Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said India cannot become a global tourism destination without fixing basic issues of municipal governance. He warned that poor cleanliness, long approvals and weak civic-level administration are holding back high-value tourism.

Speaking in a podcast conversation with Groww's Monika Halan, Kant pointed out that Singapore, which is nearly one-third the size of Delhi, attracts four times the number of tourists, largely due to better safety, security and cleanliness. "Without top-class municipal governance, you can't have tourism. That is the key," he said. Advertisement

"Singapore is just 750 kilometres. It's almost one-third the size of Delhi but attracts four times the number of tourists into Singapore, simply because of two things - safety and secu

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