Tour operators are opposing the government's decision
India’s top tour operators feel put down by the government's move to make foreign tourists pay in Indian currency. According to the decision foreign tourists visiting monuments protected by the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) will now pay the entry fee in rupee. Says an outraged Subhash Goyal, Chairman, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO): “Tour operators finalise their clients’ itineraries well in advance. Far from helping us, a fee hike would only create problems.”
From now onwards, each visitor will be charged Rs.250 or about $6 for giving a visit to a World Heritage Site such as the Qutab Minar, the Taj Mahal or the Ajanta and Ellora Caves, and Rs.100 for other monuments. This is a change from the previous dual tariff system under which the fee was $5 for World Heritage Sites and $2 for protected monuments such as the Red Fort & Purana Quila....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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India’s top tour operators feel put down by the government's move to make foreign tourists pay in Indian currency. According to the decision foreign tourists visiting monuments protected by the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) will now pay the entry fee in rupee. Says an outraged Subhash Goyal, Chairman, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO): “Tour operators finalise their clients’ itineraries well in advance. Far from helping us, a fee hike would only create problems.”From now onwards, each visitor will be charged Rs.250 or about $6 for giving a visit to a World Heritage Site such as the Qutab Minar, the Taj Mahal or the Ajanta and Ellora Caves, and Rs.100 for other monuments. This is a change from the previous dual tariff system under which the fee was $5 for World Heritage Sites and $2 for protected monuments such as the Red Fort & Purana Quila....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
Read also :-
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