India to double foreign tourist arrivals |
India aims to double the number of foreign tourist arrivals (FTA) to 20 million in the next three years, Union Tourism Minister K J Alphons said at an investment meet in Guwahati. All stakeholders must work hard to achieve the target, the minister said. India has earned 27 billion US dollars in the last financial year but we are not happy with these figures. She wants the figures to increase dramatically. Alphons said in Guwahati during a session on tourism and wellness on the concluding day of Global Investors Summit-Advantage Assam. He also urged the domestic tourists to visit different parts of the country as “Indians must see India”. Last year, more than 23 million Indians went abroad and there is nothing wrong with that but at the same time, they must also adopt the policy of `Let`s see India`,” the minister said. The tourism ministry is committed to create an environment that is conducive for the visitors and appoint global ambassadors for promoting tourist circuits and sites, he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has now emerged as an undisputed global leader, is committed to create a `New India` and “the country today thinks, looks, sounds and acts differently”, Alphons added.
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