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Aurangabad will play host to India’s first SAARC Tourism Summit this year in October, as decided by the Ministry of External Affairs.
The two-day summit, besides deliberation on various tourism opportunities, is also aimed at tapping FDI under Make in India and Make in Maharashtra. Announcing the above, Valsa Nair Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary Tourism and Culture, Government of Maharashtra, remarked, “The Ajanta-Ellora caves have always remained the biggest tourism attraction in the state among foreigners and Indians.
The historical silk route and connect of the place with the Buddhist circuit across world, including China, is significant. Ajanta also has one of the world’s best visitors centre with several life size replicas of Padmapani (sculptures of Buddha). All these are reason enough for Aurangabad to be the preferred choice. The conference aims at promoting Aurangabad and other destinations of Maharashtra.”
A financial assistance upto Rs 50 lakh was also announced for the tourism business set up under the Startup Scheme.
MTDC will organise the three day Ajanta-Ellora festival from October 14-16 with the Principal Secretary suggesting Aurangabad Municipal Corporation to run an excursion bus to conduct city tours across tourist sites. She also underlined the need of enhancing the air connectivity of Aurangabad with cities like Jaipur, Udaipur, Nagpur and Pune other than Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad.
Singh further highlighted the need for hosting film shootings at Ellora, Ajanta and other important places in Aurangabad. “The countries like Switzerland and Spain witnessed a boom in tourism due to film shootings. A beeline was formed to see the tomb of Mastani due to Bajirao Mastani film. The shooting of one big budget film featuring big stars like Shah Rukh Khan in Aurangabad will give a major boost to the tourism sector,” she said.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in
