Episode 96 (June 24)

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In this episode we focus on:

  • India celebrates International Day of Yoga to promote inbound tourism.
  • West Bengal Tourism rebrands itself as ‘Experience Bengal’
  • MOT to promote medical tourism
  • Goa to issue eTourist Visas to the second list of 31 new countries
  • MOT releases 4 new promotional campaigns endorsing ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’
  • The Railway Ministry has launched a new app for prompt housekeeping, within fifteen minutes, via a mobile phone or online through ‘Clean My Coach App’
  • Rwanda promotes itself as the new destination in the African Great Lakes

We interviewed:

  • Dr Mahesh Sharma, MoS for Tourism, Govt of India
  • Dr Lalit K Panwar, Secretary Tourism, Govt of India
  • Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism
  • Bratya Basu, Tourism Minister, West Bengal
  • Dr AK Manocha, Chairman and MD, IRCTC
  • Joseph Kabakeza, First Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, High Commission of the Republic of Rwanda
  • Faustin Karasira, Head of Tourism Department, Rwanda Development Board
  • Clarence Fernandes, India Representative, Rwanda Development Board