Safety and security for foreign tourists high on priority: Tourism Minister
He was speaking while assuming office as Minister for Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Highlighting the importance of the tourism and culture sector, Dr. Sharma said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a great vision for this sector and that he would make all efforts to take this sector to a new high.
One of the important action points will be to explore tourism potential of new areas like medical tourism and alsopromote domestic tourism among the youth, he added.
Expressing concern over the bottle necks especially in the area of international tourism, the Union Minister said that providing adequate infrastructure, security and use of technology will be the focus over the next three months.
He said that India has world class doctors and we should take advantage of this talent pool to promote medical tourism.
Similarly, the youth in India is getting directed to tourist destinations abroad and we should try to make domestic destinations equally attractive for them.
Sharma has said that to provide immediate connectivity to tourist destinations with poor connectivity, helicopter services and heliports will be provided for these areas.
The Minister said that the efforts to bring back important heritage artefacts belonging to the country from abroad needs to be fast tracked.
He also held separate meetings with the officials of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture where presentations were also made to update him on the latest developments of the two Ministries.
Mahesh Sharma is a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Gautam Budh Nagar constituency, U.P. and also member of Standing Committee on Health & Family Welfare and Member of Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development.
He is also National Convener of Medical Cell (BJP), Member of BJP State Working Committee, (U.P.), Chairman of Kailash Group of Hospitals and Chairman of IMA Standing Committee for Public Relations.
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