Conference discusses southern tourism strategies
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The Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai inaugurated the Second Southern Regional Conference of tourism ministers at Kollam, Kerala on 20 August. The objective of this two-day conference, organised by the Ministry of Tourism, is to bring together all the states, union territory administrations and the private sector stakeholders of the Southern Region on a common platform to discuss and take forward an integrated development of tourism in the region. The participants included states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Union Territories of Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Anand Kumar, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism made a detailed presentation on ‘Perspectives and New Strategies for Development of India Tourism’, outlining the vision of the ministry for developing tourism during the 12th Five Year Plan. This set the tone for the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to share their developmental plans through comprehensive presentations.
The presentations highlighted issues relating to development of infrastructure through integrated planning, public private partnership, convergence of resources, manpower development, strategies for promoting of intra and interstate domestic tourism and implementation of code of conduct for safe, honourable and sustainable tourism. The strong presence of private sector representing various trade bodies and associations like FICCI, CII, ADTOI, IATO, HAI, FHRAI, ITTA reinforced the commitment of all the stake holders, demonstrating success of the public private partnerships spirit for the development of tourism.
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