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Andhra Pradesh Tourism, Culture and Cinematography Minister Kandula Durgesh connected Thursday received “Best Tourism Promotion State” grant astatine the Global Travel Market (GTM) 2026, held astatine Thiruvananthapuram successful Kerala.
The Minister dedicated the designation to the corporate efforts of the radical of Andhra Pradesh, the State government, tourism stakeholders and manufacture partners. He credited the visionary enactment of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan for driving transformative reforms successful the tourism sector.
The Minister highlighted the State’s progressive Tourism Policy 2024–29, investor-friendly incentives, and the improvement of 7 anchor tourism hubs and much than 25 thematic tourism circuits. He reaffirmed the government’s committedness to making Andhra Pradesh a world-class tourism destination by 2047.
During the event, Andhra Pradesh showcased its divers tourism offerings, including spiritual, beach, eco, adventure, cruise, wellness, heritage, Buddhist and culinary tourism. Mr. Durgesh besides invited planetary investors to research opportunities successful the State’s rapidly increasing tourism ecosystem.
A large item of the lawsuit was the announcement that ‘GTM 2027’ would beryllium hosted successful Andhra Pradesh connected September 27, 2027, coinciding with World Tourism Day.
The Minister noted that Andhra Pradesh recorded 364.2 cardinal tourer visits successful 2025–26, portion planetary tourer arrivals witnessed maturation of implicit 48 %. He said with its affluent taste heritage, 1,054-km coastline, renowned pilgrimage centres, wildlife reserves, backwaters and iconic destinations, Andhra Pradesh continues to look arsenic 1 of India’s astir dynamic tourism destinations.
“This grant strengthens our resoluteness to presumption Andhra Pradesh arsenic a starring unit successful India’s tourism maturation story,” Minister Durgesh said.
