By TCN News,
New Delhi: India and Israel have decided to enhance cooperation in tourism sector. This was decided at a meeting between Mr. Stas Misezhnikov, Tourism Minister of Israel and Subodh Kant Sahai, India’s Tourism Minister held here on 5th September. Sahai said both the countries can explore the possibilities of cooperation in wellness, spiritual and religious tourism.
Both the countries have decided to consider exchanging experience in destination management and promotion. Manpower development will be another area of cooperation between India and Israel. Exchange programme for teachers, students, and exchange of information on teaching modules will be considered by the two countries.
Tour operators and travel agents of both the countries will interact with each other in order to promote two-way tourism between India and Israel. The possibilities for promoting package tours in either of the countries will also be explored by the travel trade of two countries.
Tourist traffic from Israel to India was 40581 in 2009, which rose to 43539 in the year 2010. An agreement between India and Israel on cooperation in the field of tourism was signed in New Delhi in May, 1993. Both the countries have rectified this agreement.