena is a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Mizoram-Goa-Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.

Speaking at the side event of the 2nd TWG meeting in Siliguri, Arvind Singh, Secretary, MOT, said that the event is a great occasion to discuss, ideate possibilities to achieve the SDG’s. “The deliberations reiterate the notion that Adventure tourism can be a positive cause for achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals,” he said.