Mayurbhanj, August 4: The government of India wants to promote internal tourism in the country, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said on Sunday.
"The Government of India has said they want to promote internal tourism in the country and since Odisha has a long coastline, the Indian government has talked about, in the budget, about wildlife, heritage and religious tourism", Deo said speaking with news agency ANI.
Vardhan Singh Deo further added, "Overall, the Indian government has placed emphasis on tourism in the budget, the state government is now working on the tourism plans and then we will contact the central government."
"She (FM Nirmala Sitharaman) has mentioned the development of ports and the coast of the Bay of Bengal for tourism sites. For the first time, there is a government in the centre that is talking about vastly developing tourism," he added.
The Deputy CM praised the central government for developing tourism. "Earlier, the development of tourism was left to the state government, now the central government is also taking responsibility for it," he said.
