MANALI: The three-day conference of the Himalayan Tourism: Advisory Board (HTAB) which ended here on August 28, reached a consensus to ask the Union Ministry for Home Affairs to if restrictions on the movement of foreigners in the restricted tribal areas of Kinnour and Spiti. Director General of Tourism S. S. Boparai told media persons that the Department of Tourism would soon write to the Union Home ministry to lift the condition on number of foreigners allowed to go In a group, Although the areas had been thrown open to, foreigners, they had been asked to enter the inner line circuit only in groups of four, after being sponsored by registered tour operator.
The recommendations of the conference, which were given final Shape at the concluding session, presided over by chief parliamentary secretary, Satya Prakash Thakur, resolved to spend all of the Rs 4 crore can marked in the budget, for promotion of adventure tourism in Himalayan states.
A majority of delegates were of the view that tourism in Himalayan states had remained a seasonal affair and theirs was a needs to popularize round-the-year tourism in the areas. A resolution to saltine private investors in a big way to create suitable infrastructure, with Adopted the conference was also deviled that all state governments announces concessions like free of subsidized land for investors to boost tourism.
The conference, second of its kind in Himachal Pradesh, provided a forum for close interaction between government agencies and private (our operators with accent on opening vital areas of commercial Louis) (the private sector, The Center made it clear to the Sues that it was in NO Mood to extend financial help and the only alternative left was to attract private investment even in the construction of airports, Over 130 delegates from Himalayan states, the Government of India and representatives of travel and trade organizations participated.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 2, 1994
