New delhi sources stated that the Congress party, on World Tourism Day, took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra modi over his numerous official visits to other countries. Meanwhile it tweeted a collage of 18 thumbnail photos of PM modi many of them of him waving to the crowd below while boarding an Air india plane with the message, "Happy World Tourism Day".
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Reportedly September 27 is observed as World Tourism Day by the World Tourism Organization, an agency of the United Nations responsible for the promotion of "responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism". Furthermore in some of the thumbnails, PM modi is seen greeting people with his hands folded and the Congress appears to have compiled the collage from PM modi's official visits to several countries in the last few years.
Moreover with 92 trips to 57 countries till April this year since coming to power in May 2014, PM modi has flown abroad nearly twice as much as Dr Singh in five years. Perhaps PM modi's visits have won praise from supporters for boosting india's global profile, the costs associated with them and the optics of travelling abroad while there is a slowdown in the economy have triggered criticism from time to time.
