ITDC to be revamped
Cabinet Report Ready
The government would take a decision very soon on restructuring the India Tourism Development Corporation hotels, many of which are acknowledged by the minister of civil aviation & tourism, in an interview with Travtalk, to be “in a total mess”. Following is the text of the interview:
T.T.: You have been talking about creating tourism pockets all over the country. The tourism pockets that you plan to create will ultimately have to pass through certain main line areas. How do you plan to overcome the infrastructural obstacles like the varying tax structures in different states?
M.S.: Basically all that we want to implement has to go through the state governments. They are the implementing agencies and everything really depends on the cooperation extended by them. We would be concentrating more on those areas which have shown a positive attitude. The infrastructure and all that are really their problem. We can not force them at all. There is nothing we can do. Take this $10 entry fee for Taj Mahal, we can’t do anything about it. We can give them suggestions, we can provide guidelines but we can not force them to follow through.