Government allots INR150 crore for Gujarat tourism projects
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India’s Tourism Minister Subodhkant Sahai said the government is allocating INR 150 crore for tourism projects in Gujarat.This would be spent for projects in Dwarka, Porbandar and Kabirwad, Business Standard reported.Sahai disclosed this when he unveiled a mega tourism project in the state. Called ‘Mahaparipath’, it aims to develop a Sufi tourism circuit on the lines of Buddhist and Jain circuits.The government would allocate an additional INR 50 crore over and above the INR 50 crore for the Kabirwad project and INR 25 crore for Dwarka and Porbandar each.The report said Mangleshwsar, Shuklateerth and Angareshwar were also to be developed as tourist spots under the ‘Kabirwad Mahaparipath’ project. While Kabirwad got its name from the famous Sufi saint Kabir, Dwarka is famous as Lord Krishna’s birthplace and Porbandar is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace.The minister said these projects were part of India’s drive to boost the tourism sector, stressing that the country was able to attract only 0.5% of the world’s tourist traffic to India despite the fact that three times more Indians go abroad as tourists.He was quoted saying that partnership with different states and the private sector was the way forward for the tourism sector.In addition to the Union Minister’s announcement, Jay Narayan Vyas, Tourism Minister of Gujarat, was quoted saying that the state has prepared a plan to develop medical and business tourism by 2025 as well.
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