IF WE THINK OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY WE CAN ISSUE TOURISTS VISAS FOR THE PEOPLE OF MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES.IF INDIAN GOVT PROMOTES TOURISM MORE VISITORS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES WILL VISIT INDIA TO SEE HISTORICAL ANCIENT AND MANY TEMPLES WHICH ARE GIVEN UNESCO TAG .SO IN ORDER TO PROMOTE MORE TOURISM IN INDIA INDIAN GOVT MAY FOLLOW THESE POLICIES TO INCREASE TOURISTS COMING TO VISIT TOURIST PLACES IN INDIA;-

  1. SHORT OR LONG STAY VISAS MAY BE ISSUED TO THE VISITORS RANGING FROM 15 DAYS TO 45 DAYS THE TOURISTS WILL INFORM ABOUT THEIR WHEREABOUTS TO THEIR EMBASSY FROM TIME TO TIME ON WEEKLY BASIS.
  2. IF THE TOURISTS VISIT JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE THEY WILL BE GIVEN MORE INCENTIVES BY THE INDIAN GOVT IN THE FORM OF FREE TOURIST COUPONS WHICH WILL GIVE THEM REBATE TO PURCHASE HANDICRAFT GOODS FROM JAMMU AND KASHMIR APPROVED HANDICRAFT SALES OUTLETS WHICH WILL BE GIVEN FRANCHISEES TO OPERATE SUCH HANDICRAFT EMPORIUMS TO PROMOTE MORE SALE OF LOCAL HANDICRAFT ARTICLES PRODUCED BY WOMEN IN THEIR HOUSES THUS THIS WILL GIVE KASHMIRI WOMEN MORE EMPLOYMENT AND CREATION OF HANDICRAFT AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES.
  3. FIXED PRICE SHOPS MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY GOVT EMPORIUMS SO THAT THE INNOCENT TOURISTS ARE NOT OVERCHARGED AND THEY FEEL CHEATED ALL BUSES TRAINS SHOPS RESTAURANTS GUEST HOUSES WILL PREPARE A RATE CARD AND AFFIX IT AT A PROMINANT PLACE ALSO WEBSITES MAY BE CREATED FOR MAKING ADVANCE RESERVATION OF TOURISTS STAY IN KASHMIR AND THE ROOMS WILL CLEARLY INDICATE THE PRICE TAG FOR 24 HOURS STAY WITH OR WITHOUT FOOD. NO TAX WOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE KASHMIRIS PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PROMOTING TOURISM IN KASHMIR.
  4. TOURISTS VISITING SHIKARAS AND OTHER PLACES LIKE GULMARG WILL PAY ACCORDING TO THE FIXED PRICE RATES OF COOLIES OR ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORT USED BY THEM IF ANY COMPLAINT ARISES IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE LIAISON OFFICER JAMMU AND KASHMIR TOURISM DEPARTMENT AT SRINAGAR WITHIN ONE WEEK ALL TOURISTS MAY OBTAIN CASH MEMOS REGARDING PAYMENT OF THE SERVICES WHICH WERE OFFERED TO THEM AND IN THIS NO CHARGES IN THE FORM OF GST OR SST MAY BE DEDUCTED BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT.
  5. POLICE AND ARMY UNITS WILL ENSURE THAT THE FOREIGN TOURISTS ARE SAFE AND NOT TROUBLED BY LOCAL ILLEGAL OPERATORS OR TOUTS WHO INSIST ON PROVIDING GUIDES TO THEM EVEN TOURIST GUIDES WILL BE ORGANISED BY ANY SEMI GOVT AGENCY TO PUT A PRICE CAP ON THEIR OVERCHARGING THUS INDIA WILL BECOME A HOT SPOT OF TOURISM INDUSTRY AND ALL TTHE HOTELS MALLS AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE WILL BE GAINING EMPLOYMENT THROUGH TOURISM ATTRACTIONS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE AND ALSO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY MAY FOLLOW THE SAME EXAMPLE TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN LARGE NUMBERS.

FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETIRED MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA INDIA.