India Tourism Year-1991

India, with over 5,000 years of history and culture, can rightly claim to be an exciting tourist destination. The flow of international tourists to India is, however, not as high as it should be.

An Action Plan has been prepared for the promotion of international as well as domestic tourism in a big way. It entails augmentation of capacity of air carriers, additional units for accommodation, availability of improved means of surface transport, etc. The Central Government has also announced a package of incentives and concessions to motivate more private sector investments in tourism related activities and 17 States and Union Territories have declared tourism as an industry. The Department of Tourism has launched a scheme to provide assistance for development of international tourism. Under this scheme, the industry is given part of their expenditure on promotional aspects. In other Central Government Departments and agencies, there is now better appreciation of the importance of tourism and they are also inclined to make relaxations in favour of international tourism.

To boost tourism, the year 1991 has been designated as "Visit India Tourism Year"-for the international sector as "Visit India Year" and for the domestic sector as "Tourism Year". Apart from increasing tourist arrivals from abroad, this was expected to help in development of products for the future growth of tourism. It Celebrating 1991 in this manner will not only increase the number of foreign tourists but also help in formulating development programs for the future growth of tourism. Furthermore, it will help in acknowledging the socio-economic benefits of this event, enhancing India's international image, and jointly addressing the challenges and obstacles facing tourism development. The tourism industry is currently one of the world's three major export industries. Therefore, tourism undoubtedly holds immense political and economic importance.

To develop tourist destinations across India, this year the emphasis will be on planning new tourist destinations and events, setting up attractive marketing centres with shopping as a major attraction, organising conferences on tourism mainly in India and highlighting the uniqueness of India as a tourist destination that tourists can visit throughout the year.

The Department of Posts is happy to contribute to this national effort by issuing this special postage stamp.

indai Tourism Year 1991

Text: Courtesy of the Tourism Department.

Design Details

This stamp is based on artwork provided by the Department of Tourism. The first day cover was designed by Mr. Shankha Samant. The obverse was designed by Mrs. Alka Sharma. source india posr


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