Tourism ministry holding roadshows abroad

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India is planning to aggressively promote domestic tourism with a series of roadshows and campaigns, with special focus on the northeastern region. Apart from launching an "Incredible India" campaign to target domestic tourists, the tourism ministry will also organise various roadshows in collaboration with the private sector, according to a statement issued here to list the achievements of the ministry in the last 100 days.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A series of 'Incredible India' roadshows was held for the first time in the Scandinavian countries - Finland, Sweden and Norway - to promote India as a preferred holiday destination, the tourism ministry said Tuesday. An outdoor advertising campaign - through hoardings and banners at airports and main streets of Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo and Incredible India branding on buses, bus shelters, trams and taxis - was jointly organised by the tourism ministry and the Indian and Scandinavian chapters of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), a non-profit travel trade association.

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 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 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.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will hold tourism roadshows in London and other capitals of Commonwealth countries in a bid to cash in on the Commonwealth Games here next year, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said here Monday. "The Commonwealth Games in India next year will be an important event, especially from the tourism point of view.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The tourism ministry has, for the first time, organised a three-day training programme for its overseas officials by experts at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in an effort to sharpen their marketing skills. Talking about the programme, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said Monday that the ministry's officials will be trained to promote India better.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With a view to giving a fillip to the tourism industry, which is witnessing a downturn due to the global meltdown, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated Rs.1,070 crore to the sector in the union budget he presented in parliament Monday. Mukherjee also announced custom duty exemption for water and snow equipment to boost adventure tourism.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tourism has not found much favour with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who gave only a token Rs.20 crore increase in allocation for the ministry in the union budget presented Monday, with almost a third of the Rs.1,070 crore for promotion of the "Incredible India" campaign overseas. In a spur to adventure tourism in the country, Mukherjee announced custom duty exemption for water and snow equipment used in adventure tourism.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Caravan and heliport tourism are among the "niche products" India will offer visitors as its tourism sector tries to cope with setbacks due to 26/11 and global recession, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said Wednesday. Listing out her 100-day agenda, Selja said they were "developing niche tourism products".

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja on Wednesday said that government would announce new policy guidelines for promoting health tourism to increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals in India. Selja said this while speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the meeting to discuss the '100 days Agenda of Tourism Ministry' in New Delhi on Wednesday.

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.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday said the adventure tourism roadshows in Australia, where a number of Indian students have been attacked, and New Zealand are on though they will be held in September instead of July. The announcement came two days after Tourism Minister Kumari Selja had announced postponing the roadshows in Australia on the grounds that the situation there was not normal - referring to a series of allegedly racist attacks on Indian students there.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Tourism minister Kumari Selja on Wednesday postponed her next-month visit to Australia the series of attacks on Indian students in that country. "I am not going to Australia for the tourism promotional event scheduled in July," Selja said in the capital.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With no one in the 79-member council of ministers entrusted with the culture ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be holding the portfolio, PMO officials said here Friday. While Kumari Selja has been given the tourism ministry, the culture ministry was not allocated to anyone.