Published on : Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Arora, after inaugurating the Punjab Day celebrations at the ongoing India International Trade Fair, said that the tourism tagline of the state is: ‘India Begins Here’, and the same is true in more ways than one.
The Guinness Book of World Records has named the iconic Golden Temple in Amritsar as the most-visited destination in the world. It is also cleanest religious place in India.
Arora announced that the state has notified its first cultural policy and revised the tourism policy for promoting cultural and natural heritage.
Arora said that Punjab has taken a big leap in foreign tourist arrivals and now ranks seventh in the country. The state government is also giving special emphasis and providing incentives to the investors for the development and promotion of tourism.
The minister added that the Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion has been established as one-stop authority for approving new commercial and investment proposals and a Business First Portal Website had been launched to provide platform for regulatory services.
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