Govt. to consider tourism as an industry and extend support: Yogeshwar

Govt. to consider tourism as an industry and extend support: Yogeshwar

The Hindu

Minister for Tourism, Environment and Ecology C.P. Yogeshwar on Saturday said the government will treat tourism as an industry and extend all support to private entrepreneurs, including provision for subsidy, to establish projects in coastal Karnataka. Speaking to reporters at the Blue Flat beach at Padubidri in Udupi district, the Minister said, “We have failed somewhere. But it does not mean we can take corrective measures. There was vast potential in the tourism sector and private participation should be encouraged”.
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