SME Times News Bureau | 01 Aug, 2019
In a
meeting between Minister of State for Shipping and Chemicals & Fertilizers,
Mansukh Mandaviya and Minister of State for Tourism & Culture, Prahlad
Singh Patel emphasized the need of promoting maritime tourism in Indian.
The
ministers discussed the immense potential for maritime tourism in the
country on Wednesday and emphasised the need to promote the important
tourist destinations in the coastal areas of the country through coastal
tourism .
It
was decided in the meeting to set up a committee of senior officials of the two
Ministries to explore the avenues for coastal tourism in the country and
work out ways to promote the same. It was also decided to explore the
possibilities and opportunities in the areas of Coastal Tourism, Cruise
Tourism, Sea Sports, Light House Viewing Gallery.
It
was suggested that 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.
The
Shipping Ministry is promoting tourism in maritime states under the Sagarmala
Programme. This is being done in convergence with the Ministry of Tourism and
Tourism Development Departments of maritime state governments.
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. In
the coming years, coastal and maritime tourism will be a source for growth and
job creation in the coastal states of India.
The
two Ministers also underscored the need for better coordination and
synergy between their respective Ministries so that desired results can be
achieved in a time bound manner.