Out-of-the-box thinking needed to take tourism to new heights: PM

New Delhi (PTI): PM Narendra Modi on Friday said “out-of-the-box thinking” and “longterm vision” can take tourism to new heights, and added that villages in far-flung areas of India have now come up on the map of tourism.

Addressing a postbudget webinar on ‘Developing Tourism in Mission Mode’, he also pitched for devolving applications which will have information in multiple languages of India and those listed in the United Nations besides multilingual sig-

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The prime minister elaborated on how this year’s Union Budget would help the tourism sector and create many economic opportunities for the youth.

“This webinar today is for transformation of the tourism sector, and when all stakeholders come together, we reach desired results and within stipulated time frame,” he said.