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Lt. Governor K. Kailashnathan has advocated for measures to sphere the integrity of the scenery of practice buildings by imposing curbs connected high-rise structures.
In his inaugural code astatine the caller World Tourism Day celebrations held nether the auspices of the Department of Tourism connected Saturday , Mr. Kailashnathan said the metropolis had respective historical practice buildings and French-era villas, particularly successful the Boulevard area, but their visibility was marred by a fewer gangly structures constructed aft demolishing aged buildings.
Pointing retired that French architecture was 1 of the main attraction for tourists to research the Boulevard avenues, the Lt. Governor said demolition of aged structures to physique caller gangly buildings was tantamount to burying the city’s cherished heritage. He recommended stringent restrictions connected support for specified constructions successful the practice zone.
Holding that tourism should beryllium viewed arsenic an important means of human-cultural speech and not simply arsenic an economical opportunity, Mr. Kailashnathan called for much efforts to beforehand spiritual tourism.
Such efforts should not beryllium confined to well-known landmarks specified arsenic the Manakula Vinayakar temple oregon the Sri Aurobindo Ashram but absorption much connected lesser-known historical temples, churches, mosques and Siddha Samadhis, helium added.
The Lt. Governor besides stressed the request for accrued stakeholder engagement, specifically the edifice and edifice owners, to redress lacunae and spur tourism growth, grooming younker for jobs successful the hospitality sector, and amended selling of handicraft products astatine vantage tourer destinations.
He besides sought improvements successful tourism infrastructure to heighten the tourism acquisition and a higher level of coordination among authorities departments. “Tourists who travel to Puducherry should not spell with conscionable photos. They should transportation bully experiences and memories with them for the remainder of their lives. If we wage much attraction to specified tiny things, Puducherry volition make into a bully tourer destination”, Mr. Kailshnathan said.
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy outlined proposals for processing places specified arsenic Murthykuppam and Manamedu into high-profile tourer attractions. He besides wanted the constabulary unit to follow a tourist-friendly attitude.
Tourism Minister K. Lakshminarayanan underscored the value of tourism for the section system and pointed to a Pondicherry University survey that estimated that proceeds from the assemblage accounted for astir 25% of the Union Territory’s full revenue.
Speaker R. Selvam, Annibal Kennedy, MLA, Sharat Chauhan, Chief Secretary, D. Manikandan, Tourism Secretary, Muralidharan K, Tourism Director were among those who participated.
