India Tourism Bangalore office is rolling out several initiatives in 2021 to identify and promote the lesser-known destinations in Karnataka. Mohamed Farouk, Director, India Tourism, Bangalore, sheds light on various activities in the pipeline.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, Karnataka is still seeing an inflow of tourists. What do you think is the reason for this?
Domestic tourism demand is surging and travellers want to go to nature-based destinations and wild life sanctuaries which are considered safer destinations in the vast outdoors. Karnataka has abundance of flora and fauna to quench the demand of travellers in the current scenario. Besides staycations and work from home which has been redefined into work from hotel are…