New Tourism Policy: MoT holds consultations with States, UTs

The Union Ministry of Tourism held a meeting for formulating the New National Tourism Policy, 2015 with the representatives of Tourism departments of State Governments and Union Territories as a part of the consultation process with the stakeholders in New Delhi today. Addressing the representatives, the Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma said that the New Tourism Policy should become the instrument for substantially increasing India’s share in global tourism beyond the current share of 0.64 per cent.

The new Tourism Policy should help to boost the growth of Tourism so that its contribution to the GDP of the economy also goes up from the present 6.8 per cent, he added. The Tourism policy should be framed with the participation of all stake holders to ensure everyone delivers with responsibility, the Minister said. The representatives of State and UTs also put forward their suggestions and expressed their concerns related to their regions.

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