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MOT organised the regional workshop on developing sustainable and responsible toruist destination, where Rakesh Verma, Addl. Sec, Tourism said. “Our key objective is to create awareness of sustainability particularly for sustainable tourism. It is important for us to understand what sustainability and sustainable tourism is. It is not only about the government, the private sector but it includes all the stakeholders who have to come together to make sure we are making a difference in future of tourism.”

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism and Culture, has said that MOT provides various short term skill courses in the field of Hospitality and Tourism for unorganized/organised sector under Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP) Scheme.

Rakesh Verma, Additional Secretary, Tourism, has said that after the post-budget webinar, it was visible that tourism cannot move forward without convergence because it’s a cross-sectoral thing as it has many more domains and support of many other departments is necessary.

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.