Planned development is needed for Munnar and a master plan will be prepared for that, Minister for Tourism and Public Works P.A. Mohamed Riyaz has said.
Inaugurating the Munnar Flower Show at the Government Botanical Garden in Munnar on Sunday, the Minister said Munnar would be developed into a main tourism hub and it would be done through the master plan. Tourism centres needed protection and development should not harm the environment. Many tourism centres faced several limitations and they needed to be addressed through planned development for attracting tourists.
The COVID-19 situation had badly affected the tourism sector and programmes like flower shows would help in attracting domestic tourists. The government had many proposals for rejuvenating the tourism sector, he said, adding that ‘Popular Tourism and Responsible Tourism’ was the motto.
