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Haryana to implment select tourism projects in PPP mode

Tourism Council under the chairmanship of chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has also been constituted under the Tourism Policy

PTI | August 2, 2010

The Haryana government will implement some of the tourism projects through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode as part of its efforts to project the state as a key tourist destination.

The projects to be implemented under this model included integrated tourism resort at Kalesar, integrated tourism resort and spa at Mallah, Madhogarh, amusement, theme parks at Karna lake and Kurukshetra (Pipli), amusement park at Tilyar lake, Rohtak and adventure camping sites at Surajkund, Damdama, Hodal and Dharuhera,an official spokesman said today.

The official said Tourism Council under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has also been constituted under the Tourism Policy for comprehensive planned development of the state as a key tourist destination.

Thrust was on human resource development, systematic marketing and adoption of new technologies in the sector, he added.

Under the policy, the tourism and hotel projects had been declared as an industry so that these could get similar concessions or incentives as availed by industries in the state, he added.

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