India & Japan agree to strengthen tourism partnership
Updated: Jan 23, 2014 10:47:28am
New Delhi, Jan 23 (KNN) India and Japan have signed a memorandum to strengthen cooperation in the field of tourism.
The move is significant considering that Japan is an important source market for Indian Tourism. During 2013, India received 2.20 lakh tourists from the East Asian country.
The Memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan here yesterday.
The two signatories to the memorandum were Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in his capacity as Director General, Tourism, Parvez Dewan, and Commissioner, Japan Tourism Agency, Shigeto Kubo.
Speaking on the occasion, Kubo expressed hope that the Memorandum would facilitate travel and tourist visits and further strengthen the tourism partnership between the two countries.
On the other hand, Dewan said that religious tourism in the form of Buddhist heritage sites is a great attraction for Japanese tourists to India. He said that Japanese tourists have been availing visa-on-arrival in a major way and the highest number of visas on arrival was issued to the tourists from Japan during 2013, as in previous years.
The Memorandum between the two countries is intended to serve as the key instrument for greater action oriented cooperation and further strengthening the close tourism partnership between the two countries.
As far as objectives are concerned, it would expand bilateral cooperation in the tourism sector; exchange information and data related to tourism ; encourage cooperation between tour operators and tourism stakeholders including hotel owners; establish exchange programmes for cooperation in Human Resource Development; exchange visits of Tour Operators/Media/ Opinion Makers for promotion of two way tourism; exchange experience in the areas of promotion, marketing, destination development and management.
The two countries would also participate in travel fairs/exhibitions in each other’s country; and promote safe, honourable and sustainable tourism. (KNN/ES)
The move is significant considering that Japan is an important source market for Indian Tourism. During 2013, India received 2.20 lakh tourists from the East Asian country.
The Memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan here yesterday.
The two signatories to the memorandum were Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in his capacity as Director General, Tourism, Parvez Dewan, and Commissioner, Japan Tourism Agency, Shigeto Kubo.
Speaking on the occasion, Kubo expressed hope that the Memorandum would facilitate travel and tourist visits and further strengthen the tourism partnership between the two countries.
On the other hand, Dewan said that religious tourism in the form of Buddhist heritage sites is a great attraction for Japanese tourists to India. He said that Japanese tourists have been availing visa-on-arrival in a major way and the highest number of visas on arrival was issued to the tourists from Japan during 2013, as in previous years.
The Memorandum between the two countries is intended to serve as the key instrument for greater action oriented cooperation and further strengthening the close tourism partnership between the two countries.
As far as objectives are concerned, it would expand bilateral cooperation in the tourism sector; exchange information and data related to tourism ; encourage cooperation between tour operators and tourism stakeholders including hotel owners; establish exchange programmes for cooperation in Human Resource Development; exchange visits of Tour Operators/Media/ Opinion Makers for promotion of two way tourism; exchange experience in the areas of promotion, marketing, destination development and management.
The two countries would also participate in travel fairs/exhibitions in each other’s country; and promote safe, honourable and sustainable tourism. (KNN/ES)
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