Question : WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CRITERIA

(a) whether the Government has organised workshop on Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India periodically;

(b) if so, the number of such workshops organised during each of the last three years and the current year; and

(c) the number of such workshops likely to be organised in the near future, State-wise including Rajasthan?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM(SHRI SULTAN AHMED)

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Tourism organised one National Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India on 27th – 28th July, 2010 in New Delhi. This was a one time exercise to evolve the Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India.