New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is all set to host the third G20 Tourism Working Group assembly in Srinagar as we speak, its first main worldwide occasion for the reason that abrogation of Article 370. For the three-day Summit, the Union Territory has been put below a three-tier safety grid and the National Security Guard (NSG), the MARCOS commandos, and Jammu and Kashmir Police’s particular operation group (SOG) have been deployed in and across the Sher Kashmir International Convention Center (SKICC), the venue for the assembly.
The assembly will witness the participation of G20 member international locations, invited international locations, worldwide organisations and business stakeholders, and can deliberate on the 5 key precedence areas — inexperienced tourism, digitalization, abilities, MSMEs, and vacation spot administration. The overseas delegates may also be taken to the markets of Srinagar and will likely be launched to the humanities and crafts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a press convention at SKICC on Sunday, G20 Chief Coordinator Harsh Vardhan Shringla stated that Srinagar has gone by a large make-over and developmental works in the previous couple of years, significantly in the previous couple of months to welcome delegates from completely different international locations. The G20 Tourism Working Group assembly has the best delegate participation and would be the ‘most important occasion’ held in Jammu and Kashmir, he stated.
“The very idea is to use this meeting to bring attention to Jammu and Kashmir and how it can help revive handicrafts, etc. It is an opportunity to present our rich culture and heritage. No other working group does it better than the tourism group,” Harsh Vardhan Shringla stated.
This would be the most important occasion in Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
“We have hosted 118 meetings from the Rann of Kutch to Kohima and from Kanyakumari and now to Kashmir. There has been a sense of attachment everywhere and I have no doubt it is the same in Srinagar… As we drive around Srinagar, we see a completely transformed city. Srinagar today is vastly more beautiful. (It has) better amenities. It is truly a smart city, which you would want to showcase to the world,” he stated.
A aspect occasion on ‘Film Tourism for Economic Growth and Cultural Preservation’ will likely be organised on May 22-23, specializing in methods to advertise movie tourism within the Union Territory. A draft ‘National Strategy on Film Tourism’ may also be unveiled to offer a roadmap for harnessing the position of movies in selling vacationer locations.
