Tamil Nadu government constitutes 16-member panel for examining and reporting about tourism revival plans in the state

Monday, June 28, 2021

On Friday, the Tamil Nadu government constituted a 16-member panel for examining and reporting about tourism revival plans in the state along with Covid protocols to be implemented at tourist spots. The state Health Department has already passed an order for vaccinating people at all tourist spots and memorials in the state.

The Director, Tourism will be the Chairman of the 16-member panel, which has been asked to summon a committee meeting immediately, and arrange and submit a recovery plan for the tourism sector along with Covid standard operating protocols for all tourists.

The Director of Museums, the Commissioner, Art and Culture, the Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, the Director of Public Health, the Commissioner of Archeology, the Regional Director of the Union Tourism Ministry and Chennai Corporation’s former City Health Officer, P. Kugananthan feature among the members of the panel. Besides them, representatives of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), the Tamil Nadu Travel Mart (TTM), the South Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (SIHRA), the Tamil Nadu Tour Travel and Hospitality Association (TTTHA), the South India MICE Association (SIMA), and the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) comprise other members.

Several stakeholders are not confident of a proper inflow of tourists into major tourist destinations of Tamil Nadu, but the department is expecting movement of inter- and intra district movement of tourists, and thus, they want a proper tourism revival plan to be brought in.

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