India Wishes to Increase Tourism Cooperation with Bali

Denpasar (Antara Bali) - India wishes to increase tourist visits from Bali to India and vice-versa to deepen the relations between the two countries that have grown well so far.

"We must take joint efforts to increase tourist visits from and to the two countries by among others encouraging private airlines to open new routes," India's state minister from the ministry for development of the north eastern region and parliamentarian affairs, Paban Singh Ghatowar, said at a meeting with Bali governor I Made Mangku Pastika here on Monday.

He said the Indian embassy in Jakarta and consulate in Bali have even planned to organize a tourism promotion forum at the end of this year.

"Besides tourism, we also wish Bali and other regions would also cooperate in increasing capacity building, health, education and trade. India also wishes to contribute to infrastructure development in Bali," he said.

Ghotawar said India also wished to deepen its cultural relationship with Bali including language, literary and performance arts with a hope a joint cultural event could be held later to show their respective cultural richness. (IGT)