Updated On: 28 January, 2023 05:18 PM IST | Mumbai | Asif Rizvi
The Union Budget will be announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February

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The Union Budget for the year 2023 will be announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February. Ahead of the budget presentation, different businesses that have been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have high expectations. The travel and tourism sector that was worst hit during the pandemic is looking forward to favourable announcements to give a major boost to the sector.
In a statement Nishant Pitti, CEO and Co-founder, EaseMyTrip said, there are several tenets of the industry which are expected to benefit from the upcoming budget session. The entire travel and tourism industry is still in the process of recuperating from the major blow that it faced when Covid-19 struck. As the pandemic becomes endemic, it is important for both the central and state governments to work in tandem to facilitate this sector and support it. For starters, the government could include travel and tourism in the concurrent list to provide it with industry status, which will help in making it more structured.