On Wednesday (October 20) Indian Prime Minister Narendra inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport and met with several foreign dignitaries, including Sri Lankan minister Namal Rajapaksa, and Modi said, “The Kushinagar International Airport will boost the number of Buddhist tourists visiting India,”.
PM Modi inaugurated the new international airport at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, and said his government has taken a number of steps to instil new energy in the aviation sector.
Sri Lankan minister Namal Rajapaksa said, “Tourism between India and Sri Lanka has always been very robust. We have a lot of Indians coming to Sri Lanka and also Sri Lankan pilgrims coming to different states (in India), especially Varanasi, Prime Minister’s constituency,”.
“So now we believe that opening up Kushinagar will increase the number of pilgrims (coming to India) from Sri Lanka and also Buddhist pilgrims from all over the world,” the Sri Lankan Cabinet minister said.
Ambassador of Vietnam to India Pham Sanh Chau also said that the Kushinagar Airport will give a boost to the numbers of Buddhist tourists visiting India.
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