Moving beyond scenic beauty, officials helming the Tourism Department are now exploring tourism potential in the industrial sector. Sri City, the integrated business city (township) in Chittoor and Nellore districts and the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Nellore are some of the places they have figured out to cater to their new plans of industrial tourism.
The objective behind exploring this sector is also to kindle interest in students and young entrepreneurs and help them enhance their awareness levels on industrial progress.
In line with the aspirations of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Secretary, Department of Tourism, Language and Culture, Mukesh Kumar Meena has embarked on this new initiative.
“As a first step, students of the Narayana Educational institutions in Tirupati and Guduru were taken around the Sri City recently,” Mr. Meena said.
These visits could be of immense use for the youth as they showcased expertise from the past, present and future.
Similarly, students of the Adishankara Engineering College in Guduru had the privilege to pay a visit to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Major units
Mr. Meena said the main industries across the State such as the Visakhapatnam steel plant, Visakhapatnam port trust, Vijayawada thermal power station, Rajahmundry paper mill and a few other units would be brought under Industrial Tourism.
Initially, the Tourism Department intends to implement the programme but once streamlined, it would hand it over to adequately trained tour operators.