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NEW DELHI: Minister for Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, expressed hope that India will become a global leader in cruise tourism soon given the ecosystem created by the Government.
The Minister also said the fact that India hosted the Global Maritime India Summit, last week for the third time in last seven years, will add more dimensions to the sector’s growth, which is already on an upswing since 2014.
India successfully hosted the third edition of the mega maritime event in the financial capital from October 17-19, with the summit attracting investment proposals worth Rs 10-lakh crore by way of 360 initial pacts reached between various companies both from the private and public sectors.
“I believe this particular global summit is going to add more dimensions to our growth (of the sector). The transportation sector in the last nine-and-a-half years has seen transformation, which is visible also because of the growth,” Sonowal told reporters in an interaction.
