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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, stated that convention centers in India were previously limited to big cities, but now they are emerging in various major centers across the country. With G20 meetings happening in 59 locations, it shows India’s capability to host excellent conferences, showcasing India’s potential as a M!CE destination.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, has said that during G-20 Presidency, MOT has planned a number of events, engaging not only government stakeholders, but also travel trade and hospitality sector. “We plan to promote green tourism, open 50 new tourism destinations and soon launch a publicity campaign in overseas markets during our presidency,” he informed.

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.”

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.

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.

Fast-growing cruise tourism becomes a prominent segment of the global tourism industry Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism said the upcoming Global Tourism Investors Summit 2023 will focus at promoting cruise tourism at a high scale as this is the space ready to make great giants. 

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.

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.

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism has said that  based on the discussions at the last G-20 tourism working group meeting,  the members will distill the proceedings and draw the roadmap for further deliberations  on the 5 priorities at the next working group meeting which will be held in April at Siliguri.