AP to forge tie-up with Rajasthan to promote tourism

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 30. The Andhra Pradesh Government is the process of concluding a tie-up with the Rajasthan Government to jointly promote tourism in their respective states.

The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, said that a comprehensive package was being worked out on these lines as both Hyderabad and Jaipur had tremendous potential to be developed as heritage cities.

Mr. Naidu was addressing a gathering of tourism officials and tourist operators after inaugurating the Seventh India International Travel Mart being sponsored by the Department of Tourism here on Sunday.

The three-day mart was being attended by delegates from Thailand, Dubai, Malaysia and the States of Karnataka, U.P, Kerala and others. The Chief Minister said the Government was committed to preserving the heritage structures including palaces and mosques in the Old City and several steps were being taken in this direction.

He listed the efforts to take up pedestrianisation of the Charminar and said corporates would be roped in to join hands with the Government in its endeavour to protect the monuments.

Mr. Naidu said the Emirates Airlines was requested to start at least two daily flights to Dubai, as against the present eight flights in a week. "There is heavy rush for the existing flights and there would be enough demand for the extra flights," he said.

The Indian Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management would be set up on the lines of the Indian School of Business offering graduate and post-graduate studies. He said permanent exhibition facilities were being constructed in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam for holding shopping festivals.

The Great Shopping Mall starting here from October 14 would be one of its kind in Asia and the National Games early next year would be held on a grand scale, he promised.

The Tourism Minister, Mr. E. Peddi Reddy, said that the State Government had taken up 40 projects costing Rs. 800 crores for developing tourist potential and to be spent in the next couple of years.

Steps were on to attract more foreign tourists. The Roads and Building Minister, Mr. K. Vijayarama Rao, Labour Minister, Mr. C. Krishna Yadav, and senior officials were present.

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