Vizag has all the advantages to grow as a major tourist destination in State, says Muttamsetti
The Hindu
‘Plans afoot to develop a tourism circuit from Visakhapatnam to Rayalaseema’
Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao has said that Visakhapatnam city has all the advantages to grow as a major tourist destination in the State.
Speaking at the National Tourism Day celebrations held at the VMRDA Children’s Arena here on Tuesday, the Minister said that the tourism policy was formulated and being implemented so as to put the State on the tourism map of the world. An AP Tourism App would be launched soon and plans were being prepared to develop a tourism circuit from Visakhapatnam to Rayalaseema. He said that there was vast scope for promotion of places of historical interest, temple tourism and adventure sports in the State.
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