Clean India Campaign Launched To Woo Tourists

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[<p>To improve quality of services and provide a hygienic environment in and around tourist destinations across the country, government Tuesday launched the 'Clean India' campaign aimed at attracting more visitors.<br><br>"The success of the Clean India campaign is crucial to achieve the targeted growth in tourists arrivals during the 12th Plan," said Tourism Minister Subodhkant Sahai at the Clean India campaign workshop.<br><br>The campaign emphasising on sensitisation and action at field level comes after the Ministry conducted a survey in some selected sites where it was found that hygiene and sanitation conditions in and around tourist destinations are a big issues with foreign and domestic tourists.<br><br>Tourism Ministry has set a target of achieving 12 per cent growth during the 12th five-year plan which commences from 2012 in the sector with the aim of attracting six million more foreign tourists. Currently India attracts about 5.7 million foreigners in a year.<br><br>"We want to carry out the action plan with involvement of both public and private sectors in keeping our monuments, beaches, stations, bus stops and other destinations clean," Sahai said.<br><br>"We will will be conducting similar workshops in states also and a concrete action plan will be finalised by April next year," he said.<br><br>(PTI)</p>