100 percent foreign fund in tourism infrastructure urged

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kumari Selja has called upon experts and stakeholders in the tourism sector to develop world class tourism infrastructure for putting India's tourism industry on the world tourism map. Inaugurating a workshop on the subject here today she said, "We should look at comprehensive development of infrastructure which includes roads, water, sanitation, cleanliness, hygiene, proper lighting, landscape, signages and proper maintenance of tourism destinations and heritage sites." She said tourism and hospitality sectors contributes six per cent of the GDP and certain streamlining is required in infrastructure facilities.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - We should look through the eyes of tourists about what they expect from us, said Tourism Minister Kumari Selja while inaugurating a workshop on 'World Class Tourism Infrastructure' here Wednesday. We need good hotels, infrastructure, connectivity for tourists.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja will inaugurate a one-day workshop on World-Class Tourism Infrastructure here today. The objective of the workshop is to develop world class tourism infrastructure in consultation with architects, the engineering organisations, tourism managers and consultants.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - "We should look through the eyes of tourists about what they expect from us," Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said here Wednesday, calling upon experts and all stakeholders to help put India on the world tourism map. "We need good hotels, infrastructure, connectivity for tourists.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary called on Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja here today and told here that Megahalaya has vast tourism potential both for domestic as well as foreign tourists. He said, leave travel concession to the Central Government employees to visit the north-east has made Meghalaya quite popular among tourists.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja will inaugurate a one-day workshop on World-Class Tourism Infrastructure here tomorrow. The objective of the workshop is to develop world class tourism infrastructure in consultation with architects, the engineering organisations, tourism managers and consultants.

July 5th, 2009 PANAJI - The state tourism industry should be granted tax sops in the budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday, a leading industry chamber here has said. According to the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), the state's tourism infrastructure also needed needed to be upgraded if it were to compete with other tourist destinations the world over.

June 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja Friday urged Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to offer budgetary incentives for the tourism industry as it is facing a crunch due to global economic slowdown. Leading a delegation of key stake holders from tourism industry, Selja met the finance minister and submitted a memorandum requesting concessions in the union budget to be presented July 6.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India plans to hold a series of roadshows abroad, including in Australia, New Zealand and Russia, to showcase the country's rich diversity and attract tourists, officials said here Wednesday. Tourism Minister Kumari selja held a meeting with the captains of the industry and discussed how to attract more tourists to the country in the times of economic recession.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has urged the government to set up a 'separate infrastructure financing fund' worth $90 billion to finance infrastructure projects in the next three years. In a note submitted to the Planning Commission and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Assocham secretary general D.S.

April 20th, 2009 JAIPUR - The government has approved 28 mega infrastructure projects to boost tourism, and is on the verge of granting it infrastructure sector status, Tourism Secretary Sujit Banerjee announced here Monday. 'These 28 mega projects will put a lot of money in the hands of the states for upgrading tourism infrastructure, which will be a major boost for the sector,' Banerjee said while inaugurating an international tourism conference, the Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2009.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The global meltdown, coupled with the Mumbai terror attacks, considerably impacted the foreign tourist arrivals in India and their number rose only 5.56 percent last year against the expected growth of 14.56 percent, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday. 'The global meltdown has affected those countries that are our primary source of tourist arrivals.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - High interest rates and credit crunch have delayed several infrastructure projects by up to six months, said a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), released here Sunday. According to the Infrastructure Outlook Survey, around 85 percent of the respondents have expressed concern over the delay in financial closure of infrastructure projects being implemented by them.

January 16th, 2009 DUBAI - India was the second biggest receiver of non-oil exports from Oman in 2008, new figures have revealed. India imported 182 million Omani riyals (around $472.7 million) worth of non-oil commodities from that Gulf nation in the first eight months of 2008, according to statistics released by Oman's Ministry of National Economy.

December 22nd, 2008 KOCHI - The two day 'Ente Naadu', billed as a platform for the Kerala diaspora to invest in tourism projects in the state, has attracted a good response with more than 500 delegates from 42 countries attending the meet. The key objective of the two day meet is to open up exciting prospects for non resident Keralites (NRKs) through the 'Bring Home a Friend programme', which will make them brand ambassadors of Kerala.