Maharashtra to set up Promotion Board for MICE tourism

At a roundtable organised by the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) in Mumbai, Valsa Nair Singh, Principal Secretary, Tourism and Culture, Government of Maharashtra, while speaking on ‘Repositioning Mumbai as a tourism destination of the future’, informed, “We will soon set up a Promotion Board for promoting MICE tourism in the state. The Board will be a one-stop-shop for MICE, facilitating permissions for big conferences and events. We are also looking at a system of pre-approved venues for the same and a Single Window System for hospitality.”

Film City was already undergoing redevelopment, added Singh, of which 40 new studios featuring world class facilities will be set up, along with an archive for Marathi and Hindi films. Besides, the new Tourism Policy to be framed will have three main aspects: Project development, Human Resources or Skill development and Investment & Promotion. These will offer big incentives for the industry including complete tax exemptions for 20 years for investment in some tourism districts.

The new Tourism Policy promises to completely change tourism for the state, said Paraag Jaiin Nainuttia, Managing Director, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC). He added, “MTDC’s chopper darshan has evoked a very good response. We plan to start the Mumbai Darshan buses in May. We will have 11 hop on hop off buses. We are also looking at promoting yacht tourism. There are about 93 private yachts in the state and by October 2016 we hope to make some of them available for commercial use to offer tourists leisure trips in the Mumbai Harbour. We are also planning to work on setting up a few casinos in the state with the required permissions.”

Source: travelnewsdigest.in

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