TOURISM - Tamilnadu Tourism Advisory Committee-Reconstitution-ordered.

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.1092, Public ( I & T ) Dept., dt : 3-4-59.
2. G.O.Ms.No.2414, Public (Tourism) Dept., dt : 17-8-76.
3. G.O.Ms.No.511, Information & Tourism Dept., dt: 9-11-88.
4. G.O.Ms.No.167, Information & Tourism Dept., dt: 19-4-90.
5. G.O.Ms.No.226, Information & Tourism (T5) Dept., dt: 26-8-94.

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ORDER :

In the G.O. first read above, a State Level Committee called "The State Tourist Advisory Committee" was constituted to advise the Government on measures needed for rapid development of tourism and tourist centres in the State. The Committee was reconstituted from time to time. In the G.O. second read above issued in 1976, the Committee was continued for a term of two years. The term of this Committee was not, however, renewed thereafter.

2) In January 1986, the Government of India proposed that the State Government may consider the constitution of a Tourism Advisory Board at State Level for promotion of Tourism in the State. Accordingly, in the G.O. third read above, a State Level Committee called ‘The Tamil Nadu Tourism Advisory Committee’ was constituted in November-1988 and reconstituted in the G.O. fourth and fifth read above.

3) The Government have now decided to reconstitute the ‘The Tamil Nadu Tourism Advisory Committee’ with the Hon’ble Minister for Tourism as the Chairman and Secretary, Information & Tourism Department as the Vice Chairman and the following as Members :-

1. Commissioner of Tourism Member Secretary

2.     Managing Director, Tamilnadu TourismMember Development Corporation Ltd., Chennai-4.

3. Secretary, Public Works Dept., Chennai-9. Member

4. Secretary, Environment & Forest, Chennai-9. Member

5. Secretary, Tamil Development, Culture and Hindu Religious & Cultural Endowments Dept., Chennai-9. Member

6. Commissioner of Land Administration, Chennai Member

7. Regional Director, Govt. of India, Chennai-8. Member

8. Regional Director, Air India, Chennai-8. Member

9. Director of Sports & Youth Services, Chennai-86. Member

10. Regional Director, Indian Airlines, Chennai-8. Member

11.   Director, International Airports Authority  of India, Chennai Member

12. Regional Emigration Officer, Chennai Member

13. Director, Chennai Doordarshan Member

14. Director of Archaeology, Chennai Member

15. Director, South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur Member

16. Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai-9. Member

17. Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Cultural Endowments, Chennai-34. Member

Non-Official Members :-

18.  Thiru. Anbazhagan, Executive Director,Member M/s. K. Travels (Representative of Tour Operators)

19.  Thiru. Balakrishnan, President (Representative Member   of South Indian Hotels and Restaurants)

20. Thiru. Rajiv Narayanan, General Manager, Member Taj Hotel

21.   Thiru. M. G. Muthu, President, M.G.M.DizzeeMember   World (Representative of Amusement Parks)

22. Thiru. Nagendra Prasad, President, Member Travel Express and PATA

23. Thiru. V.K.T. Balan, President, Madura Travels Member

24.  Thiru. V. Kalaiarasan, Director, Chennai Member Crocodile Bank (Representative of Crocodile Banks)

25.  Thiru. N. Balakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer,Member    Kishkintha (Representative of Amusement Park)

26.  Tmt. Debrah Thiagarajan, President,Member Representative of INTACH

4. The function of the Committee shall be to advise the Government in matters relating to Tourism promotion and development.

5. The term of Office of the Members, shall be for a period of two years from the date of the issue of this Order.

6. The Committee shall be a first class committee for the purpose of journey, travelling and daily allowance to the non-official members.

7. The Commissioner of Tourism, who is the Member Secretary of the Committee, shall countersign the T. A. bills of the non-official members of the Committee.

8. The expenditure of T.A. and D.A. of the Official Members of the Committee shall be debited to the respective head of account to which their pay is debited.

9. The expenditure in respect of non-official members of the Committee shall be debited to the Office Contingencies of the Commissioner of Tourism.

10. This Order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide its U. O. No.44716 / Information & Tourism / 2000, dated : 19 – 6 - 2000.

( BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR )

M. RAMU,