With Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announcing a slew of proposals for the travel and tourism industry during his budget speech on Thursday, the sector is expected to get a much-needed push after a sluggish performance last year. Experts feel the initiative to introduce electronic travel authorisation (e-visa) across nine airports in India is timely to encourage global tourism in the country.
I am quite impressed by all the efforts made by the government to foster Indian Tourism (it is still under marketed & below par compared to world standards) and hopefully India economy will get further boost by these steps. As quite evident by previous world travel awards, Indian luxury train travel is not doing that bad (in fact, it is doing exceedingly well) and other travelling options need to step up to provide world class services to international tourists.
on Jan 30, 2015Good Start! Finally there is government in India that is working for the welfare of tourism industry in India. E-visa facility is good but the government should also reduce visa fee, $100 is too much. The process of getting a visa is also a problem, we at shine gold tours India just lost a client due to visa problems. The new Indian govt must improve tourism infrastructure and provide safety to International tourists as well.
on Jul 19, 2014