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Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh announced that the Tourism Department signed MoUs worthy astir ₹17,973 crore during the 30th CII Partnership Summit, which are expected to make 97,876 jobs — including 34,406 nonstop and 63,470 indirect opportunities successful the tourism and hospitality sectors.
He was speaking astatine a sheet treatment titled ‘From Coastal Charm to Global Conferences – Unlocking A.P.’s Tourism Potential’ held connected the 2nd time of the acme connected Saturday.
Mr. Durgesh said that of the caller proposals, astir ₹6,500 crore would beryllium invested successful taxable parks, movie cities, wellness centres, cruises, escapade tourism and h2o sports. He added that, for the archetypal time, Andhra Pradesh had secured overseas nonstop concern (FDI) MoUs worthy ₹1,860 crore successful the tourism sector, expected to make astir 12,500 jobs. The beardown capitalist response, helium said, had injected caller momentum into the sector.
Highlighting the State’s agelong coastline, helium said the authorities was prioritising beach-based activities and cruise tourism. Three large coastal tourism circuits volition beryllium developed successful concern with the backstage sector. Following the exemplary of the Rushikonda Blue Flag Beach, much cleanable and harmless beaches volition beryllium created, on with expanded aqua sports, wellness and Ayurvedic retreats, and escapade tourism facilities.
The Minister besides announced plans to presumption Visakhapatnam arsenic the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) superior of South India. With beardown aerial connectivity and earthy coastal advantages, the metropolis volition beryllium equipped with world-class normal centres and accumulation grounds. “With IT and AI information centres coming up successful Visakhapatnam, a beardown ecosystem for MICE tourism is taking shape,” helium said.
He further noted that nether the caller Tourism Policy (2024–2029), the authorities is offering energy subsidies, a streamlined onshore allocation process, employment-linked incentives, and enhanced ease-of-doing-business support.
“In the past 15 months alone, the State attracted astir ₹12,000 crore successful tourism investments. With the further ₹17,973 crore successful MoUs signed astatine the summit, the full has present risen to astir ₹30,000 crore,” helium added.
