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Sairaj Iyer The Maharashtra state tourism department is focusing seriously on medical tourism and newer avenues such as fort-tourism. The state government’s top bureaucrat overseeing culture and tourism thinks medical tourism will double in two years and thereby become a formidable source of revenue. Valsa Nair Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary, Tourism & Culture with government of Maharashtra, thinks medical tourism will provide a new revenue channel for the state. She finds that the state has a great opportunity to improve upon visitor count in 2 years. “Medical tourism is possible. Thanks to the new relaxation in the e-medical visas segment, we hope that we can increase tourist-count from 2 lakhs to 5 lakhs in 2 years. To achieve this we are planning medical focused ...

The participating states trade ministers urged the Centre to upgrade the countrys infrastructure, especially the railway connectivity and minor ports and enhance their connectivity with hinterland The Dollar Business Bureau Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman interacting with media regarding the 1st Meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on Friday.   The central government has sought active participation from states to boost Indias exports that have been facing challenges amid global slowdown. On Friday, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a meeting of the Council for Trade Development and Promotion and expressed hope that the council will bring together state governments for creating an environment conducive to international trade. The Commerce Minister advised the states to cooperate with central agencies in ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Foreign Tourist Arrivals to India in January - November 2014 are up about 7%   The Indian government is planning to attract 11 million or about 1% of the total 1.1 billion international tourists to India by next year with the help of a slew of reforms in the sector, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of Tourism, said today. That’s a massive jump of around 57% from an estimated seven million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India this year. According to the Ministry of Tourism, FTAs during January- November 2014 stood at around 6.58 million, up about 7.1% from around 6.15 million in the corresponding period last year, the best rate of growth in Asia. The foreign exchange ...

The $3 billion industry, which is growing at a rate of 30%, provides India a 10-year lead over China, say experts The Dollar Business Bureau India's share in the global medical tourism industry is expected to reach around 18% by 2019   Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Indias Minister of State for Tourism, has said that there is a need to have a dedicated body to boost medical tourism in the country due to its high growth potential. No other sector is growing at a rate of 30%, he said at the 11th India Health Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi this week. Dr. Sharma also said that medical tourism as a sector will be propagated and promoted in all ...