Agartala, Jul 19 (UNI) With the objective to promote tourism in Northeastern region, Ministry of Tourism has undertaken initiatives to support the local travel industry by given relaxations to North Eastern Region Tour Operators/travel agents in the form of paid-up capital, educational qualifications, turn over in foreign exchange earnings, said Tripura MP Pratima Bhowmik.
Referring to the statement of Union Minister of Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel in Loksabha Bhowmik said the ministry under the marketing development assistance scheme provides financial assistance to approved stakeholders and Tourism Departments of northeastern states for undertaking tourism promotion activities in overseas markets, including Sales-cum-Study Tours, Participation in Travel Fairs/Exhibitions and Production of Publicity Material.
Ministry organizes International Travel Mart (ITM) every year in one of the northeastern states to provide a platform to the North Eastern States to showcase their tourism potential to perspective international and domestic buyers and opportunity to interact with them. The last Edition of ITM was held in Agartala last year.