'Sea to be the next gateway for tourism in the country', Centre steps up to promote maritime tourism in India

New Delhi, August 02: Emphasising the need to promote the important tourist destinations in the coastal areas of the country through coastal tourism, Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel met the Mansukh Mandaviya, MoS Shipping, discussing the immense potential for maritime tourism in India.

 

 

The duo, aligning to the meeting, decided to set up a committee of senior officials to explore the avenues for coastal tourism in India and work out ways to promote the same.

 

“We need to explore the possibilities and opportunities in the areas of Coastal Tourism, Cruise Tourism, Sea Sports, Light House Viewing Gallery. Every coastal area can create a calendar of events for tourist engagement, with activities like beach volleyball, sand art, food festivals, dances of the fishing community, to name a few”, said Patel.

 

“These new, unexplored tourism areas will open a door to coastal communities of the maritime states where they will find many new and diverse job opportunities”, he said adeing that in the coming years, coastal and maritime tourism would be a source for growth and job creation in the coastal states of India.