"European Union wants more flexible (visa) rules for tourists coming from India", said Antonio Tajani, vice-president, Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Commission.
In his interaction with the visiting Ficci delegation, Tajani also underlined the need to promote religious tourism saying India has a large Catholic population that would want to visit Europe.
Referring to security concerns which come in the way of issuing visas, he quipped, 'terrorists don't need visas to operate'.
He further said EU would be willing to organise missions to promote tourism between the two sides.
Tajani said airlines could also consider concessional fares to encourage tourists to travel in off-seasons.
The proposed comprehensive free trade agreement between India and the 27-nation EU bloc includes relaxation of visa norms for professionals.
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