Multi-lingual helpline for tourists

NEW DELHI: Tourism Ministry has approved the setting-up of a multi-lingual helpline to provide tourism-related information and assistance to travellers.

The minister has approved the launching of the toll-free helpline and it will be a multi-lingual, Tourism Secretary Parvez Dewan said here today.

Besides Hindi and English, the helpline will be in langauges of important source countries.

The Minister has directed that the helpline be accessible from anywhere in India and should start functioning in the new calendar year, he said.

The primary objective of the proposed helpline is to provide tourism-related information.

The proposal was mooted at a meeting with the representatives of leading travel trade associations held in the Ministry of Tourism.