Govt takes help of social media to boost tourism industry

The Arvind Kejriwal Government is not leaving any stone unturned for turning Delhi into a tourism hub of the world. Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra has come up with a Facebook page: lets Make Delhi- The Heart of Tourism, Art and Culture where people can track each and every development of the tourism sector, any upcoming art and cultural events happening across the national Capital. 

While talking to The Pioneer, Mishra said, “We want to boost Delhi Tourism and  we want to ensure that art and cultural events reaches to each and every citizen of the national capital.”The Minister said, people are always excited to know about art and cultural events that take place around them, but due to the lack of information they sometimes fail to reach the venue. However, our Facebook page will act as information source to the people. 

Calling it a first social media page based on Tourism, Art and Culture, Mishra said, “Besides, change will begin from 14th August onwards with a three-day festival celebrating Independence Day in Central Park in Connaught Place,” added Mishra. Meanwhile, to increase the tourism of Delhi, Mishra conducted a brainstorming session with senior bureaucrats, including all principal secretaries and HODs. “Over 150 ideas of heritage, tourism, culture, financing, art and languages came as out of the box ideas by Delhi Government’s bureaucrats,” said the Tourism Minister. 

A high-level meeting held by the Tourism Minister in order to make Delhi into a world class tourist destination, delved on the issues pertaining to the tourism sector. While pointing out that the average stay of a tourist in Delhi is very low 1.2 days as compared to an average of 4.95 days in Bangkok, 2.7 days in Paris and 4.2 days in london, said Mishra said. As reported by The Pioneer earlier, the Tourism Minister had earlier said in the coming months, the department is going to start 30 innovative projects to attract more tourists in the national Capital from across the globe.