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It looked like festival time in the capital the India tourism week was inaugurated by the tourism ministry in the year 1999 signaling the unveiling of proactive policy by the Central Government to boost the tourism sector in India. Various functions, cultural shows and seminars among the events that were t to sell the India not only to the world at large but to players in the industry as well. An Indian tourism official speaks about India Tourism Expo 99. He says, "India in 1998 and this year with the objective of creating awareness about tourism and its role in economic development of this country." Problems are discussed policies formulated and bottlenecks identified. "The present Minister of Commerce realized the importance of giving this status I think at the moment the government is