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Tourism Sector on a high priority
lists of the State Government.
The Tourism Corporation of
Gujarat Limited (TCGL) appears to have finally shrugged off their cautious
approach towards private sector entry and have taken a determined bid
to explore the tourism potential in the state.
A comprehensive CD-ROM on
the state, authored by well-known professional travel agent Sanjay
Barot was recently launched in the city by TCGL. The CD-ROM on Gujarat
titled ‘Explore the Unexplored’, encapsulates the diverse image
of the state with information thrown in for foreign travellers. The Manual
on Gujarat covers all-important aspects of the state for a potential tourist.
The government had realised
that little headway had been made in boosting the tourism industry in
the state. Inspite of the private participation policy on tourism having
been announced quite sometime back the results were yet to be seen.
All ventures, which failed
to take-off would be closed while efforts to bring in the private sector
in tourism would be intensified. In keeping with this the government had
decided to increase the budgetary allocation for the tourism sector and
act as a catalyst rather than a provider.
While more investments were
for the tourism infrastructure there was a need to introduce innovative
ideas too. The state also had plans to shortly introduce coastal cruise
to exploit the state’s large coastline.
Additional chief secretary,
industry, mines and tourism C K Koshy said that as TCGL director way back
in 1978, he had not realised the tremendous power of market forces in
sectors like tourism. "Twenty years later, we accede the fact that the
government is not the vehicle for promoting tourism," he said.
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