Union Minister for Tourism and Housing Kum Selja naugurated a 24x7 tourist information cum reservation centre at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here.

"Today we have inaugurated the 24x7 information cum reservation centre. We also got the first customer. This will give a boost to tourism in Andhra Pradesh," she told reporters after the inauguration. She said the Centre would fully support the Andhra Pradesh government in the tourism sector, she said. The Centre had been providing information to the tourists ever since the airport was inaugurated in 2008, the booking facility was inaugurated today. Tourists can book reservation in AP Tourism hotels or resorts in the information cum reservation centre. The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC), which runs the centre at the airport, is planning to open similar information cum reservation centres at Visakhapatnam and Tirupati airports, officials said.