Meeting with Union Ministers on Draft National Tourism Policy’ discusses tourism development via PPP

The ‘Consultative Meeting with Union Ministers on Draft National Tourism Policy’ has commenced. G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Tourism, Culture & DoNER, said, “The meeting featured discussions on approaching the pre-covid tourism numbers and innovative ways to tourism development through the Public Private Partnership model. Deliberations were done on wellness and medical tourism through ayurveda. Categorisation has been done on the basis of selected cities, selected hospitals and strategies have been prepared for leveraging arrivals from countries such as Gulf countries, African countries and South Asian countries. Special emphasis was given upon the development of tourist circuits in North Eastern region. The meeting also featured discussions on the development of regional connectivity scheme such as UDAN and infrastructure development such as seaplane and helicopter usage.”