To give fillip to government’s plans of making India a global tourism hub, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced that the states will be encouraged to undertake development of iconic tourist centres, including spiritual tourist spots to attract business and promote opportunities for local entrepreneurship.
“The success of organizing G20 meetings in sixty places presented diversity of India to global audience. Our economic strength has made the country an attractive destination for business and conference tourism. Our middle class also now aspires to travel and explore. Tourism, including spiritual tourism, has tremendous opportunities for local entrepreneurship,” she said in her interim budget speech.
Presenting her sixth budget, Sitharaman also laid emphasis on developing port connectivity, tourism infrastructure, and amenities.
“To address the emerging fervour for domestic tourism, projects for port connectivity, tourism infrastructure, and amenities will be taken…
