India, Oct. 3 -- If we can bring together political will, public investment, private enterprise and the participation of our people, tourism can become far more than an economic sector

Tourism has never been, and can never be, the enterprise of government alone.

Every journey undertaken by a traveller is sustained by an intricate ecosystem: governments and local authorities, airlines and transport providers, hotels and homestays, tour operators and guides, technology platforms and content creators, artisans and entrepreneurs-and, above all, the communities whose lives, traditions and landscapes give a destination its distinctive character.

The task of government, therefore, is not merely to promote destinations. It is to create the con...