Punjab International Trade Expo: Job demand up in tourism sector, says Sanjay Kumar

Amritsar, December 3

“There has been around 3% increase in jobs in tourism sector. It has climbed from 27% to 30% in recent years,” said Sanjay Kumar, Special Chief Secretary, Department of Cultural Affairs, Archives, Archeology and Museums.

He was speaking during a seminar on tourism being organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry at 15th PITEX.

He pointed out that Punjab has number of heritage places of historical importance while connectivity of Delhi-Katra road has not only increased the number of tourists but also new trends are emerging in this area.

“Cultural tourism should be promoted in order to give international recognition to Amritsar and efforts were being made to establish Amritsar on international map. In the past few years, Punjab is also growing rapidly in the field of medical tourism,” he said.

Speaking on the topic of Rural Entrepreneurship and Farm Tourism, Harkirat Singh, Convener of Tourism Committee of PHDCCI, said now village tourism was being promoted in a professional manner. Foreign tourists are now getting attracted towards village tourism and farm tourism of Punjab.

Meanwhile, the 15th PITEX has been witnessing huge rush and business community are very excited by the crowd at the Punjab International Trade Expo being organised in Amritsar in collaboration with the Punjab Government. Huge enthusiasm among people is being seen on the second day in the PITEX happening after two years due to Corvid. Amit Arora, the operator of the furniture mall, told that he has been coming here from last 3 years, this time people were eagerly waiting for PITEX as it could not be held due the pandemic. — TNS