Tourism packages sought for C'wealth games

Commonwealth Games 2010 Organising Committee Special Director General Jiji Thomas today demanded that the Kerala Government should prepare special tourism packages to attract tourists who visit the state for the Games.

He told reporters here that more than one lakh foreign tourists were expected to reach the country during the Games.

States like Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh
had already prepared "special tourism packages" in connection with the Games, he said.

He had spoken to Kerala sports minister M Vijayakumar in this connection and was expecting a favourable reply from the government.

As Indian Railways are among the sponsors for the Games, a special train will be run for publicisng the Games. It will run between New Delhi and Kerala. He said infrastructure development for the Games was going on at full swing. More than 1200 employees were working at the organising head quarters, round the clock. As the Games date nears, their number will be increased to 2000, he added.