CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ministry of Tourism launches ‘Stranded in India’ portal to help foreign tourists stuck in various parts of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -They say that the first tourism office was opened in 1952 in New York with a purpose to promote Indian culture, heritage and monuments and in the later years, 25 such centres were opened in different countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ministry of Tourism, is the nodal agency for the formulation of national policies and programs and for the co-ordination of activities of various Central Government Agencies, State Governments/UTs and the Private Sector for the development and promotion of tourism in the country.