K.J. Alphons who has given an independent charge of Minister of state for tourism on Tuesday on the occasion of World Tourism Day held at Amity University has said that India needs to clean its garbage dumps to give a boost to tourism.He added "Over 1.2 billion people cross the borders every year to travel to other countries whereas only 8.8 million people come to India. India with 5,000 years old civilization, amazing culture, beaches, backwaters, hill stations and philosophical school of thoughts, is lagging behind in tourism."

The statement was made during the annual conference on "Neo Tourism and Hospitality-Vehicle for World Peace and Sustainable Development" organized by the university's Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism.Many other people also shared their views on boosting tourism in which Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Group, said India has tremendous scope for tourism, especially medical and religious tourism.

Dr. Subhash Goyal said tourism is an unstoppable force which contributes to people to people relationships, and thereby, acts as a great contributor to world peace and prosperity. He shared that the total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP was 10.2 percent globally in 2016 and the sector created 40.3 million jobs in 2016.Dr. Subhash Goyal asserted that the challenge is to keep the industry sustainable and not to destroy flora, fauna and water bodies of the country in the name of tourism.

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