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Tourism Ministry launches new skill initiatives on “National Youth Day”

New Delhi, Jan 12 (UNI) Ministry of Tourism today launched several new skill initiatives on the occasion of “National Youth Day” to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand in order to improve the sectoral service standards, which is one of the pre-requisites for attracting tourists in larger numbers .
The initiatives include a sensitisation programme for existing service providers at Varanasi.
The initiative will target boatmen, rickshaw pullers, pandas, porters, shopkeepers and street vendors (in and around ghats and temples). Each course will be of four days duration and the trainees will be compensated for the wage loss.
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