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December 17, 2009 | India to issue visa-on-arrival | New Delhi: Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja has said that the Centre has decided to introduce visa-on-arrival scheme for tourists from five
countries including Singapore, Finland, New Zealand, Luxembourg and Japan on a pilot basis for a period of one year. Kumari Selja told Parliament on Thursday that this step has been taken to counter
the downward trend of the inbound tourism. The Tourism Ministry has taken several steps
to
counter the downward trend of inbound tourism and to promote tourism to the country
which includes liberalizing the marketing development assistance scheme for service
providers promoting India, organizing road shows in important tourist generating
markets overseas, arranging familiarization tours to India for international travel
trade and media representatives to keep them updated on safety and security conditions
in the country, media campaigns are being organized in the print, electronic,
online and outdoor media and a "Visit India 2009" scheme, in collaboration with
all stakeholders including airlines, hotels, tour operators, State Governments
for incentivising travel to India. Selja said various countries have been issuing
travel advisories from time to time, advising their citizens to avoid travel or
to take precautions while traveling to areas in the country which are temporarily
disturbed. "The Tourism Ministry through its overseas offices and in collaboration
with the External Affairs Ministry and Indian missions abroad takes up the matter
regarding lifting of travel advisories as and when issued by different countries
to avoid any adverse impact on tourism to the country," Kumari Selja said. |
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