The Centre on Monday, April 24, 2023, said it plans to develop 50 new tourist destinations across the country with a focus on green tourism.
Tourism Ministry was also exploring promotion of digitalization, skill development, promotion of MSMEs and destination management, Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh said.
Addressing the G20 Tourism Expo in Jaipur, he said the government was also focusing on robust infrastructure development. “We are taking a 360-degree view of developing the tourism infrastructure with focus on enhancing rail, road, and Air connectivity. We have recommended 59 new routes to the Ministry of Civil Aviation under the Udaan Scheme, which is very successful and out of these 51 Tourism routes have already been operationalized”.
