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Bapatla is poised to alteration into a large tourism hub implicit the adjacent 5 years, District Collector Dr. V. Vinod Kumar said connected Tuesday (February 03, 2026).
Addressing a visiting delegation of Singapore authorities officials astatine the Collectorate, helium outlined the district’s improvement imaginativeness arsenic portion of the Amaravati Economic Zone.
The Collector briefed them connected Bapatla’s geographical features, its agriculture-and-aqua-based economy, disposable earthy resources, and the tourism maestro program prepared for the district. He said that the coastal territory generates an yearly turnover of ₹77,579 crore done agriculture and aquaculture, with a per capita income of ₹2.42 lakh. The territory has a colonisation of 12.9 lakh crossed 20 mandals.
Dr. Vinod Kumar said that a broad tourism program focusing connected h2o resources was being implemented, including roadworthy connectivity linking 5 beaches. Under the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 project, Surya Lanka Beach is being developed astatine a outgo of ₹97.52 crore. House boating facilities are besides being created on the Perali canal, offering tourists a unsocial acquisition done mangrove ecosystems. He noted that proximity to Amaravati has accelerated tourism infrastructure development.
Senior Director Dr. Francis Chang of Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry lauded the efforts to make Surya Lanka Beach connected the lines of Goa and appreciated the district’s integrated readying approach. He besides sought details connected h2o supply, aquaculture exports, acold retention facilities and processing units. The gathering was attended by elder Singapore consultants, State officials and territory section heads.
