The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has signed Bilateral Agreements/Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with 47 countries, a tripartite agreement between India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) and a multilateral agreement between India and Member States of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for tourism cooperation, interalia, aiming at destination development, management, promotion, marketing and capacity building. During the last three years and the current year the Ministry of Tourism has signed the following Agreements/ MoUs:

Signing of Agreements/ MoUs on cooperation in the field of tourism is an ongoing process. The Ministry regularly takes up the issue of signing of Agreements and MoU’s with the important source markets to enhance mutual cooperation in the field of Tourism.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism (I/C) Dr. K. Chiranjeevi in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. 

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