Question : HOTEL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONS OF INDIA



(a) Whether the Annual Convention of Hotel Restaurant Associations of India was held at Kathmandu in 1999;

(b) if so, the suggestions put forth by them; and

(c) the action taken by the Government thereon ?

Answer given by the minister



MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CULTURE (SHRI ANANTH KUMAR)

(a), (b) & (c): Yes Sir. The suggestions put forth by them include adoption of Open Sky Policy for liberalization of International flights to India & for rationalization/reduction of tax structure in the hotels & restaurants.

The recommendations have been brought to the notice of the concerned departments of the Centre/State Governments/U.T`s.