Lack of immediate direct support disappoints travel & tourism industry

By Nakul Anand Lack of immediate direct support in budget has disappointed the Indian travel and tourism industry FAITH the policy federation of all the national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India (ADTOI, ATOAI, FHRAI, HAI, IATO, ICPB, IHHA, ITTA, TAAI, TAFI) & cause partner AIRDA was looking forward to the Union budget Fy 21-22 with great expectations.
The union budget laid out budget proposals for enhancing rail, road, ports , metro lite infrastructure & PPP in buses, airports & ports including vista coaches in tourist routes. These infrastructure measures may boost tourism over a long term but only once they are implemented. The measures to change the small companies capitalisation and turnover and support to single person company may boost the micro & small tourism entrepreneurs in boosting their organised state. However the new agri infra cess will be be a further dampner.
However the tourism, travel & hospitality industry was looking at support for immediate and short term measures for critical revival. This has not happened in the budget announcements.
To ensure that there was an immediate national common tourism vision & revival action plan, post Covid across the centre & state, FAITH had proposed the creation of a National Tourism Council of Chief Ministers headed by the PM along with tourism minister.
There was an immediate need for common industry status across the country for the complete tourism industry by putting it in the concurrent list to organise the industry and make them post COVID ready.