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FICCI to host conference on rural tourism

Our Bureau

NEW DELHI, July 10

THE Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in association with the Udaipur Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is organising an international conference and exhibition on Rural Tourism in India on September 8-9 in Udaipur.

The conference is being organised with the participation of the Ministers for Tourism, Culture and Rural Development, besides important dignitaries of the partner states. Senior diplomats from select foreign missions in India will also participate, the c hamber said.

The conference aims at sensitising and involving Panchayati Raj institutions as stakeholders in the development of tourism and promoting rural tourism as an avenue to achieve income, employment and economic stability.

The conference will also help market rural India to increase national and international tourist traffic, FICCI said. It will link rural tourism with urban tourism service providers and provide a platform for tourism-related industries, Government and int ernational agencies, FICCI said.