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India, Australia agreement to boost
tourism
New Delhi:
Australian Minister for Resources and Tourism Martin
Ferguson today called on Minister of Tourism and CultureAmbika
Soni. During an hour long meeting here both the leaders
discussed matters relating to bilateral cooperation in
tourism sector. Both sides stressed on the importance
of interaction within the tourism stakeholders in the
two countries for better understanding of the tourism
products in each other's country. Referring to the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries
both the leaders felt that India and Australia are important
tourism markets for each other. Soni informed her Australian
counterpart about the steps her Ministry is taking to
promote eco tourism, rural tourism, Budget accommodation
and requirement of more than two lakh trained manpower
in the tourism sector in India for 2010 Commonwealth Games.
She said both the countries can work together in the area
of providing training to stakeholders in the tourism sector.
Soni raised
the issue of travel advisories being issued by different
countries from time to time. She said such advisories
are not conducive for the growth of the tourism sector.
She also conveyed the feelings of Indian film industry
for incentives by Australian Government in case Bollywood
producers want to shoot their films in Australia. Both
the leaders also agreed that clean technology must be
made available to the developing countries for a better
response to climate change. Ferguson stressing the need
for closer contact between the two countries in the tourism
sector said both the countries can increase connectivity
by having more direct flights between India and Australia.
However, both the leaders felt that direct connectivity
can be increased once the present situation of global
meltdown improves in future. He also said that carbon
tax on aviation is not good for tourism. Soni agreed with
the view. Ferguson also said that he will convey the sentiments
expressed by the India's Tourism Minister about travel
advisories to his Government. In the year 2007 about one
lakh thirty six thousand Australians travelled to India.
The outbound figures from India to Australia in 2006 were
more than eighty three thousand.
-Nov
6, 2008
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