Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, while addressing a conference in Berlin, stated that Germany remains one of India’s most important tourism partners. It ranks as the eighth largest tourist generating source market for India with 260,000 foreign tourist arrivals in 2025.
In order to strengthen people-to-people ties, the Union Minister also held productive bilateral meetings with H.E. Widiyanti Putri Wardhana, Minister of Tourism of Indonesia and Dr Christoph Ploß, Federal Government Commissioner for Tourism, Germany. The discussions focused on enhancing tourism flows, boosting sustainable travel, expanding air connectivity, and deepening people-to-people ties between the nations. He also engaged with Shaikha Al Nowais, Secretary General, UNWTO and discussed about different ways to enhance sustainable tourism development and regenerative tourism.
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