State tourism minister Vishvendra Singh said that the government is planning to re-develop 23 old airstrips in public-private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) mode to promote tourism in rural areas of the state.
Singh said that Rajasthan has formulated a path-breaking rural tourism policy which other states should emulate. “The policy is expected to boost wildlife tourism, cultural and religious tourism across the state,” said Singh. Union tourism secretary Arvind Singh said that about 70 million direct and indirect jobs were generated through tourism in the country in 2021-22.
He said that besides this job-generating potential, the tourism sector has huge impact on the GDP of the country. Keeping the importance of the sector in view, the Centre is trying to improve rail, road and air connectivity which are key to the Growth of the sector, said Singh.