Introduction of more Tejas was much needed: Cleartrip

A man cleans the exteriors of a coach of India's first private train Tejas Express during a media tour at a railway yard in Ahmedabad. (Reuters Photo)

By Indroneel Dutt

"The government has backed its vision to turn India into one of the world’s top tourism hubs by allocating INR 2,500 crore for promoting tourism in general and setting aside a sum of INR 3100 crore for the Culture Ministry to boost regional tourism. What would be wonderful is to have an empowered nodal body comprising of the Govt / OTA / airline, hotel and other industry representatives with the objective of promoting discoverability, ease of booking and fulfillment of our cultural, natural and heritage sites.

Introduction of more Tejas Express type trains and the inauguration of several culturally-significant archaeological sites are other much-needed moves.

We also welcome the Hon’ble FM’s proposal to develop 100 more airports as well as the doubling of the airline fleet by 2024. This calls for skilled manpower development in parallel. The aim to double the fleet to 1200 in the next 3 years will certainly accelerate the passenger growth rate."

Indroneel Dutt, CFO, Cleartrip