jaipur gujarat and rajasthan have decided to jointly attract tourists from europe and the us to western india a memoranda of understanding for which is expected to be inked soon this was announced by vipul mittra principal secretary tourism and civil aviation gujarat at ficcis great indian travel bazaar 2011 here on mondaymittra said that this was decided today when he met his counterpart usha sharma principal secretary tourism rajasthan gujarat tourism department is also in talks with the maharashtra government for the joint western india tourism promotion strategy gujarat is taking steps to improve air connectivity so that foreign tourists can fly into ahmedabad or surat and fan out to other destinations in the state for this purpose the tourism department has tied up with air deccan which will run two atr flight daily from ahmedabad and surat to 11 other airports in the state he said mittra said it has also been decided to promote film tourism in the state in a big way the tourism department is talking to bollywood producers to take advantage of gujarats conducive environment for film shooting by way of hospitable and cultured people and law and order in the state he identified kutchch and mandvi as ideal locations for film makers this would go a long way in promoting tourism amongst international audiences he pointed outan mou had been signed with a group in surat and 400 acres of land had been acquired to establish a film city that would be larger and better than ramoji rao film city in hyderabad the state government is looking for private sector participation in building large tourismrelated infrastructure projects about 75000 crore of investment had already been promised and all projects are in the pipeline said mittra