With an aim to promote safety,
security and hospitality of tourists on a massive scale, Union Minister of
Tourism and Culture, Mahesh Sharma, said his ministry will be re-launching
Indian tourism with new agenda Dec 25.
The tourism department will take up
"new measures" to ensure these three main pointers are effectively
implemented to promote tourism in the country, said Sharma.
The tourism ministry has selected
Dec 25 which would now be observed as "Good Governance Day" to
celebrate former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday as announced by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"These will not be mere
declarations but the ministry will ensure that these three important measures
are implemented effectively," Sharma said. Admitting that compared to China ,
foreign tourist arrival in India
is mere 69 lakh, the ministry will do everything to make India
a ‘safe’ and ‘secure’ place for tourists.
"We don't want our tourists to
take back pictures of garbage bins or dirty places. We want them to take back
good memories from India ,"
he added. Not revealing much about the new
initiatives the ministry will be taking, Sharma said it would be a "big
leap towards promoting and propagating tourism".
