To provide comprehensive information regarding varied tourism activities and facilities to the tourists intending to visit Jammu and Kashmir, the government will develop a tourism portal. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Officers of Tourism Department.

Minister for Tourism, Ghulam Ahmad Mir chaired the meeting, which among others was attended by Managing Director, JKTDC, Satish Nehru, Special Secretary Tourism, Anil Kumar Gupta, Director Tourism, Kashmir, Talat Pervez, Director Tourism, Jammu, was also present. During the meeting a detailed discussion was held for developing software applications to enhance e-governance in Tourism Department and provide intending tourists requisite knowledge about tourism activities in the State, an official statement said.

The Tourism Minister directed for constituting a committee to supervise development of tourism portal under the Chairmanship of Director Tourism Kashmir and Additional Secretary Tourism besides Deputy Directors Publicity, Kashmir and Jammu and Manager Online JKTDC as its Members. He also directed Director Tourism to formulate a detailed project report for funding from the Centre for this purpose.

Tourism Minister said that in order to reach out to tourists in more efficient manner e-governance should be introduced comprehensively while underlining the need to provide ready information about accommodation, travel destinations, transport facilities besides services of leisure, pilgrimage, adventure and niche tourism etc.

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