No skimpy clothes as govt writes new code for tourists

December 01, 2011 15:59

The Union Tourism Ministry has laid out a new code of conduct for safe and honourable tourism. Though it was formally adopted by the Union Tourism Ministry, along with stakeholders, on July 1, 2010, it has been formally adopted now.

It is, however, not a legally binding instrument, but a set of guidelines for voluntary adoption by the Indian tourism industry, Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed disclosed in the Rajya Sabha.

The code's objective is also to prevent prostitution, sex tourism and forms of sexual exploitations like assaults and molestations at tourist places to safeguard the safety of persons, in particular, women and children.

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