Monday, February 20, 2023
A unique initiative, ‘Best Tourism Village Competition Portal’ and Rural Tourism Portal, was launched on Thursday by Union Tourism Minister, Shri G. Kishan Reddy. The Global Tourism Investor Summit 2023 portal was also launched on the occasion.
On the occasion, the Union Minister of Tourism, during an interaction with the media said that 1 crore foreign tourists are expected to visit India this year. He said that the country is taking a new flight of development with the mantra of “Vikas Bhi aur Virasat bhi” under the guidance of Prime Minister. India is seeing a rapid revival of Foreign Tourist Arrivals post Covid and India will soon become a major destination of the world with the Whole of Government approach policy.
He added, “In 2014, 76.8 lakh foreign tourists had come to India and in 2019 this number stood at 1.09 crore before Covid. Despite tourism being the most affected sector due to Covid, but still in 2022 this number has increased to 61 lakh.”
Reddy highlighted the whole of government approach followed by the Government in promoting and developing tourism sector in the country with focus on connectivity, civic infrastructure, tourist amenities and soft infrastructure.
He informed that the Government, for the first time focussed on the development of spiritual destinations and PRASHAD (National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual and Heritage Augmentation Drive) scheme was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2015. Till date, under PRASHAD scheme, a total of 45 projects for an amount of Rs.1586.10 Crore have been sanctioned.
He further informed that the Ministry of Tourism introduced Swadesh Darshan scheme in 2014-15 with focus on integrated development of theme-based tourist circuits in the country. 76 projects were sanctioned for an amount of Rs.5315.59 Crore under various themes such as eco, heritage, Himalayan, coastal theme etc. The Scheme has now been revamped as Swadesh Darshan 2.0 with the objective to develop sustainable and responsible tourist destinations in the country. The Ministry has selected 50 destinations for development in the country.
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