Andhra shall be future hub for wellness, happiness: CM Naidu

Addressing a tourism conclave in Vijayawada, Naidu stated his objective is to make Andhra Pradesh a rich, wholesome, and completely happy state.

“Andhra Pradesh will be the future destination for wellness and happiness. My goal is a wealthy, healthy, happy Andhra Pradesh—that is the goal I have set,” the Chief Minister stated.

He unveiled an formidable imaginative and prescient to place Andhra Pradesh as a world chief in tourism, describing the sector because the engine of future progress and emphasising its central function in driving financial transformation, employment era, and cultural promotion.

Observing that one in each ten jobs created globally comes from the tourism sector, Naidu stated it generates eight jobs for each ₹1 lakh invested, greater than sectors like IT, manufacturing, and agriculture.

Naidu outlined plans to develop the sector’s employment share from 12 per cent to fifteen per cent and improve its contribution to the state’s Gross State Domestic Product from ₹74,000 crore to ₹2.4 lakh crore by 2029.

From the 19,500 lodge rooms at present out there within the state, Naidu stated the goal is to scale as much as 50,000 rooms by 2029.

Highlighting the potential for temple tourism, Naidu stated Andhra Pradesh is residence to 21 temples that every generate over ₹1 crore yearly.

From historic cities and a 1,000-kilometre shoreline to forest reserves and riverine methods just like the Godavari and Krishna, Naidu listed the state’s pure and non secular strengths.

The authorities is growing seven anchor hubs—Visakhapatnam, Araku, Rajahmundry, Amaravati, Srisailam, Gandikota, and Tirupati—together with over 25 thematic circuits, together with 10 temple circuits, 5 coastal circuits, 4 river routes, two cruise circuits, two Buddhist circuits, and three eco-tourism trails, he stated, detailing the TDP-led NDA authorities’s plans to advertise tourism.

Presenting the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Policy 2024–29 as a sport changer, Naidu stated the federal government has granted business standing to the tourism sector.

Incentives for tourism traders embody 100 per cent stamp responsibility exemption, electrical energy responsibility reimbursement for 5 years, State Goods and Services Tax reimbursements for as much as 15 years, and fast-tracked clearances underneath the “speed of doing business” initiative.

Speed of doing enterprise in real-time will minimize pink tape, and I’m able to introduce extra reforms if wanted, he stated.

Further, Naidu invited yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who attended the occasion, to function Andhra Pradesh’s advisor for tourism.

“I am asking Baba Ramdevji to be our advisor for tourism. He will be the best brand manager and promoter for Andhra Pradesh. Then, automatically, tourism will flourish in the state in a big way,” Naidu added.

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