Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The government of India is planning to develop 17 spots around the coast of the country in a bid to make use of the nation’s bountiful coastline and make it one of the top beach destinations. Earlier, India could not make use of its 7517 km coastline and failed to turn it tourist-friendly. While in 2017, Indian coastline received a tourist footfall of 10.4 million, Thailand with just 3219 km of coastline managed to attract 35 million tourists.
However, now India looks forward to create beach tourism a success story by developing the available coastlines around the country. The potential of Indian beaches has long been a subject of discussion in tourism circles. In the past four years, the government already undertook the task of developing 17 coastal projects across the country. The project of INR 2,000 crore, which is mostly under the Tourism Ministry’s Swadesh Darshan Scheme, is aimed at promoting beach and coastal tourism.
Of the 17 projects, only the process of development for beachfront at Kakinada has been completed. The beach now features a musical fountain, modern landscaping, a glass pedestrian bridge, an art gallery and a food court. There are also arrangements for daily laser shows at Kakinada, with the harbour and sea in the backdrop.
According to certain reports, tourists from East European countries and Russia are interested only in beaches. They come to Goa on their chartered planes, stay in hotels that are located near the beaches for two weeks or more, and then return home, the reports added. They are not interested in visiting other destinations. Therefore, the government plans to build suitable infrastructure and connectivity around the 17 coastal projects to attract more and more tourists.
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