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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her maiden budget on July 5."We look forward to increased focus and sustained delivery on key initiatives like UDAN aimed at enhancing the regional connectivity and affordable air travel, Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), integrated development of pilgrimage destinations through Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD)," Mahesh Iyer, Executive Director and CEO, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd told .He also said the proposed Union budget should increase allocation to extend the e-Visa initiative to more countries, develop new tourism circuits as well as create better infrastructure - roads, railways, airports, waterways and sanitation - to catalyse growth."There is no great private airline success story in India. The government should look at removing the tax on ATF. Air connectivity has become extremely important for government programmes like PRASAD as elderly pilgrims cannot reach distant places travelling several hours in a train," Iyer added.According to him, the government should check the arbitrary fare hikes by airlines and work on passenger compensation like hotel stays by Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) in case of delay beyond 4 hours or cancellation of flights.Rationalisation of various GST rates is one of the demands of the hospitality/tourism sectors."Now there are three GST rate slabs, as a result of which four and five star hotels are losing out to three-star hotels. A single rate structure would also be beneficial for the people," Yangya Prakash Chandran, Founder and CEO, Crossway Hotels & Resorts told .According to a report by credit rating agency CARE Rating's, rationalisation of GST rates on premium segment hotels (from 28/18/12 per cent) can boost investments while also increasing demand for the category."Industry wants the government to announce measures in the budget to promote investment in the tourism sector. We expect the allocation to the Tourism Ministry to be higher in the budget 2019-20 vis-a-vis last year," CARE Ratings said."The hospitality industry should also be given the infrastructure status to attract increased investments. The infrastructure status would reduce our cost of funds," Chandran added.Iyer also expressed hope that Finance Minister Sitharaman would provide necessary impetus to develop cruise tourism in which Indian travellers are now showing interest.( With inputs from IANS )

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