India’s tourism minister says the Incredible India Tourist Helpline will be available in 12 international languages within two months.
Dr Mahesh Sharma made the announcement during a tourism forum with the UNWTO in New Delhi attended by officials from state tourism departments nationwide.
It will expand the helpline from its current two languages – English and Hindi.
The minister explained the government’s strategy to improve services in-country for visiting tourists after criticism over a number of tourism-related issues in recent years, including taxi scams, harassment and lack of good tourist information services in some destinations.
The minister said the government will again expand the e-tourist visa service to nationals of 150 countries by March 2016.
