Question : REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDIA FROM ABROAD

(a) whether Ministry of Tourism invites representatives of media from abroad under its hospitality programme to visit various places of tourist importance located in the country;

(a) if so, the details of media representatives invited during the last three years and States where they were taken for visit, year-wise; and

(b) the extent to which it has helped to promote tourism in the country?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF TOURIM AND CULTURE (SHRI ANANTHKUMAR)

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b): The number of Media representatives who visited India during 1997, 1998 and 1999 under Hospitality Programme of Ministry of Tourism is given below:

1997	1998	1999
147	136	147

These media representatives visited the States/Union Territories of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura & Arunahal Pradesh.

(c): The visits of the foreign media representatives have helped in creating awareness about Indiaâ€™s tourist potential in the tourist generating markets through articles, photographs, exhibitions and TV films/documents.

Question : REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDIA FROM ABROAD

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