India MICE Tourism News
- In March 2022, Presenting the budget for 2022/23, the Chief Minister of the State announced the up-gradation of Bangalore into a Meeting, Incentive, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) hub of the country by leveraging the city's advantages as a business capital, IT Capital as well as its developed infrastructure in technology, transport, and air connectivity.
- In June 2021, the Ministry of Tourism has identified six cities to be developed for MICE destinations to boost tourism all around the year. The city prioritized for the MICE development is Agra, Udaypur, Pune, Thiruvananthpuram, Varanasi, and Bhuvaneshowr.
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