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India,
Singapore sign Joint Action Plan on tourism cooperation New
Delhi: India and Singapore signed a Joint Action Plan on tourism cooperation
here today. At the signing ceremony, the Indian side was represented by Sujit
Banerjee, Secretary (Tourism), Government of India, while the Singapore side was
represented by Lawrence Leong Yue Kheong, Assistant Chief Executive of International
Group, Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore. Kumari Selja, Minister of Tourism and
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India and S.
Iswaran, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education, Government
of Singapore witnessed the signing by tourism officials. The Joint Action Plan
reiterates the provisions of cooperation enshrined in the bilateral agreement
on tourism signed between the two countries on January 24, 1994. The objectives
of the Joint Action Plan are to strengthen joint marketing collaboration in third
countries, such as member countries of ASEAN and China, for mutual benefit; to
promote reciprocal visits of media representatives, travel agents and tourism
operators, with the aim to create awareness about tourist attractions in each
others' countries. Other aim is to promote and encourage human resource development
in tourism and travel related industries by collaborating through exchange programmes
for faculties, students and by exchanging information on teaching modules and
curriculum.
-August
4, 2009 Go
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