NEW INITIATIVE IN TOURISM
The Government has
taken following initiatives in the area of tourism during the
last one year:
To synthesise the
elements of tourism, culture and clean civic governance and to
create new hubs which would act as a pace-setter for the entire
country. To present to the country a new work culture and result-oriented
style of governance. To give special emphasis on domestic tourism
and to create a vast infrastructure. To give special attention
to remote, backward and rural areas. To evolve a framework in
which public and private sectors effectively coordinate their
activities and establish workable linkages. To provide a new deal
for ancient and protected monuments and to bring new monuments/
sites of historic and cultural significance under protection.
Promoted India as a Conference Tourism destination.
This was informed
by the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan in a reply
to a question by Shri A. Venkatesh Naik in Lok Sabha today.
