Tourism ministers to strive for women's safety, cleanliness, employment opportunities
Updated: Aug 21, 2014 02:51:55pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) State tourism ministers who are attending the Second National Conference of Tourism Ministers here today have adopted a resolution to ensure women’s safety, cleanliness, rationalised tax structure, timely licenses, among others. They have also resolved to enhance employment opportunities in the sector.
Prominent points that figure in the resolution adopted by the tourism ministers are to: ensure safety and security of tourists, especially women; run a mass awareness campaign called “I respect women”; ensure cleanliness at various tourism destinations involving all stakeholders; impart working spoken knowledge of a foreign language to the officials dealing with tourists; rationalize the tax structure to make various tourism destinations competitive; promote seamless travel; grant necessary licences / no objection certificates for various tourism services in a time bound manner; and assess the carrying capacity of various tourism destinations, especially religious places, on the basis of the principles of environmental sustainability, according to an official release.
The Departments of Tourism of all States and UTs would identify new areas for skill development specific to monuments, historical places, archaeological sites, niche products, tourist destinations and circuits for enhancing employment opportunities in the tourism sector.
Further, they have decided to work towards skill development in trades and areas specific to hospitality and tourism sector…develop skill development programmes to meet the tourism industry’s requirements, run short term courses under the broad framework of the programme ‘Hunar Se Rozgar Tak’ and proactively persuade the tourism industry stakeholders to nominate existing service providers for the skill testing and certification courses run by the Ministry of Tourism.
In addition, the Departments of Tourism of all States and UTs will strive to develop and promote niche tourism products like medical and wellness, MICE, agro based and plantation tourism, cruise tourism and adventure tourism, to overcome seasonality.
To develop tourism destinations keeping in view the principles of carrying capacity and sustainability; developing tourism in a responsible manner; promoting pro-poor tourism by ensuring the increased involvement of local communities both at District and Panchayat levels were also emphasised.
Priority was also given to popularise bed and breakfast scheme to augment budget accommodation in the country. (KNN/ES)
Prominent points that figure in the resolution adopted by the tourism ministers are to: ensure safety and security of tourists, especially women; run a mass awareness campaign called “I respect women”; ensure cleanliness at various tourism destinations involving all stakeholders; impart working spoken knowledge of a foreign language to the officials dealing with tourists; rationalize the tax structure to make various tourism destinations competitive; promote seamless travel; grant necessary licences / no objection certificates for various tourism services in a time bound manner; and assess the carrying capacity of various tourism destinations, especially religious places, on the basis of the principles of environmental sustainability, according to an official release.
The Departments of Tourism of all States and UTs would identify new areas for skill development specific to monuments, historical places, archaeological sites, niche products, tourist destinations and circuits for enhancing employment opportunities in the tourism sector.
Further, they have decided to work towards skill development in trades and areas specific to hospitality and tourism sector…develop skill development programmes to meet the tourism industry’s requirements, run short term courses under the broad framework of the programme ‘Hunar Se Rozgar Tak’ and proactively persuade the tourism industry stakeholders to nominate existing service providers for the skill testing and certification courses run by the Ministry of Tourism.
In addition, the Departments of Tourism of all States and UTs will strive to develop and promote niche tourism products like medical and wellness, MICE, agro based and plantation tourism, cruise tourism and adventure tourism, to overcome seasonality.
To develop tourism destinations keeping in view the principles of carrying capacity and sustainability; developing tourism in a responsible manner; promoting pro-poor tourism by ensuring the increased involvement of local communities both at District and Panchayat levels were also emphasised.
Priority was also given to popularise bed and breakfast scheme to augment budget accommodation in the country. (KNN/ES)
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