Trends | National Digital Tourism Mission may be reality soon
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Arvind Singh, Secretary — Tourism, Government of India
announced that a task force had been formed and initial deliberations begun on a mission intended to connect all stakeholders in the tourism ecosystem digitally.
The National Digital Tourism Mission for India may soon become a reality as Arvind Singh, Secretary — Tourism, Government of India said his Ministry had started initial deliberations on the same at an e-conclave on travel and tourism organized by FICCI on August 6, 2021.
The Tourism Ministry had formed a Task Force for the National Digital Tourism Mission which had already had its first virtual meeting this week.
The Tourism Secretary said that the Ministry had started the digitization process during the Covid19 pandemic itself by launching NIDHI and SAATHI projects. He said that the Ministry has started expanding the NIDHI system by bringing tour operators, travel agents, etc. also on the platform. Singh said that the National Digital Tourism Mission was intended to connect stakeholders in the tourism eco-system digitally in the same lines as the National Health Mission.
