Jaipur, Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje has
reiterated the significance of tourism as the axis of development for
Rajasthan. The state government is focusing on basic needs like infrastructural
development, education, health etc to revolve around tourism. This would take
the state forward to the new heights on a greater pace.
Smt. Raje was addressing
a presentation meeting at the CMO on Tuesday to explore possibilities for
tourism development in the state by the representatives of a firm
Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFS). She said that tourism
was the key to advancement of the state. Although, for this proper planning was
required to be done in the right direction.
Chief Minister
underlined the need of connecting tourism with rural living traditions, folk
arts and handicrafts etc. that fortifies tourism and generate employment
opportunities for the local youth. The CM further stated that better
residential and other basic facilities were needed to be created in villages
for the tourists to stay,experience and enjoy the rural life in its native
form.
The presentation by the
ILFS impressed upon the need of creation of a detailed database of spots of
tourists' attraction, natural habitats, festivals and fairs, lifestyle, art and
culture etc of various districts of Rajasthan. Such database could provide
unlimited opportunities to attract tourists to Rajasthan. Analysis of this data
and planning on the same would make way simpler for tourism development. Taking
cue from the data collected in Barmer district, the team of expert analysts of
ILFS argued that use of Information Technology for promotion of tourism would
get Rajasthan its real place on the world tourism map.
Chief Secretary
Rajiv Mehrishi, Member of Chief Minister's Advisory Council Smt. Mira
Mehrishi, Additional Chief Secretary Infrastructure C.S. Rajan, Principal
Secretary Finance Shri P.S. Mehra, Principal Secretary Tourism Shri Shailendra
Kumar Agarwal, Secretary Planning Shri Akhil Arora, Director Tourism
Vikram Singh, Managing Director of ILFS Hari Shankaran, Ravi
Parthasarathi and other representatives were present on this occasion.
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