Karnataka is willing to invite investors to run government-owned tourism properties that are not doing good business, Minister for Tourism R.V. Deshpande has said.
After inaugurating the three-day Indian Travel Congress here on Friday, organised by the Travel Agents Association of India, the Minister said governments “have no business to run businesses.
Detailing the initiatives taken by the government to encourage tourism, the Minister said Karnataka recently approached the Union Ministry of Environment seeking relaxation of regulations that do not permit resorts to come up within 200 metres of the coastline. “Karnataka has 32 beaches and 11 islands along its 320–km coastline, which need to be developed for tourism,” he said.
The State government had taken up several initiatives to improve infrastructure and human resource to help the tourism sector. The department was in talks with universities to introduce short-terms courses to add human resource to the travel industry, Mr. Deshpande, who is also Minister for Higher Education, said.
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