INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nitin Gadkari said his ministry was working on a cruise route from Mumbai to Bali
cruise route from Mumbai to Bali, Indonesia, via Kochi and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands."Hundreds of thousands of Indians travel to Bali
They can travel from Mumbai by cruise
This will become a big tourism attraction
One lakh tourists from our country travel to Singapore by cruise
Our effort is to develop cruise tourism here," Mr Gadkari told reporters on the sidelines of a government function in Panaji.The Minister
also said that a convention of travel and tourism operators was being organised in Mumbai to discuss development of the holiday cruise
industry along the Western coast.Speaking about an ambitious sea plane initiative, Mr Gadkari said, "All rules have been formalised by Air
Traffic Control authorities for sea planes
It will be finalised this month".
