Tourism infrastructure to be taken on Indian islands, including Lakshadweep: Finance Minister Sitharaman in Interim Budget speech
The Hindu
Budget 2024: Putting a thrust on boosting domestic tourism, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the tourism infrastructure and amenities will be taken up on our islands, including Lakshadweep
Putting a thrust on boosting domestic tourism, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 said that the tourism infrastructure and amenities will be taken up on Indian islands, including Lakshadweep.
The Union Finance Minister, while presenting the Interim Budget 2024 also stated that the success of organizing G-20 meetings in sixty places presented a diversity of India to a global audience.
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“To address the emerging fervour for domestic tourism, projects for port connectivity, tourism infrastructure, and amenities will be taken up on our islands, including Lakshadweep. This will help in generating employment also,” Sitharaman said.
Recently, a campaign to promote Lakshadweep and other unexplored islands of the country started after PM Modi in the first week of January, visited Lakshadweep and shared a couple of pictures, showing the “stunning beauty of its islands”. From “early morning walks” to trying snorkelling, the Indian Prime Minister said his visit to the islands was “an enriching journey of learning and growing”.
The Administrator of Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli said, “I am confident that this will develop the culture of beach games, promote the sports talents of the union territory and increase the tourism potential of the union territory. The event will attract locals and tourists alike.”
Besides this, during her speech, Ms. Sitharaman said that states will be encouraged to take up comprehensive development of iconic tourist centres, branding and marketing them at a global scale.