Tag: Budget 2019
Union Budget 2019: 17 iconic places to be developed into world-class destinations
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the government will build 17 iconic sites to encourage arrival of tourists in India. “One hundred new clusters will be set up in 2019-20 to enable 50,000 artisans to come into the economic value chain,” she said. “Developing key tourist centres will have ripple effects on job creation in areas such as tour and safari guides, hotels, catering and housekeeping staff, shops at tourist spots etc. It is possible to identify 10 tourism spots in each of the larger 20 states and 5 spots in the 9 smaller states and build road and air connectivity ... Read more