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Udupi: Udupi district has the potential to attract the largest number of tourists from the state’s tourism sector. Kannada and Culture and Tourism Minister CT Ravi have instructed officials of various departments to formulate a comprehensive plan to promote tourism in the district.

He addressed officials at a district tourism progress review meeting held at the district office on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.

He said that the state has a lot of potential in tourism, with 320 km of coastline, three UNESCO-accredited World Heritage Sites, 5 National Parks, 30 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 15 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 40 Waterfalls and many more. He said that as the state and the Udupi district have all the features of tourists, officials and representatives of various departments should formulate a comprehensive tourism plan for the district with coordination and coordination.

In developing the tourism sector CRZ and environmental sensitive zones are obstacles which authorities was brought to the attention of the minister, to the exclusion of wildlife tourism to be developed, they will project a part, as the law requires to put as much space as possible for tourism to be released, and the remaining space is affected by the environment plans for officers, he said.

The minister said that the promotion of tourism in the country would increase the chances of attracting international tourists. To promote tourism, create a special calendar to mark the special festivals celebrated in the district, as well as the festivals coming up each month. He informed the authorities that the full information of all the heritage and archaeological sites and attractions in the district will be unveiled at the digital sign board, railway and bus stops. He informed the authorities that people would get information on this and promote tourism.

Officials informed the Minister that he had issued tourist taxis to qualified motorists and informed the Minister that 281 of the 290 targets had already been achieved, and instructed the authorities to insert the department’s logos in vehicles and create ops for tourist taxis. Responding to the demand for subsidizing tourism taxis, mobile canteen and houseboats, the minister promised to study the action plan and take a decision.

The minister also gave guidance to the authorities on the steps to be taken to encourage more domestic and foreign travelers to visit the district and spend more time in the district, promoting integrated tourism on the coast of Karnataka. Udupi is the 12th district in which all the districts of the state are covered. He said Rs 16.10 crore has been sanctioned for Udupi district and Rs 8.60 crore has been released for tourism development in coastal districts.

Minister proposed to create a team of 5 to 6 children from all schools to collect information on special practices, village births, village history, social life, food and economic arrangements in all districts. If you submit your report to the department, create a Wikipedia-like Web site where all of this information will be published, In the Chinnara Darshan Program organized by the Education Forum, DDPI directed that school children take mandatory tours of places visited by Gandhiji in the district and give an explanation of Gandhiji’s philosophies.

The Minister, who received information on how the great persons’ birthday is being celebrated in the district, should go to the civilian authorities and collect their opinion on the practice and nature of the celebrations, The district collected their opinion on their practice and nature, received information on what the Jayantias should do to be meaningful and gave it to the people, and expressed their willingness to conduct the Jayanti celebrations based on this information.

Recognizing the need for a well-equipped theater (Ranga Mandira) in the district, the multi-day demand, despite the fact that there was already a shortage of theater in Adi Udupi, the Minister pointed out the need for a well-equipped theater. with the intention of constructing a Yakshagana-centric theater, instructed the District Officers to identify at least four to five acres of land required for a well-equipped theater. He told the authorities to prepare theater artists and prepare an estimate for the cost of building the theater.

District Panchayat President Dinakar Babu, Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, Kundapur MLA Haladi Srinivasa Shetty, Kaup MLA Lalaji Mendon, District Collector G.Jagadish, Zilla Panchayat CEO Preeti Gehlot, Deputy Collector Sadashiva Prabhu, Udupi CMC Commissioner Anand Kallolikar and various department officials were present.