The Mandarin touch

To attract Chinese travellers, one of the major tourism spenders, the tourism ministry has decided to impart Mandarin training to members of IATO. The training programme will begin by the end of this month. As per Naik, the move is to help ease the demand of Chinese speaking guides. About 160,000 Chinese tourists visited India in 2013. According to United Nations World Tourism Organization estimates, China is the world’s largest tourism spender, ahead of the US and Germany.