New policy for facilitating film tourism

Published on : Wednesday, November 10, 2021

In order to encourage tourists to visit a city or state after seeing it in a movie and inspire states to make their land favorablefor film shoots, the central Ministry of Tourism along with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) held a symposium in Mumbai on Monday, proposing a film promotion office in the chief minister’s office for well-timed shooting permissions and a model film facilitation policy for all states to follow.

Even though the I&B ministry set up a Film Facilitation Office in Delhi in 2015 that helped 120 international filmmakers from 27 countries to shoot in India, I&B secretary Apurva Chandra pointed that “only 70 domestic films” made it necessary for various states to simplify shoots and clearances.

Chandra said that the government would set up a ‘Draft Model Film Facilitation Policy’ at the earliest — based on policies that 14 states have come up with — and this would be adopted by other states as well.