Andhra Pradesh set to revamp its ‘Tourism Policy’ to foster the development and attract global investment

Visakhapatnam, October 28: Andhra Pradesh hopes to boost ‘Tourism’ which will directly help surge up the development of the state. While addressing the meet organised by Andhra Pradesh Chambers and AP Tourism department, Minister for Tourism Bhuma Akhila Priya Reddy said that Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification has been coming in the way of development of tourism in Andhra Pradesh. 

Addressing the regional tourism-investors and stakeholders meet organised by AP Chambers and AP Tourism department, Minister Priya said she would lead a special team to New Delhi on Monday to apprise Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam on the bill to amend CRZ notification to facilitate beachfront construction to promote the tourism sector in the state.

Division of Andhra Pradesh has led to unemployment and the tourism is the only sector that could provide employment on the massive scale, the Minister commented. The Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating major changes to the tourism policy (2015-2020) to attract more investments into the sector and to expedite projects for which MoUs have already been signed, she added.

"There was a gap between the tourism department and the investors in the sector and we will bring some changes in the Tourism Policy to bridge the gap to take many of the tourism projects from the MoU stage to execution stage," the minister added.