G20 Tourism Working Group and Tourism Ministerial Meetings to begin today in Goa

The concluding and fourth meeting of the G20 tourism working group and tourism ministers' meeting will begin today in Goa. Union Tourism Secretary V Vidyavathi said the working group will pass the Goa roadmap for tourism as a vehicle for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). She said the ministers' meeting will have the G20 tourism ministers' declaration. 

Under India's G20 tourism track, the tourism working group is working on five interconnected



priority areas of green tourism, digitalization, skills, tourism MSMEs and destination management.

Ms Vidyavathi said, these priorities are key building blocks for accelerating the transition of the tourism sector and achieving the targets of the 2030 sustainable development goals. There will also be side events to discuss issues such as cruise tourism, circular economy of plastic in tourism among others, she said.