India to host Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ meeting
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India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ Meeting (TMM) on 17 -18th March 2023 in Kashi (Varanasi).
Varanasi has been designated as the first cultural capital of the SCO. India is the current chair of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Tourism Joint Action Plan on the Development of Cooperation in Tourism among SCO member countries would be adopted during the meeting.
The Joint Action Plan will include actions relating to promotion of the SCO tourism brand, promotion of the cultural heritage of the SCO member states in tourism, sharing and exchange of information and digital technology in tourism, promoting of mutual cooperation in medical and health tourism., improving the quality of services.
India has assumed the SCO Chairship for 2023. As part of the tourism track activities under India’s chairship, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India planned various activities such as SCO Tourism Mart during SATTE (South Asia’s Travel & Tourism Exchange) on 9-11 February 2023, SCO Expert Level Tourism Working Group Meeting and SCO Tourism Minister’s Meeting in Kashi (Varanasi) on 13-18 March 2023 and SCO Food Festival in Mumbai from 13-19 April 2023, according to a release issued by PIB India.
The eight member countries of SCO represent around 42% of the world population and 25% of the global GDP.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001. The SCO currently comprises of eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), four Observer States interested in acceding to full membership (Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia) and six “Dialogue Partners” (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey).
14 March 2023
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