Foreign, domestic travellers to get liquor permit on arrival at Vadodara, Bhuj airports
19 Jan 2015 12:33 AM GMT
Gujarat government has decided to start issuing liquor permits to foreign as well as domestic travellers arriving at Vadodara and Bhuj airports.
“Foreign, domestic tourists and other visitors, landing at Vadodara and Bhuj airports, will just have to approach the tourism department counters set up there to seek liquor permits. The process will start from next week as orders have already been issued in this regard,” Sanjay Kaul, Commissioner of Gujarat Tourism Department, said on Sunday.
The department had initiated a similar move a few years back at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. “Now, in addition to Ahmedabad, airports in Vadodara and Bhuj will be added to the list, taking the total number of airports in Gujarat to three from where the visitors will get the liquor permits on arrival,” Kaul said.
Gujarat has a total prohibition policy and liquor permit is issued to individuals only on the health ground. “We have taken the initiative to ensure that liquor is not an impediment in the growth of tourism sector in the state. The govt has taken this move as it wants to get rid of the time consuming procedures involved in giving liquor permits to air travellers,” a govt official said.
“Foreign, domestic tourists and other visitors, landing at Vadodara and Bhuj airports, will just have to approach the tourism department counters set up there to seek liquor permits. The process will start from next week as orders have already been issued in this regard,” Sanjay Kaul, Commissioner of Gujarat Tourism Department, said on Sunday.
The department had initiated a similar move a few years back at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. “Now, in addition to Ahmedabad, airports in Vadodara and Bhuj will be added to the list, taking the total number of airports in Gujarat to three from where the visitors will get the liquor permits on arrival,” Kaul said.
Gujarat has a total prohibition policy and liquor permit is issued to individuals only on the health ground. “We have taken the initiative to ensure that liquor is not an impediment in the growth of tourism sector in the state. The govt has taken this move as it wants to get rid of the time consuming procedures involved in giving liquor permits to air travellers,” a govt official said.
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