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Cover Story
Cover Story Tourism Development

promote domestic tourism, the Prime EMPHASIS ON HIGH SPEED CONNECTIVITY
Minister, through his Mann Ki Baat program,
had appealed to the people to visit 15 places High-speed connectivity is critical for tourism. And
in a year for tourism and create awareness by India has made significant progress in this area
writing about them. When personalities like over the last seven years. Be it road, rail, or airport
infrastructure, the development of world-class
Mahatma Gandhi, Lokmanya Tilak, Swami infrastructure combined with strong connectivity
Vivekananda, and former President APJ has allowed travellers to visit areas that were
Abdul Kalam toured across India, they got a previously unimaginable.
new inspiration to see and understand India Length of National
and to live and die for it. In such a situation, 13,394 Highway increases to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi united the km road built in the
diversity of India by giving the slogan 'Ek financial year 2020-21 1,37,625km
Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat'. Generally, the despite Covid from 91,287 km in 2014.
tourism season in India is from October to
March. Keeping this in view, the initiatives 75 India is making a record in
of the Central Government has been yielding the world by constructing
results and now the number of people at new Vande Bharat 37
trains to be run in next
tourist places has started increasing. two years km of road per day.

AS A RESULT OF IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE, The number of waterways in Till 2014 this
THE TOURISM BASE IS GROWING. India has gone up to 111 number was 5.
The tourism sector benefits the most from
better infrastructure and better connectivity. National Highways built by Under UDAN, the number of
airports, heliports, and water
NHAI will be expanded to
This is a sector in which there are means aerodromes would expand to
of earning for everyone. With minimum 02 220
investment, the maximum income is possible lakh km by the year
through tourism. With this thinking, work is 2024-25. by 2024-25.
going on at many levels for the country to be
vocal for local tourism. When air connectivity
increases, tourism flourishes equally.
Whether it is the visit of Mata Vaishno Devi or
Kedarnath Yatra, after joining the helicopter
service, there is a continuous increase in
the number of devotees. The recent Noida
International Airport initiative is also going to
do the same thing.
The efforts made in the last few years Following Palace on Wheels, theme-based trains such as
have started showing their effect. Due to Maharaj Express and Ramayana Circuit are now being
operated. The first Vande Bharat train ran between Banaras
the development of infrastructure, Uttar and Katra, and the second from Katra to Delhi.
Pradesh has come in the top three states
of the country in attracting foreign tourists. livelihoods has been experienced by the country in
Along with the necessary facilities for the times of Covid.
tourists, modern means of connectivity are Connectivity, whether it is road or rail, air
also being increased in Uttar Pradesh. In connectivity or Internet connectivity; are the biggest
the future, Ayodhya airport and Kushinagar priorities of the country today. Tourism is also getting
international airport will prove to be very the direct benefit of such strong connectivity. Farmers
useful for domestic and foreign tourists. The and gardeners producing fruits and vegetables are
positive impact of connectivity on lives and also getting it naturally. With access to the Internet in

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