Srinagar, Publish Date: Jan 19 2018
Vice chairman J&K Tourism Development Corporation Rafi Ahmad Mir, who was attending a three-day travel show OTM in Mumbai, today said Kashmir is open to Bollywood for shooting and film tourism and state will provide all the possible support to the industry that is ready to shoot in the state.
Union Minister of State for Tourism KJ Alphons also attended the OTM, which is considered as the largest travel show of Asia Pacific.
J&K Government participated as a partner state in the mart and held an interactive session with some members of the film fraternity on ‘Bollywood tourism and the role of state government in incentivising the industry’.
The film fraternity representatives during the session with Mir stressed on the need of incentivising and having an ease of shooting in Jammu and Kashmir with a favourable state film policy, reads the statement.
“Production houses like Yashraj sought Destination Marketing for Bollywood and FTR – Film Tax Relief Program of exemption which is available to them abroad. Responding to that Mir said that the valley was open to Bollywood for shooting and the government was keen to provide a single window clearance system and other benefits to film makers and the process of streamlining has already been initiated,” reads the statement.
He said that both the chief minister and the tourism minister of the state were making efforts for promotion of tourism and that JKTDC is mulling to have a separate unit for facilitating film permissions on lines of Maharashtra TDC while meeting the Maharashtra Tourism Minister JayPrakash Rawal.
