In a bid to promote sufi tourism across the country, the Ministry of Tourism has appointed a National Level Consultant (NLC) to identify some spiritual tourism circuits, including Sufi Circuit. The circuits will be developed in association with the States/Union Territories for development during the 12th Plan period.
The Sufi Circuits identified by NLC are Delhi - Fatehpur Sikri - Ajmer, Mumbai - Aurangabad - Shirdi, Sufi circuit of Bihar and Hyderabad - Bijapur - Gulbarga.
Development and promotion of places of tourist interest, including development & promotion of spiritual/pilgrim circuits would primarily be undertaken by the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations themselves.
However, the Ministry of Tourism would provide Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for tourism projects including wayside amenities, identified in consultation with them, subject to availability of funds and inter-se priority under various schemes of the Ministry.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed in a written reply to Dr. Chandan Mitra in Rajya Sabha today.