India And Brazil to Strengthen Cooperation in Tourism
Tourism Minister of Brazil Calls on Subodh Kant:;"
India and Brazil
have expressed their desire to strengthen cooperation in various sectors of tourism.
The visiting tourism Minister of Brazil
Mr Gastao Vieira who called on Union
Tourism Minister Shri Subodh Kant Sahai
here today said that Brazil
is keen for exchange of experience in destination Management and promotion with
India. He said Brazil
would also like to share with India
its best practices followed in the area of Rural and Eco-tourism. In return Mr. Gastao
Vieira offered
to share Brazil’s
expertise in the field of these tourism. Both the countries will also explore the
possibilities of promoting joint venture investment in the field of hotel
industry and tourism infrastructural sector.
Shri Sahai
said that as hotels and tourism sector has been opened for foreign direct investment upto hundred percent on automatic route, Brazilin investment in tourism infrastructure
in India
could be the major investment in tourism. There was also a suggestion to organize a
special programme wherein the HRD experts from India and Brazil can visit some of the Hotel
Management and Tourism Institute in both the countries and interact with the
teaching faculty through conferences and seminars. Shri Subodh
Kant also suggested holding of BRICS tourism Ministers conclave.
A bilateral tourism cooperation
agreement between India and Brazil was
signed in January 2004. India
and Brazil are also part of IBSA, a
trilateral, developmental initiative between India,
Brazil and South Africa to
promote South-South cooperation and exchange. The 5th India Brazil
Joint Commission was held in New Delhi
on 12th December 2011 and during the meeting the issue of tourism
cooperation between both the countries was also discussed.
As per the proposed action plan under
IBSA Agreement, India will
organize a workshop on rural tourism while Brazil will be holding a workshop
on beach tourism . Workshop on rural tourism is
supposed to be held this year subject to the confirmation of participation by Brazil and South Africa.
The
Ministry of Tourism for enhancing its reach to prospective tourists has
proposed to appoint India Tourism Marketing Representative office in Brazil. The
expression of interest (EoI) has been invited for the
same.
The number of tourist arrivals from Brazil to India during the last few years was as follows:
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
9,148
|
10,788
|
11,530
|
13,964
|
15,129
|
19,456 Tourists from India visited Brazil in the year 2009.
India Tourism Office New
York looks after the tourism promotion aspects in Brazil. It
conducts Road Shows/Workshops/ Seminar in various cities of Brazil to create awareness about India in the
Brazilian travel trade. India Tourism, New
York also participates in Association of Brazilian
Travel Agents, Trade Fair held every year to attract the trade and consumers of
this market. Indiatourism,
New York prints maps and brouchures
on India
in the Portuguese language for distribution in the Brazilian Market.
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