India and Australia on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use the field of tourism to enhance bilateral cooperation and to further strengthen people-to-people contacts between the two nations.
The MoU was signed between Ministry of External Affairs, Secretary (East), Anil Wadhwa and Minister of Trade and Investment Andrew Robb.
It will encourage cooperation in tourism policy, information exchange, interaction between tourism stakeholders, training and investments in hospitality sector and promote the importance of the tourism sector in economic development and employment generation.
Five MoUs have been signed between India and Australia during Prime Minister Modi's visit to the country from November 16 to November 18.
Prime Minister Modi, who was in Canberra today, has now left for Melbourne after which he will depart for Fiji for the third leg of his three-nation, 10 day trip.