India and Japan have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the
field of tourism.
The MoU was signed between the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) and the Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Delhi on 22 January 2014. Parvez Dewan, secretary of Ministry of Tourism in his capacity as director general, Tourism and Shigeto Kubo, commissioner for Japan Tourism Agency signed the Memorandum.
Kubo expressed the hope that the MoU would facilitate travel and tourist visits and further strengthen the tourism partnership between the two countries.
Dewan said that religious tourism in the form of Buddhist heritage sites is a great attraction for Japanese tourists to India. Japanese tourists have availed Visa-on-Arrival in a big way with the highest number of visas on arrival issued to the tourists from Japan during 2013, as in previous years.
The MoU between the two countries is intended to serve as the key instrument for greater action oriented cooperation and further strengthening the close tourism partnership between the two countries.
Main objectives of the MoU
– Expand bilateral cooperation in the tourism sector
– Exchange information and data related to tourism
– Encourage cooperation between tour operators and tourism stakeholders including hotel owners
– Establish exchange programmes for cooperation in human resource development
– Exchange visits of tour operators, media, opinion makers for promotion of two way tourism
– Exchange experience in the areas of promotion, marketing, destination development and management
– Participate in travel fairs/exhibitions in each other’s country
– Promote safe, honourable and sustainable tourism.
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