(From L-R) Additional Chief Secretary, Tourism, Government of Rajasthan, Dr. Subodh Agarwal; Minister of State (IC) for Tourism, GoI, Mr. K.J. Alphons and Past President, FICCI; Chairperson, FICCI Tourism Committee, Dr. Jyotsna Suri inaugurating the GITB Exhibition by cutting the ribbon.
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[dropcap]J[/dropcap]aipur: Minister of State (IC), Tourism, GoI, Mr. K J Alphons said today that the government is taking all measures to double the tourists inflow in India in next three years.
Minister of State (IC) for Tourism, GoI, Mr. K.J. Alphons(third from left) at the Rajasthan State Pavilion at the ‘GITB 2018’ today at JECC in Jaipur. To his right is Additional Chief Secretary, Tourism, Government of Rajasthan, Dr. Subodh Agarwal and to his left is Past President, FICCI; Chairperson, FICCI Tourism Committee, Dr. Jyotsna Suri.
Mr. Alphons inaugurated the Exhibition and took a round of the B2B meeting pavilion of The 10th Edition of the Great Indian Travel Bazaar (GITB-2018), organized jointly by the Rajasthan Government and FICCI in Jaipur today. He said that Rajasthan has immense potential for tourism growth.
‘Foreign tourist inflow in India last year grew by 15.6 per cent and receipts grew by 20.2 per cent. Our targets are very high and we want to double the tourist inflow and receipts in three years,’ he said.
Minister of State ((IC) for Tourism, GoI, Mr. K.J. Alphons going around the ‘GITB 2018’ exhibition. To his left is Additional Chief Secretary, Tourism, Government of Rajasthan, Dr. Subodh Agarwal and to his right is Past President, FICCI; Chairperson, FICCI Tourism Committee, Dr. Jyotsna Suri.
It is possible to achieve the target as India has a lot of potential and a 5,000 year old history, which no other country in the world has, Mr. Alphons added.
The B2B meetings at the GITB-2018 draw praise from the minister with 10,936 buyers-sellers meetings pre-scheduled in the two-day plan.
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