New Delhi, April 12: With merely 18 months left for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, India needs to allow 100 percent foreign investment in tourism infrastructure projects to boost tourism, says an industry lobby.
According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), 100 percent foreign investment in developing tourism infrastructure in India will give a major boost to this sector.
Delhi alone needs 30,000 rooms to cope up for the 2010 Games.
FICCI said the need of the hour was to "invest in the tourism infrastructure, identify hotel sites to be given on long-term leasehold basis, and develop guidelines to ease land prices so that more hotel rooms are available in India, especially in the budget category".
