31st March, 2020

Dear Members of the Hotel and Restaurant Association Western ,

Greetings in the 70th year of the Hotel & Restaurant Association Western India!

Please be informed, that the Ministry of Tourism, , with an aim to extend support to the foreign tourists who are stranded in our country because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has set up a portal to disseminate information regarding the services that can be availed by them. The portal is titled ‘’, and it is also hosted on Incredible India website.

Please visit www.strandedinindia.com or www.incredibleindia.org for further details.

Accordingly, appended below is a communication received from Mr. Venkatesan Dhattareyan, Regional Director, India Tourism, Mumbai, which is self-explanatory.

The same is for your kind perusal.

Best Regards,

Aspi Nallaseth Secretary General ______Hotel & Restaurant Association (Western India) 4, Candy House, 1st Floor, Mandlik Road, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel. Nos. : 22024076 / 22831624 / 22819773; Fax : 22023515. Website: www.hrawi.com; E- mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; info@hr awi.com INDIATOURISM MUMBAI

To,

Shri. Savio Fernandez Assistant Secretary General Hotel & Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) Mumbai

Sir,

Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, with an aim to extend support to the foreign tourists who are stranded in our country because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has set up a portal to disseminate information regarding the services that can be availed by them. The portal is titled ‘Stranded in India’, and it is also hosted on Incredible India website also. The portal will help tourists to get information/details of State Tourism departments and Regional offices of Ministry of Tourism to help them to stay safe and healthy while in India. It will also help you find information on ways of getting back to your home country. Please visit www.strandedinindia.com or www.incredibleindia.org for further details.

Yours sincerely,

D.Venkatesan Regional Director India Tourism, Mumbai