Mumbai : Prime Minister of Bermuda Ewart Brown has said Bermuda is keen to strengthen ties with Indian business fraternity, especially in the financial sector and to promote tourism in Bermuda.

Brown, on a visit to the city met the Governor of Maharashtra K Sankaranarayanan at Raj Bhavan here on Feb 7. The visiting Prime Minister told the Governor that recession had hit tourism, the second most important industry in Bermuda, the country located off the east coast of the United States, adversely. He said the purpose of his visit was to participate in the Outbound Travel Mart's Tourism Conference being held in Mumbai and to meet business leaders in the city.