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K Advani |
Subhash
Goyal |
Shahnawaz
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The
recently concluded two-day international conference and tourism
summit opened with the Deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani’s
call for synergying of tourism and aviation and adopting an
integrated policy for the two sectors. Advani who inaugurated
the Summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce
& Industry (ASSOCHAM) had a dig at the ‘advisories’
by some countries, which he said, only helped terrorists.
Subhash Goyal, chairman of the ASSOCHAM’s Expert Committee
on aviation and tourism, stressed the need for an integrated
approach and urged the government to set up at least one international
airport in each of the union territories which in his opinion
could provide 50-100 million jobs in a period of 20-25 years.
The government’s commitment to the promotion of the tourism
was appreciated but deplored that it had not been given the
same priority as IT & Telecommunications. He stressed
that though China had reached the figure of 50 million foreign
arrivals India’s comparative figures remained confined
to 2.4 million only.
Subsequently, civil aviation minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
assured that his government would ensure that the airlines
bringing passengers from Europe or Gulf would face no difficulty
in flying into India. Besides bilaterals, he said another
priority area of his ministry comprised safety and security
particularly in the light of 9/11.
Concluding, president ASSOCHAM R K Somany, mentioned that
his association was trying to put tourism and aviation on
the forefront of the national agenda.
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