Robust and inclusive tourism policy can achieve desired tourist inflow
Updated: Jul 24, 2015 02:28:00pm
New Delhi, July 24 (KNN) Introduction of a robust and inclusive tourism policy can bring the right set of initiatives and achieving the desired tourist inflow.
According to a paper ‘Tourism Infrastructure: The Role States Play’ by FICCI-EY, the policy should focus on specific interventions, incentives offered to developers/private players and vision for development of tourism in the state, among others, it said.
It was released here on Thursday by Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Tourism & Culture Minister, Mahesh Sharma at the ‘Tourism Investor’s Meet’, arranged by FICCI in association with the Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI).
The paper recommended a 6-point agenda to enable the states to achieve their potential in attaining the desired growth in tourist arrivals.
It emphasized the importance of improvement in Inter and intra-state connectivity through creation of rural roads, high speed passenger trains, identifying and equipping air strips, converting domestic airports into international, introducing inland waterway connectivity..
In terms of tourist facilities, the paper calls for easy availability of the visa offices/centres at all the key destinations experiencing high foreign tourist turnout.
Provision of other facilities such as adequate parking and way side facilities is the need of the hour, it said.
The paper also recommended that opportunity, connectivity and availability of world-class infrastructure should be ensured
For setting up Accommodation facilities in select unexplored destinations, upgrading the service levels of hotels, introducing theme based resorts, are some options that need to be explored. Some popular themes could be golf resorts, wild life resort and green/ clean technology resorts, it said.
Stressing on collaboration with other governments, the FICCI – EY paper said that to create an enabling environment, the states need to explore possibilities by initiating dialogue with key states and countries and creating roadmaps for implementation. (KNN Bureau)
According to a paper ‘Tourism Infrastructure: The Role States Play’ by FICCI-EY, the policy should focus on specific interventions, incentives offered to developers/private players and vision for development of tourism in the state, among others, it said.
It was released here on Thursday by Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Tourism & Culture Minister, Mahesh Sharma at the ‘Tourism Investor’s Meet’, arranged by FICCI in association with the Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI).
The paper recommended a 6-point agenda to enable the states to achieve their potential in attaining the desired growth in tourist arrivals.
It emphasized the importance of improvement in Inter and intra-state connectivity through creation of rural roads, high speed passenger trains, identifying and equipping air strips, converting domestic airports into international, introducing inland waterway connectivity..
In terms of tourist facilities, the paper calls for easy availability of the visa offices/centres at all the key destinations experiencing high foreign tourist turnout.
Provision of other facilities such as adequate parking and way side facilities is the need of the hour, it said.
The paper also recommended that opportunity, connectivity and availability of world-class infrastructure should be ensured
For setting up Accommodation facilities in select unexplored destinations, upgrading the service levels of hotels, introducing theme based resorts, are some options that need to be explored. Some popular themes could be golf resorts, wild life resort and green/ clean technology resorts, it said.
Stressing on collaboration with other governments, the FICCI – EY paper said that to create an enabling environment, the states need to explore possibilities by initiating dialogue with key states and countries and creating roadmaps for implementation. (KNN Bureau)
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