Ministry of Tourism to Set-up multi-Lingual helpline for Tourists

Union Tourism Minister Shri K. Chiranjeevi, has approved the setting-up of a multi-lingual helpline to provide general information and assistance to tourists. To begin with, the helpline will be in the languages of the important source countries besides Hindi and English. The Minister has directed that the toll free helpline should be accessible from everywhere in India and should start functioning in the new calendar year.

The primary objective of the proposed helpline would be to provide tourism related information to free independent travelers. The proposal was mooted at a meeting with the representatives of various leading travel trade associations held in the Ministry of Tourism yesterday.

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