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Andhra Pradesh Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Cinematography Kandula Durgesh connected Wednesday informed the Legislative Council that the State, successful the past 15 months, had attracted ₹10,644 crore investments successful the tourism assemblage and signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with 103 companies.
Mr. Durgesh said the authorities had enactment successful spot a comprehensive, balanced, and investment-driven tourism argumentation that envisions Andhra Pradesh arsenic a tourism hub. He said this was successful contradiction with the erstwhile government’s neglect, arsenic “it focused lone connected a palace task astatine Rushikonda.”
Currently, the Tourism Department was focused connected gathering circuits, homestays, caravan facilities, structure cities, and processing large-scale eco/adventure tourism hubs with important backstage and Central authorities investments, helium said.
Industry presumption
Pointing retired that the tourism assemblage had been fixed manufacture presumption and the authorities rolled retired the caller Tourism Policy 2024–29, the Minister said it offered benefits similar superior incentives for investors and powerfulness tariff reimbursements, which helped bring successful projects worthy ₹10,644 crore.
Speaking astir plans to grow accommodation facility, helium said 15 projects worthy ₹3,887 crore would make 2,848 rooms, portion 24 DPR-approved projects worthy ₹3,668 crore would adhd 3,164 rooms. “Overall, 8,080 rooms are already successful the pipeline, with a people of 50,000 rooms successful 4 years,” helium said.
Heli-tourism
The Minister said tourism circuits were being developed with absorption connected eco, adventure, wellness and heli-tourism crossed each the regions of the State, and hotels would beryllium developed nether the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
To springiness impetus to the sector, determination capitalist meets were conducted successful Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and Tirupati. Under the government’s onshore allotment policy, peculiar committees were formed and each Tourism Department lands made disposable online and onshore parcels being allotted to investors successful a transparent way, Mr. Durgesh said.
Homestays
He said nether the homestay policy, section houses, practice structures and accepted buildings would beryllium converted into stays, particularly successful the agrarian areas, to pull overseas tourists. Caravan Tourism was being introduced for destinations wherever prima hotels were not feasible, helium said.
