Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation to develop budget hotels
The Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) is planning to develop budget hotels in all district headquarters on the lines of Haritha chain of hotels and resorts with an aim to boost tourism in the state.
TSTDC has written a letter to District Collectors in this regard, seeking allotment of required land for the proposed budget hotels that would provide affordable accommodation to tourists visiting various destinations. These hotels are likely to come up near tourist places across the state.
The tourism authorities are also planning to introduce boating facilities at all the lakes to attract more tourists. In Hyderabad, there are boating units at Hussain Sagar Lake, Mir Alam Tank and Durgam Cheruvu and plans are afoot to introduce more such units in other lakes.
It also has plans to introduce boating facilities at the reservoirs. At present, Telangana Tourism offers Hyderabad-Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam-Hyderabad Road-cum-River package tour which includes boating facilities from Nagarjuna Sagar to Srisailam and back to Nagarjuna Sagar.