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India, France sign MoU for tourism promotion
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Delhi: India and France today signed an MoU for cooperation in the
area of tourism. As per the contents of the MoU, both countries have agreed
to promote each other's destinations, human resource development in tourism
and will contribute to the development of new products, particularly through
the promotion of natural and cultural heritage. India's Minister for Tourism
Ambika Soni and her French counterpart Leon Bertrand signed the MoU in
the presence of Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and French President
Jacques Chirac at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. The MoU says both the
countries shall endeavour to promote tourism cooperation in the area of
tourism administrations and management by exchanging expertise, human
resource development and product development. Both the countries will
also help each other in marketing of tourism and will share market research
for this purpose. They will also cooperate in the area of trade and tourism
investment, travel related services as well as training programme between
the respective private sectors of both the countries. France is one of
the top tourists generating markets for India. During 2005, there was
growth about 35 percent in arrival from France. Tourist arrivals from
France to India during last few years has been as follows: 102434 (2001)
78194 (2002), 97654 (2003), 131824 (2004) and 70463 (till June, 2005)
India has a tourism promotion office in Paris to look after tourism promotion
activities in France. It organizes various promotional events to project
different aspects of Indian destinations.
-Feb 20, 2006
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