Gujarat Tourism signs MoU with Indian Oil, to offer highway side facilities

Gandhinagar, 7 March 2013

Tourists in Gujarat will be able to get information and access amenities at the large network of IOCL petrol pumps. Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) on Thursday signed a MoU to help promote tourism in the state by offering facilities to tourists at IOC petrol pumps.

This is the first instance in the country wherein such an agreement has been entered into to promote tourism, TGCL said in a statement here on Thursday.

As part of this agreement, TCGL will acquire land in the areas of IOC and create basic amenities such as toilets, food courts, kiosks etc at select places on national highway. Such facilities will be made available at IOC outlets, including restaurants, every 100 km on national highways and every 75 km on state highways. Work is expected to begin in the next six months towards this end.