G Kamala Vardhana Rao, Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India & Managing Director, ITDC Ltd said that the government is working on National Tourism Policy and will be announcing the policy soon.
He was speaking at the 4th Digital Travel, Hospitality & Innovation Summit organized by FICCI.
Rao said, “We would like to come up with a National Tourism Policy which we will announce soon.” Citing that the final discussions are happening, Rao shared that digitization and digital experiences will also be included in the National Tourism Policy.
Highlighting the initiatives by the government to further digitization in the space of travel, tourism and hospitality, Rao briefly mentioned the Utsav Portal that was recently launched by the tourism minister.
Highlighting the role of digitization for the travel and tourism sector, Rao said, “A major thing that the ministry has taken up is we have formulated and issued guidelines about the National Digital Tourism Mission with support and input from the industry.
