India appoints tourism officers in 20 missions to revive tourism; More details inside-

New Delhi, Oct 28: In a major boost to revive tourism, the central government has appointed tourism officers in missions in 20 countries whose citizens make up a chunk of the tourist visitors to India. These countries include the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, France and Singapore. Notably, the assigned tourism officers in these embassies and high commissions will coordinate with Tourism Ministry and other tourism stakeholders.

  

 

In a tweet, Union Tourism Minister, G Kishan Reddy, thanked the Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for accepting his request and clearing the appointment of these tourism officers. "I would like to thank Hon’ble EAM Sri S Jaishankar garu for his speedy response to my letter requesting for dedicated Tourism Officers in 20 Missions abroad. We now have Tourism Officers identified in 20 Missions abroad, where we have large tourist footfalls," Reddy tweeted earlier this week.

 

 

Further, he also added, "This is yet another testimony to the synergies between various ministries in the Modi government." With Covid-19 halting foreign tourist arrivals for over 18 months and the government now looking to boost the tourism in the country, the Ministry is making a renewed effort.

 

According to the tweet by the Tourism Minister, there has been appointment of tourism officers in 20 Indian missions. The list of Indian missions where the tourism officers have been appointed are - Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Netherlands, UK, and the US.