Tourism department of Agra conducts classes for police to serve tourists better

Agra is a major tourist hub with Taj Mahal being one of the major destination for tourists. However, the way tourists are handled by those who matter leaves a lot to be desired. Therefore, the tourism department decided to organise a training session for police personnel and others on ways to serve the tourists better.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 15 July 2016.

We have wonderful slogans like 'Incredible India' and 'atithi deva bhabo' but at the ground level, these do not have the desired effect. That is why a director of Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, went on to elaborate to the police on how a person should present himself in front of a tourist. The police should consider tourists as guests and not as terrorists.
He went on to add that Agra is a very important city from the perspective of tourism and a change in the behavior of traders will help to improve the tourism prospects of the city. Tourists expect a safe and friendly environment when they visit a city. When they leave, it must be with a good impression about the city.
Thee would be more such sessions and in the next session, there would be members of Lapka to Apka group, tonga drivers, autorickshaw drivers, traffic police, photographers, officials of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and others associated with tourism.
It would be a regular feature to be held on the third Friday of every month till October.


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