Rajasthan to promote salt lake tourism
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Rajasthan plans to promote inland salt lake Sambhar in the state.
“The state government is taking steps to restore basic tourism infrastructure at Sambhar (about 100 km from the state capital) to promote it was a unique destination,” Rakesh Srivastava, principal secretary for tourism in Rajasthan was quoted as saying by News Track India.
In the short run, the government will focus on the restoration of already-existing infrastructure like heritage buildings, the salt museum, the circuit house and rail tracks in the vicinity of Sambhar, while in the long run, public sector undertakings (PSUs) like Hindustan Salts and India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) will create and promote tourism destination.
The state government also plans to create Jaipur-Sambhar-Ajmer tourism circuit, with Jaipur being the tourist hub. “We have plans to change the face of tourism in Rajasthan which is known as a cultural destination – by developing other tourist attractions like adventure, ecological, archaeological, sports, rural and tribal tours in the state,” Bina Kak, tourism minister for Rajasthan said.