New West Bengal tourism policy soon
West Bengal will soon announce its new tourism policy inviting private investments and announcing new incentives for developing the state into a tourism destination in the East.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: West Bengal will soon announce its new tourism policy inviting private investments and announcing new incentives for developing the state into a tourism destination in the East.
The draft tourism policy will be ready within a month, state Tourism Minister Manabendra Mukherjee told the Assembly on Tuesday.
Observing that the state government would have to adopt an aggressive tourism policy, Mukherjee said the plans and programmes would be finalised after the submission of the report by Ernst and Young, an international consultant engaged to study the areas of tourism development in the state.
Expressing the government's firm determination to develop the Sunderbans, declared a world heritage, he said the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) had been moved to provide necessary advice in this regard.
UNWTO's report was expected within a few months, he said, adding the state government had already decided to undertake projects for development of beach tourism, hill tourism, tea tourism and adventure tourism hitherto untapped in the state.
There were plans to invest Rs 300 crore with Asian Development Bank's assistance to promote beach tourism, he said adding the Centre had already asked United Nations Development Programme to study the entire east coast.
The project has a vast potential at Digha, the Sunderbans, Mandarmani and other spots, he added.
The draft tourism policy will be ready within a month, state Tourism Minister Manabendra Mukherjee told the Assembly on Tuesday.
Observing that the state government would have to adopt an aggressive tourism policy, Mukherjee said the plans and programmes would be finalised after the submission of the report by Ernst and Young, an international consultant engaged to study the areas of tourism development in the state.
Expressing the government's firm determination to develop the Sunderbans, declared a world heritage, he said the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) had been moved to provide necessary advice in this regard.
UNWTO's report was expected within a few months, he said, adding the state government had already decided to undertake projects for development of beach tourism, hill tourism, tea tourism and adventure tourism hitherto untapped in the state.
There were plans to invest Rs 300 crore with Asian Development Bank's assistance to promote beach tourism, he said adding the Centre had already asked United Nations Development Programme to study the entire east coast.
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The project has a vast potential at Digha, the Sunderbans, Mandarmani and other spots, he added.
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