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Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy has said that the government is working towards a comprehensive national tourism policy to give an impetus to the tourism industry. He also urged the industry stakeholders to prepare a road map for the development of the cruise tourism industry and asked them to create an action plan on cruise tourism in a mission-mode.

Reddy said the government is taking a slew of initiatives to promote river cruise tourism, which include river front development, increasing the number of cruise ships to 1,000, infrastructure development for water parks, among others. Calling for international cruise operators to invest in the domestic cruise tourism industry, he said that the government will facilitate all that is required to set up business in India. He said ‘we need to concentrate both on domestic and international tourism. This is high time we work together and explore the potential of tourism in the country.’

The minister said that India would be hosting the G23 Summit next year, during which some 120 conferences on different subjects, including on cruise tourism, are expected to be organized across various cities in the country, adding that, ‘we should utilize this opportunity with proper branding.’