After wooing industries, the Gujarat government is now focusing on tourism promotion and plans to invest around Rs 635 crore (Rs 6.35 billion) in the next three years for upgrading infrastructure in the sector & promoting the state.
"We have been focusing on industry, agriculture and infrastructure for the economic development of the state. With these sectors firmly in place, we want to now focus on tourism and promote Gujarat as a tourist destination to the world," Tourism Minister Jay Narayan Vyas said during the promotion of Saputara Monsoon Festival at Mumbai last week.
"The government plans to invest around Rs 635 crore over the next three years to promote tourism. We want to put Gujarat on the global tourism map," Principal Secretary (Tourism and Civil Aviation) Vipul Mittra said. The funds would be used for upgrading infrastructure as well as for promoting tourism, he said.
Gujarat witnessed 2,95,000 international arrivals in last year, of which 1,70,000 were non-resident Indians. After the Gujarat government started its aggressive promotion of tourism, with Amitabh Bachchan in tow, tourism officials claim that the tourist arrivals to Gujarat increased by at least by 20 to 30 per cent.
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