Industry Portents

Industry Portents

The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Policy 2010, announced today on 27  Sept. 2010  lays special thrust on preserving biodiversity of the State while focusing on attracting investments in untapped parts of the State, including some rural areas, having tourism potential. Mr Rosaiah said that 2011 will be observed as ‘Visit Andhra Pradesh' year to mark the roll-out of new tourist  promotion initiatives in the areas of adventure, pilgrimage and beach tourism, to attract more international   tourists to the State.


Govt of A P sets up single window  Film Tourism Cell under  the aegis of  Film Commission
- Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Secretary (Tourism) Govt of AP

WTTCII  works to raise awareness of travel and  tourism  as  one  of  the World's Largest Industries employing approximately  220  million people and generating over   9.4 %  of World's  GDP
- Vivek Nair, President, World Travel and Tourism Council - India Initiative

India should woo more budget tourists be it domestic or foreign as they essentially form the very base of Tourism Pyramid  in any country
- Sekhar Dutt, Governor

  • Rs 50 crore BRUNDAVAN type garden is to come up in Nagarjunasagar A P with HUDCO fund Tourism Minister , AP on 01-01-2011
  • Maharashtra Government to create Land Bank for tourism purposes
  • Indian Hotels to open 144 new hotel projects in 18 countries and spend  Rs 959 Cr over next 3 yrs
  • India Tourism to organise exhibition on tourism to India in Sri Lanka in Febr 2011
  • Heli ( Chopper )   Tourism to connect heritage sites in Karnataka
  • Swissotel Hotels of Switzerland  to open 2 more luxury business hotels at Bangalore  and
  • Gurgaon by 2013  besides the one opened recently in Kolkata