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Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism has said, “Varanasi, infrastructure development has resulted in a 10X increase in footfalls compared to pre-Covid levels, according to statistics shared by UP government. Jammu & Kashmir has seen the highest ever footfall in 75 years of independence.”

Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy for developing Rural tourism in the country in partnership with the States and Industry, tweets Rakesh Verma, Additional Secretary, MOT. “The Strategy aims to empower local communities, conserve cultural heritage, and promote environmental protection,” he says in the tweet

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, has informed that the Kashmir TWG meeting will be held at the Sher-e-Kashmir Convention Centre in Srinagar in May. “We will do a side event on film tourism at Srinagar. We want to show India’s and Kashmir’s potential as a film tourism destination,” he informed. 

Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, India said, “Digital transformation will be a very critical driver of growth. In 2047 India will be the youngest country in the world. We will be a provider of almost 25% of the workforce in the world.” 

Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said that the centre provides 100% finance to the state to implement the tourism-related schemes. And, more than Rs 4000 crore is being spent to develop infrastructure for adventure tourism in border villages. 

G Kishan Reddy, Minister of tourism highlighted that under Hon. PM’s leadership the whole of government is focussed on addressing the issues faced by investors and urged them to consider greater investments in tourism and hospitality sector. 

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, said that India plans to develop 50 new tourism destinations across the country and envisages making 59 new air routes operational to boost tourism in the country. “We plan to promote Green Tourism and open 50 new tourism destinations and launch publicity in the overseas market,” he said.

Minister of Culture, Tourism & DoNER, G Kishan Reddy, has said that India needs private investments in a big way to develop tourism. Referring to the first Global Tourism Investor’s Summit to be held in May, he said, “We have asked the states to present their required investments for tourism development in their areas. The aim is to promote our tourism industry as an investment destination.”

According to the government’s provisional estimates, the foreign exchange earnings from tourism in the country increased by 107% from ₹65,070 crore in 2021 to ₹1,34,543 crore in 2022. Latest data from the Bureau of Immigration show that India received 6.19 million FTAs during 2022 as compared to 1.52 million during the same period of 2021.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, will be superannuating on 31 May, 2023 and the position will be taken up by V. Vidyavathi, lAS, who is currently serving as Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture. She has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Tourism in the rank. Vidyavathi is an IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre, 1991 batch and joined as DG-ASI in May 2020.